The Parker's British Christmas Gift Guide
Buying for a homesick Brit? A devoted pie lover? Someone who considers bacon an entirely acceptable Christmas present?
We've done the difficult bit for you.
From a little afternoon tea to a freezer full of British favourites, we've picked out some of our best food gifts for Christmas. All that's left is deciding who gets what. And whether you need one for yourself too.
A Proper British Christmas Box
Christmas morning, Christmas dinner, something for later, and pudding sorted.
Our Christmas box is packed with the frozen goodies that make this time of year taste like home: British bacon and sausages, crumpets, Pigs in Blankets, Mini Sausage Rolls, roast potatoes, Steak & Ale and Chicken & Stuffing Pies, festive pork pies and four sticky toffee puddings.
Think of it as the frozen heart of a very British Christmas. Add your own favourite extras alongside it, whether that's Bisto Gravy, Yorkshire Puddings, Paxo Stuffing, Colman's Mustard, cranberry sauce or the things your family insists must be on the table every year.
And if you're reading this before Sunday, November 8th, don't forget to enter our Christmas giveaway with Brits Gone USA. Someone will be getting a rather splendid Parker's Christmas box on us.
FOR THE HOMESICK BRIT
Best of British Selection Box
$150If you don't quite know what they'll miss most, this is a very good place to start.
Sausages, back bacon, pies, a Cornish pasty, sausage rolls, pork pie, Shepherd's Pie, bread rolls and British puddings all packed into one rather lovely box. Breakfast, pie night and pudding are all accounted for.
It's also right at our $150 free shipping threshold, which makes it a particularly easy gift to send across the country.
FOR THE FULL ENGLISH FAN
British Breakfast Bundle
$50A very good present for someone who believes breakfast should involve a frying pan.
Smoked Back Bacon, Classic Sausages, Black Pudding and White Pudding give them the important bits. They can add the eggs, beans, toast and tea themselves.
Butcher's Best Breakfast Box
$110Seven pounds of British-style bacon, sausages and chipolatas... Yes, seven pounds!
Wet Cured Back Bacon, Smoked Back Bacon, Classic and Lincolnshire Sausages, plus Classic and Lincolnshire Chipolatas. Ideal for big family breakfasts, visiting relatives or anyone who considers one packet of bacon merely a starting point.
FOR THE PIE LOVER
Who Ate All the Pies?
$95If their answer would be “me”, you've found their Christmas present.
A whole selection of Parker's individual British pies, ready for cold evenings, easy dinners and those moments when only pie will do.
FOR THE BRIT WHO MISSES THE HIGH STREET
British High Street Pastry Selection
$48For anyone who still gets nostalgic about walking into a British bakery and trying to decide between a pasty, a bake or a sausage roll.
We've done the choosing for them with a box full of familiar savoury favourites, including flaky slices, Steak Bake, Cornish Pasty and our Jumbo Sausage Rolls.
FOR THE PORK PIE PURIST
Pork Pie Essential Bundle
$45Three Classic Pork Pies and three Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.
That's it. And frankly, for the right person, that's an excellent Christmas present.
FOR A LITTLE TASTE OF BRITAIN
Afternoon Tea Kit
$29.99Four fruit scones with English clotted cream and jam.
A lovely little gift for a neighbour, host, teacher, friend, or anyone you'd quite like to sit down and have a cup of tea with.
British Christmas Treat Box
We're waiting for a few very important parcels from Britain.
Once our Christmas imports arrive, we'll be putting together a gift box packed with British biscuits, chocolate, tea and festive favourites.
Think Walkers Shortbread, Chocolate Digestives, Cadbury, Fox's biscuits, a good cuppa and a few Christmas treats that haven't made it across the Atlantic just yet.
We're aiming for around $50, and we'll add it to this guide as soon as it's ready.
High Tea Bundle
Buying for the person who always seems to have a houseful at Christmas?
Our High Tea Bundle is made for putting out a spread: Mini Sausage Rolls, pork pies, Raspberry Victoria Sponge, Welsh Cakes, fruit scones, clotted cream and jam, bread, Branston, mustard, pickled onions and more.
Tea needn't always mean tiny sandwiches and good manners.
FOR SOMETHING THAT ISN’T FOOD
Parker's Pint Glass
A simple little piece of Parker's for the drinks cupboard.
Good for a pint, a shandy, lemonade, or whatever happens to be going round on Christmas afternoon.
Parker's Britannia Dimpled Beer Mug
For anyone who misses a good old-fashioned British pub glass.
The familiar handled, dimpled shape makes this one a lovely little gift for the beer drinker in the family.
Parker's Fabulously British Brolly
Because nothing says Britain quite like being prepared for rain.
Our Parker's brolly is a fun bit of Britishness for anyone who already has enough food in the freezer but still deserves something from Parker's under the tree.
Let Them Choose
A Parker's Gift Card leaves the difficult decision to them.
Perfect for the person whose Christmas list simply says “British food”.
CHRISTMAS, THE PARKER'S WAY
Whether you're sending a taste of home across the country, filling the freezer before the family arrives or buying for someone who simply loves British food, we hope there's something here that'll make Christmas taste a little more familiar.
Just remember: buying Christmas food for someone else and then deciding to keep it is generally frowned upon!
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