Forget scrabbling for supermarket delivery spots, yes, Christmas meal boxes are still a thing. Here's how to get everything you need for lunch on Christmas Day delivered to your door this year.
Celeb chefs on Dishpatch
Delivery company Dishpatch has a number of well-known celebrity chefs in charge of their Christmas boxes this year. Rick Stein has both a lobster feast and a salmon Wellington feast (while Michel Roux has a beef Wellington dinner). Sabrina Ghayour has created a festive mezze feast, St John have their usual celebratory spread and there's also an Indian family banquet from Atul Kochhar. All of these will be delivered on Christmas Eve.
Price: From £95
Cote at Home Christmas feasts
Cote are already known for some extremely good-value at-home boxes so it's no surprise that theirs offer some of the best deals. There are multiple options this year, serving between two and six people. For the smaller box, there are turkey paupiettes while the larger feast features a full turkey crown. Sides include pigs in blankets, spiced braised red cabbage, brussels sprouts au gratin, rainbow roast carrots, roast potatoes and more. They also have vegetarian and chateaubriand versions.
Price: From £59.95
Simon Rogan's Christmas at Home
Simon Rogan is the man to go to if you want something a little fancier this Christmas. The "At Home" five-course dinner features a starter of "pickled hen of the woods, preserved cep, yeast and burgundy oxalis" and a main of "Goosnargh turkey, crown prince, ibis celeriac, Duncan cabbage, woodruff infused sauce and cranberry" as well as a very special chocolate cake. You can also add on some extras, like a cheese selection or even a mince pie brownie.
Price: From £95 per person
Tommy Banks
Made in Olmstead from Tommy Banks has several options for Christmas Day (and for the night before, with a Christmas Eve fish pie menu). You can opt for a traditional turkey meal (featuring a turkey wellington), as well as a beef Wellington or vegetarian version. The trimmings are all included and if you want to get the whole day sorted, they can also deliver a breakfast box at the same time.
Price: From £155 (serves 2)
Haar at Home's luxury festive feast
Available in the run-up to Christmas as well as for the day itself, chef Dean Banks has put together a box for four that includes two native lobsters, dressed crabs, cured trout, a kg of smoked langoustines (not to mention some caviar) and grass-fed beef steaks for the main event. Upgrade to the deluxe version and those steaks will be wagyu. So if you're after a luxury surf & turf Christmas, bear this one in mind.
Price: From £249.95
Chefs For Foodies
Chefs for Foodies has a Christmas dinner box that includes a 1.5kg turkey breast from Aubrey Allen Butcher plus everything you need to make roast potatoes with garlic, honeyed Chantenay carrots using Hilltop Honey, and classic Brussels sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta. Along with instructions, there is also a handy video guide from MasterChef winner Steven Wallis. And, most importantly, it also comes with a bottle of red wine.
Price: £139
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