It's Christmas sandwich season again, where supermarkets, shops and bakeries try to outdo each other with their festive sarnies. Here's our pick of the Christmas sandwiches on sale right now (there's a lot of turkey involved), and we'll be updating this with new additions all the way up to Christmas Day.
Pret's Christmas Lunch Sandwich
Although some supermarkets have had theirs on shelves for a few weeks, the real start of the Christmas sandwich season is when Pret unveil theirs. The Christmas Lunch sandwich is the main event, a mix of turkey, port & orange cranberry sauce, pork stuffing, spinach, mayo and crispy onions. They'll be donating £1 from every Christmas Lunch Sandwich sold to their charity, The Pret Foundation.
There are also two new baguettes this year, including the porchetta & sage baguette. That's slices of porchetta, rubbed in an apple and rosemary seasoning, with sage mayo, matured Italian cheese, dried cranberries, shredded apple and spinach. There's a new salmon, soft cheese & dill baguette too, and a new truffle & brie toastie.
When: From 4 November 2025
Rogue Sarnie's wood-fired Festive Turkey Club
Bethnal Green - 263 Poyser St, London E2 9RF
Being one of London's best sandwich shops, it stands to reason that Rogue Sarnies would be making a Christmas sandwich worth crossing town for. The main event is the Festive Turkey Club. That features wood-fire roasted turkey dipped in gravy, sage and onion sausage stuffing, marinated winter tomatoes, sliced red onion, shredded gem lettuce, Grana Padano shavings and their "secret club cranberry sauce". If that isn't enough for you, and you need a change from turkey, there's the Festive Beef Dip, featuring red wine-braised beef shin mixed with beef fat caramelised onions.
When: Available now
Paul's Turkey & Bacon Christmas Club
Paul are another regular in the Christmas sandwich game, this year their offering is led by the Turkey & Bacon Christmas Club. That's turkey and crispy bacon with sweet cranberry sauce and horseradish mayo. Most importantly, it's served in their always excellent sage and onion baguette. If you're looking for the veggie option, that's the Brie & Cranberry Baguette, made with French Brie, vegetarian stuffing, shredded Brussel sprouts, grilled carrots, red cabbage, horseradish mayo, fresh spinach and cranberry sauce.
When: From 17 November 2025
Marks & Spencer's Surf & Turf Brioche Rolls
As usual, Marks and Spencer's Christmas sandwich game is strong. There are the more traditional sandwiches like the Turkey Feast and the Brie and Cranberry and the pigs in blankets sandwich that has become a staple in all the supermarkets. There are also a couple of turkey club sandwiches, but the new additions that we really took notice of don't involve turkey at all. Those are the Surf & Turf Brioche Rolls (£6), a pair of rolls to represent a surf n turf dinner. One is filled with king prawns, lobster, more prawns and Marie Rose sauce and the other with roast beef, mustard mayonnaise and picked red onions. That's the duo to go for if you need a break from turkey.
On top of all of that, they also team up with Shelter for these sandwiches, with 5% of the cost of every sandwich going to the charity.
When: The main Christmas range is available now, brioche rolls from 26 November.
Waitrose's Turkey Curry Sandwich
The one to try from Waitrose this year is clearly the Festive Turkey Curry Sandwich (£4.50). That's turkey in a lightly spiced curry sauce, alongside crumbled onion and cranberry bhajis. That said, we're also liking the look of the Chargrilled Chicken, Emmental Cheese & Truffle Sandwich, which is chicken and Emmental cheese with cream cheese, truffle mayonnaise, Apollo lettuce and spinach on dark rye bread.
When: Available now
Tozi's Festive Sandwich
Battersea - 3A Electric Blvd, Nine Elms, London SW11 8BJ
If you're around Battersea Power Station, Tozi's Christmas sandwich should be worth seeking out. This year, it's layers of roast turkey breast and confit leg with Brussels sprout slaw, herb stuffing, and cranberry ketchup all between a freshly baked rye & seeded bloomer.
When: From 26 November 2025
Sainsbury's Shredded Duck & Stuffing Brioche Roll
This year, Sainsbury's has quite a few new sandwiches to choose from (as well as the usual turkey options). The one that really caught our eye is the Shredded Duck & Stuffing Brioche Roll, filled with shredded aromatic duck, gravy-soaked stuffing, mayo, mulled wine-pickled red cabbage and spring onions. Also of note, particularly if you like some variety, is the "Ho Ho Half & Half" sandwich, which has two sandwich halves - one of sausage, bacon and chutney and the other of brie, chutney, mayo and spinach.
When: Available now
Ole and Steen's Turkey Toastie
This is a returning sandwich from last year, and one where we showed how it was made. It's the same deal this year - roast turkey, sprouts, bacon and cranberry slaw and lots of melted cheese. They are also launching a new alternative this year, the Festive Mushroom Melt.
When: Available from 4 November
Also available
- Yolk - Their Christmas sandwich is The Turkey Truffler, made with turkey, truffle mayo, cranberry, bacon, crispy shallots and rocket.
- Tesco - Their range includes the usual turkey with trimmings sandwich (and a chicken version if you're not into turkey), as well as the usual brie & cranberry, pigs in blankets or ham, cheese and chutney. Their most unique sandwich this year is the currywurst sausage sub, inspired by German Christmas markets.
- Aldi - New to their selection is the Honey Roast Gammon Ham & Christmas Slaw Bloomer alongside a Christmas Club Sandwich.
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