The Best Christmas Gifts for your favourite foodies

Afterall Christmas is just next week!

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Heartfelt thanks…

Isn’t Tuppence the cutest, he ate almost half of the plantains once they were roasted. A true African doggie 🥰

I would love to thank everyone who joined our festive cook-along on Sunday! It was such a treat to get us all in the festive spirit. I have been so down lately and just struggling to enjoy the season, shockingly as Christmas is my favourite time of the year. So thank you for giving me a reason to get out of bed, brush my hair and smack on some lipstick for our little virtual do! And now for Christmas gifts which I hope you will love or love to gift to someone special.

My Christmas Gift list for your favourite foodies

I started putting this list together in November and then I gave up, but then I thought, why not? My mother-in-law’s 4th or 5th email reminder for me to send her Tuppence’s (cute cockapoo above) Christmas list finally pushed me over the edge to wrap this up! You will also find wonderful small businesses, including female and black-owned businesses that I love.

For the eco-conscious & stylish cook

Ellelyne Eko Kitchen Towels £10 each

Ellelyne Eko Kitchen Towels

These gorgeous kitchen towels are a selection of tie-dye designs from amazing female and black-owned Ellelyne. They remind me of my favourite Adire fabric from Nigeria. I already own one of the designs and I’ll be buying them all to mix and match.

For cakes that make you go, “wow”!

Nordicware Gold Brilliance Bundt Pan £48

See more wonderful designs here

Nordicware Gold Brilliance Bundt Pan

I have made it my mission to compile several designs, including the gingerbread house tin.

For the spice lover

Steenbergs Organic Spice and Herbs Gift Set £23.96

Steenbergs Organic Spice and Herbs Gift Set

Spices both a beginner and a well-experienced cook will need and enjoy at home.

For those who love to create & treasure recipes

Paper Recipe Journal £29.99

Paper Recipe Journal

Absolutely beautiful and useful to save your favourite recipes and creations.

Luxurious African butters for delicate cook’s hands 

Malée Conditioning Body £36

Malée Conditioning Body

Keep your precious hands smooth and supple with this salt and sugar scrub with skin-loving African butters. Another wonderful woman & black-owned business.

For lots of inspiration and a wonderful gift for others

Tilda Recipe Book £7.99

Your Flavourful Food Stories' is a collection of stories and recipes from various cuisines including my Jollof and Spice Roasted Plantains. All proceeds are donated to The Felix Project which donates the best quality food to charities across London.

For the chocolate and chilli lover

The Cornrow Christmas Chef's Kiss Foodie Gift Box £75

Check out The Cornrow Food market for an amazing collection of black-owned products including Ghanaian chocolate from 57 Chocolate, female-owned chocolatier Lucocoa, wonderful chutneys, and more.

For the foodie who has everything or who has no time to cook

Magimix Cook Expert £1,195

Magimix Cook Expert

I am not typically looking for an easy way out, but when I watched all the videos of the chopping, blending, steaming, weighing, and cooking abilities of this machine, bloody hell, I decided I want it and need it, and you probably do too!

For the most immersive cookery experience

Lerato Live Cook-along with Recipe Kits £35-65pp

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Enjoy the most immersive virtual cooking experience. So you can gift someone this newsletter which also gives them free cookery classes.

And another gift for you!

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