LAST MINUTE GIFTING

The perfect party centre piece: Cannon & Cannon - the British cured meat importer - have their own brand delicious Black Treacle Cured Shropshire Ham and English Dry Cured York Ham which come in both midi size and whole hams on the bone. Ideal for parties and lazy Boxing Day meals.

This year the Ottolenghi online store is stocking the beautiful G Cova pannetones from Milan. They have the classics available - with raisins and candied fruit, alongside a version with chocolate and hazelnut and another filled with pistachio cream.

Palestine’s fertile and beautiful landscape allows for full flavoured produce to be grown. The Zaytoun Medjoul Dates thrive in the Palestinian sunshine, growing large, succulent and extra sweet because of the good weather. Medjoul are known as the ‘King of Dates’ due to their size and rich caramel taste.

Hill & Szrok butchers on Broadway Market is offering a full pre-order meat list. You can order up until 19th December to arrive in time for Christmas, with free-range turkeys from £18.50 per kg, as well as venison, duck and goose and the best pigs in blankets in town.

The Butcher’s Tap - Tom Kerridge’s newly opened ‘butcher-pub’ in Marlow - has everything you need for your Christmas dinner centerpiece with Copas Turkeys, Creedy Carver Ducks and Packington free range chickens. You can even stop off for a quick pint and a sausage roll while you’re there.

And for those of you who wake up on Christmas morning without your pressies sorted, head to the Bread Ahead website and print off a gift voucher for one of their baking classes!