i-on Gift Guide 2019: Top gifts for foodies

When you can't say it with words, we've often found that edible goods are the best way to show someone you care. This week we've rounded-up great gift ideas for the foodie in your life...

Spice Pots

Perhaps the most right-on foodie pressie around, the Curry Lovers gift tin includes five expertly blended Indian spices, a 150-page cookbook and a bespoke soy wax Chef’s candle to burn whilst cooking. You’re guaranteed a quick, authentic tasting and healthy curry every time and the products are gluten free, salt free and sugar free. £40, spicepots.com.

Royal Yacht Britannia

A rare opportunity to treat a loved one to the event of a lifetime at Britannia’s Burns Supper on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 January 2020. Champagne, canapes, a private tour, four course dinner and wine, £225 per person. Call 0131 555 8800 or visit royalyachtbritannia.co.uk.

Restoration Yard

Restoration Yard’s new hampers are sure to tick those tricky people off your list. From the Coffee Lovers’ Hampers (pictured) to Cheese Hampers, Chocolate Hampers and even Duke and Duchess Hampers, each is created bespoke for you. Click and collect in store. From £45 to £200. restorationyard.com.

Hotel du Vin

Celebrate the festive season with great food and wine. Enjoy parties with style or celebrate a special day with family, friends or colleagues in the atmospheric Bistro du Vin and unique private dining rooms. It’s all covered at Hotel Du Vin Edinburgh, 11 Bristo Pl, EH1 1EZ. For Christmas enquiries or to book, call 0131 247 4905 or visit hotelduvin.com/Edinburgh.

Gleneagles

Gleneagles’ Hampers are beautiful boxes of delights. Available in four sizes (£95 - £950), these festive hampers bring together a luxurious selection of fine foods from the Gleneagles & Co artisan range – including delicious shortbread, handmade chocolate and jams made with local ingredients – as well as other festive favourites like Christmas pudding, crafted by the hotel’s pastry chefs, and the Gleneagles 2019 Christmas bauble.

The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1NF, shop.gleneagles.com/collections/featured-fine-foods/products/christmas-hampers

Bright Spirits

Two of our favourite things; ginger and gin in a bottle. A new spirits company, Bright Spirits, has just launched its first range of award-winning gins; Roots, Peels and Pips, £36.95 per 70cl bottle. Using only natural ingredients with no added syrups, additives or short cuts, the result is three stunning gins squeezed full of real flavor- berries, citrus or the gorgeously warming ginger. bright-spirits.com.

Vesta

For a gift that keeps on giving, make a difference by buying a Vesta Bar & Kitchen gift voucher. With an added donation to Vesta’s partner, Social Bite, you’ll be helping buy a hot meal for someone experiencing homelessness. To order, email info@vestaedinburgh.co.uk or call 0131 220 0773.

Damm27

Add a little ‘ooh la la’ to your festive gift giving with a French-inspired afternoon tea at Damm27. Or if lobster is more your thing, they serve an indulgent lobster dinner for two with wine on Tuesday nights. Vouchers are available for both at this super-stylish bar bistrot on Edinburgh’s Southside.

damm27.vouchercart.com/app/.Damm27, 27 Causewayside, EH9 1QF, Tel: 0131 667 6693.

Sweet Dram

Bored of gin? Get your hands on Escubac, £30, the juniper-free botanical spirit from Edinburgh-based distillery Sweetdram. Mixed with tonic, it’s an exciting, seasonal twist on your standard G&T. Available to buy at sweetdram.com along with their equally delicious Smoked Spiced Rum and Whisky Amaro.