Cedele’s emphasis on wellness is very much evident in their food hampers, with themes like “Super Grains” ($48 for seven types of organic grains and wholewheat noodles), Baking Lab ($75, a selection of essentials like dark chocolate couverture buttons, organic unrefined sugar, premium Cacao Barry cocoa powder) and Superfood Sips ($60, with five teas such as aged ginger, and red rooibos; as well as organic unrefined sugar and Christmas butter shortbreads to complete the tea experience).
Price: From $38 to $115.
To order: cedelemarket.com.sg
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You’ve probably picked up the likes of cookies, biscuits and preserves for gifting, but did you know that Marks & Spencer also offers Christmas hampers? You can choose one of their pre-packaged hampers, such as Yuletide Cheer ($60) for an assortment of tea-time treats like butter-and-chocolate chunk shortbreads, digestives, and fruit sherbets (candies with fruit-flavoured sherbet centres); or mix-and-match your own ─ just pick out whatever strikes your fancy at the store and top up $6 or $8 for the gift box and wrapping.
Price: From $60 to $400 for pre-packaged hampers. No minimum spend for customised hampers, other than the add-on of $6 or $8 for the gift box and packaging. The $6 gift box alone is good for 6-7 items.
To order: All Marks & Spencer outlets, including #01-K2 Wheelock Place (6733-8122).
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Ryan’s Grocery was started with the aim of providing a comprehensive range of organic and/or gluten-free products and meats, and their festive collection follows the same motivation. The Gluten Free ($95.50) is chockfull of gluten-free treats such as chocolate chip shortbread, organic drinking chocolate, kalamata tapenade and lime-and-coconut cookies. There’s even an affordably priced Truffle Gift Set ($35.90) which comprises organic truffle oil, organic truffle honey, and black truffle mustard. You can customise your own hamper too ─ just hit the minimum spend of $120 and the staff will gift-wrap it for you. The deli also offers organic, uncooked Christmas meats such as US Diestel Organic Whole Turkey ($155) and sausage platters ($39, choice of organic beef, organic lamb or free-range pork).
Price: From $16.95 to $387 for pre-packaged hampers. Minimum spend of $120 for customised hampers, inclusive of gift wrapping.
To order: ryansgrocery.com
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They’ve made a name for themselves as one of Singapore’s most sought-after gourmet butcheries, so it’s only apt that they’ve come up with hampers of Christmas meats. There are two sets available, Season’s Best ($200) and Yuletide Treasures ($350). The latter is good for feeding a party of 8 to 10, and comprises a a traditional roasted turkey, Virginia ham, boneless roasted lamb leg and a bottle of Pitars Prosecco Millesimato Gold NV. Since Swiss Butchery has an extensive range of premium produce and grocery items too, you can customise your own hamper too. There’s no minimum spend, just a nominal packaging fee of $15 to $35 depending on the size of the hamper.
Price: $200 and $350 for the roast meat hampers. No minimum spend for customised hampers, other than the add-on of $15 to $35 for the gift packaging.
To order: swissbutchery.com.sg
This Christmas hamper, The Better Box, waves the Singapore flag high with its curated selection of seven locally made foods and drinks: hand-crafted nougats from 3 Bites Full, rock candies made with all-natural fruits and floral extracts from Sweet Enchantment, Asian-flavoured marmalades from Straits Preserves, speculoos chocolates from Poppy & Co, fine teas from 1872 Clipper Tea Co, Archipelago craft beers, as well as Better Butter’s very own homemade bakes.
Price: $120
To order: betterbuttersg.com/the-better-box
Newly opened at Millenia Walk, Plentyfull is a restaurant, patisserie and gourmet grocer rolled in one. For Christmas, there are three hampers. The most affordable is the Red Bucket ($34) which contains a festive banana bread, cinnamon spiced shortbread, fleur de sel chocolate cookies and either coffee or tea. On the other end of the spectrum is the DIY Premium Hamper ($255), for which you can choose one main, two sides, a dip, a sauce, two baked desserts from the Christmas menu ─ it also comes with a bottle of Chateau-Fuisse, Pouilly Fuisse Tete de Cru 2013.
Price: $34 to $255.
To order: Email hello@plentyfull.com
FOLKS & STORIES
Instead of food categories, Folks & Stories’ Christmas gift boxes are conceptualised around personality types ─ The Explorer, The Entertainer, and The Thinker. For instance, one of the items for The Explorer box would contain a packet of cayenne pepper-spiced nut mix as a nod to the recipient’s adventurous palate, and a minimalist tote bag printed with an appropriate tagline ─ in this case, “Adventure”. But these are suggestions, so you can always change the contents to what you think is more suitable. Each box typically comes with a cookie or artisan nut mix, chocolate truffles, a small box of tea, a notebook, and a tote bag.
Price: $38
To order: folksandstories.com