Christmas has arrived at Fenwick in Newcastle as its range of festive hampers and this year's food advent calendar go on sale with treats including a wide mix of local goodies.
The city store says its seasonal treats, which are available both in-store and online from this Thursday, offer plenty variations on the usual chocolate-heavy theme with its advent calendar featuring the likes of "artisinal" drinks - which include sloe gin and honey whisky - plus cheese and coffee behind its 25 'doors'. The sweet-toothed will be glad to know that chocolate is there too, from luxury brands including Charbonnel et Walker.
And among the 16 Fenwick hampers on offer is a £130 Northern Delights version which includes produce solely from the North East. Hamper prices start at £50 for a vegan-theme hamper to a whopping £750 for the Showstopper. The 2022 Food Advent Calendar costs £145.
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Kieran McBride, store director at Fenwick Newcastle, said: “We know our customers have exceptional taste, which is what makes the countdown to Christmas such an exciting time in our Fenwick Food Hall. We are proud to be home to some of the most incredible artisan food and drinks brands in the UK and the festive period is the perfect time for us to give shoppers something extra special to celebrate the season."
He added: “Our 2022 Food Advent Calendar and famous Fenwick hampers make the perfect gift for the food lovers among us, and we are sure our handpicked selection of delicious treats will bring the festive cheer this winter.”
The calendar has an exclusive design by Fenwick’s 2022 artist-in-residence Andy Singleton and includes a beautiful description card giving details of the treat included within each drawer. Here's what is on offer inside and to buy it online see here.
Fenwick 2022 Food Advent Calendar - £145
COCO Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate & Colombian 40% Milk Chocolate
- BARISTOCRACY Ground Coffee Ethiopia
- EDINBURGH HONEY CO. Hot Toddy - Whiskey In Honey
- ASK MUMMY AND DADDY Christmas Sweets
- LIND & LIME Gin
- PLAYIN CHOC Toychoc Box
- Single Variety Co. Black Bursa Fig Preserve
- LAKRIDS BY BÜLOWS Salt & Caramel Chocolate Coated Liquorice
- MOTIF Peppermints
- NEW ENGLISH TEAS Traditional English Breakfast Tea Tin
- Sawley Kitchen Co. All Butter Shortbread
- MOTH Canned Cocktails - Espresso Martini
- FUDGE KITCHEN Christmas Fudge Trio
- STEENBERGS Old Hamlet Mulled Wine Spices
- LOVE COCOA Salted Caramel Truffles
- DURHAM DISTILLERY Sloe Gin
- CHOC ON CHOC Chocolate Reindeer Shape
- SHEPCOTE 4-pack Marzipan Fruits
- CHARBONNEL ET WALKER Charbonnel Heart
- BEEBLE Honey Whisky
- TEAPIGS Apple & Cinnamon & Chai Tea Tea Temples
- ROSEBUD PRESERVES Boxing Day Chutney
- LILLYPUDS Brandy Butter
- THE DRINKS BAKERY Lancashire Cheese & Spring Onion Biscuits
- CHRISTMAS GOLD Foil Wrapped Solid Milk Chocolate Coins
Northern Delights Food Hamper - £130 - The local-theme hamper includes a Tyne Bridge chocolate bar, Durham Cathedral bar, Slightly Salted Peanut Butter, Ginger Beer, Pink Tonic Water, Northumbrian Gold Ale, Tyneside Blonde, Hepple Gin, non-alcoholic Ginger Wine, Blackcurrant Jam with Juniper, Tweedside Heather Honey Hex Jar, Ringtons Chocolate Crest Biscuits, English Breakfast Tea Bags Tin, Rhubarb and Custard, Chilli Jam and a Mixed Chocolate Box.
The Vegan Pick-Me-Up hamper, which costs £50, includes fizzy cherries and fizzy strawberries, chocolate cookies, salted dark chocolate almonds, hazelnut crunch truffles and salted caramel oat milk chocolate. The Showstopper Food Hamper, at £750, has a huge selection of luxury items including wine, Champagne, port, vodka, spiced rum and whisky alongside marmalade, chutney, jam, truffles, biscuits, chocolates, linguini, honey and olive oil.
For the full list of its contents and information about the other hampers - which include themes such as Hops and Bites; Gin Discovery and Coffee Connoisseur - see here.
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