Christmas Presents 2012: Best Festive Hamper Gifts For Food Lovers (PICTURES)

Christmas Food 2012: Festive Hamper Gifts For Foodies (PICTURES)
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Treat the foodie in your life to a delicious gourmet food hamper this Christmas.

From fine foods, bespoke wines to tailor-made gastronomical treats that will tickle even the most stubborn taste buds, HuffPost UK Lifestyle has selected our pick of the best on offer.

Delicious Christmas Hampers
Mouth-Watering Christmas Hamper Gifts(01 of09)
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Tickle someone's taste buds with these delicious Christmas food hamper gifts. (credit:Alamy)
Italian Feast(02 of09)
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This foodie hamper is brimming with 15 favourite handpicked products, including Pepolata, fettucce egg pasta and capelli d'angelo, a Chianti, prosecco, rich dark Neapolitan coffee, peaches soaked in wine, balsamic vinegar, Wild Boar ragu and Antonio Carluccio: The Collection cookbook (of course!)La Collezione hamper, £100, Carluccio's.
Cornish Delight(03 of09)
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This sustainable wicker hamper is a celebration of Cornish produce, making it a fantastic foodie gift. Packed with jams, biscuits, chocolate, juice and even Cornish grown-tea, this hamper is a delight to receive.Cornish food hamper £84.50, Eden Project Shop.
Cheese Delight (04 of09)
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A delicious collection that is guaranteed to bring on the festive cheer. It includes a Mini Waxed Stilton, Camembert de Normandie, a pack of 12 Mini Mince Pies, Brandy Butter, Cheddar Cheese Straws, Charcoal Crackers, Nuts about Figs, Spiced Plum Chutney and Pickled Onions. Presented in an elegant grey Paxton & Whitfield branded gift box.Season's Greetings, £50, Paxton and Whitfield
Christmas Dinner (05 of09)
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The 'Hello Fresh' Christmas Box is delivered directly to the buyer's door and contains recipes and all the ingredients in the exact quantities needed to freshly prepare a traditional Christmas Dinner, as well as culinary tips on whipping up delicious dishes with the leftovers. Each package will include ingredients for a luxury prawn cocktail starter, an award winning Free Range Bronze Copas Traditional Turkey with its own pop up cooking timer, Very Very Special Copas sauces and accompaniments and all of the traditional festive trimmings, handmade mince pies, a gourmet Christmas pudding with brandy butter, and a decadent cheese board. Serves up to 10 people.Fresh Christmas box, £155, Hello Fresh.
Posh Nosh(06 of09)
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Named after a famous London thoroughfare, this hamper contains a fine selection of first-class food and wine, from our Royal Blend Tea and Fitzgeorge Fruit Cake to our Game Relish, Piccadilly Piccalilli and Lemon Marmalade Biscuits. To ensure the feast is complete, it also includes a fine bottle of red wine and a bottle of Fortnum's Brut Reserve Champagne.Park Lane hamper, £150, Fortnum and Mason.
Winter Warmer(07 of09)
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You'll find the cream of traditional winter favourites, fine fare and festive tipples in our opulent Windermere Hamper. From breakfast, lunch and dinner, not to mention tasty nibbles and treats in-between, there's something in this fine basket to hit the spot. Limited Edition New & Exclusive Windermere Hamper, £149.99, Lakeland.
Sweet Like Chocolate(08 of09)
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Brimming with nothing but chocolate goodies, this is a foodie's dream come true! With everything from milk, dark and white chocolate selections, feisty peppermint truffles and silky champagne truffles, to authentic drinking chocolate and more.Bliss chocolate hamper, £150, Hotel Chocolat.
Perfect Pies(09 of09)
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The hamper includes a range of delicious regional food and is presented in a lidded wicker basket. Inside you will find: Large Pork Pie, 6 Mini Pork Pies, Special Plum Bread, Wedge Blue Stilton Cheese, Wedge Red Leicester Cheese, Melton Red Chutney, Biscuits for Cheese, Sunnycliff Shiraz, Sunnycliff Chardonnay, Sparkling Saumur, Thick Pork Sausages, Melton Hunt Cake. This is a premium quality hamper and an ideal gift for those who love indulging in mouth-watering regional produce. Pie hamper, £99, Pork Pie. Pork Pie.co.uk