The best budget food gifts for Christmas 2024

On a budget this Christmas? No problem! We have plenty of inspiration for food gifts under £20, including stocking fillers. Our selection of presents has attractive homeware, gourmet treats and more that won’t break the bank – so you can stick to your budget while spoiling the food lovers in your life.

Why not add a homemade food gift to the mix (a great way to save money in the festive period)? We have lots of budget-friendly ideas that can be made ahead, including gingercake bites, crispy chilli oil and even DIY advent calendar truffles that will last the whole of December.

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Field Blends’ Maple Chilli Salt

If you know someone who likes it hot, salty, smoky and sweet, this will give their cooking a lift. A pinch from the compact tin (one to keep and re-use) will liven up any dish, from roast ham to red cabbage.

BUY NOW FROM FIELD BLENDS, £6 FOR 35g

Papersheep cute cotton tea towel

Ethically designed, 100 per cent cotton and sustainably printed in Staffordshire, this sweet puffin tea towel makes a lovely stocking filler.

BUY NOW FROM PAPERSHEEP FOR £11.50

Lakeland World of Flavours oil and vinegar bottles

Invoking the southern Mediterranean stylings of Greece and Italy, these colourful ceramic bottles look stunning on the table.

BUY NOW FROM LAKELAND FOR £19.99

Cotswold Whisky Butter

Betwixtmas brunches call for a bit of a kick, and this will supply it. Blending butter from a family farm in Worcestershire with a good dash of Cotswolds Distillery single malt, it’s a smooth yet fiery accompaniment for mince pies, Christmas pudding – or even toast.

BUY NOW FROM COTSWOLD GOLD, £6 for 180g

Don’t Waste Your Turkey cookbook

A fab stocking filler for your host this Christmas. Our own food producer Emily Gussin’s Don’t Waste Your Turkey features more than 40 creative recipes to ensure all parts of the Christmas bird are thoroughly enjoyed.

BUY NOW FROM AMAZON, RRP £8.99

Summerdown Ultimate Mint Chocolate Selection

A delicious. team favourite, Summerdown is the master of the after-dinner mint choccie, and this selection box is a greatest hits compilation, ranging from chunky mint fondants to crisp discs and neapolitans.

BUY NOW FROM SUMMERDOWN, £9.50 for 175g

Sea Sisters tinned fish

Inspired by Spanish and Portuguese tinned fish or ‘conservas’, West Dorset’s new Sea Sisters brand is canning all sorts of fishy delicacies in Bridport. The Norfolk whelks in kimchi sauce are made for a cosmopolitan seafood lover.

BUY NOW FROM SEA SISTERS, WHELKS £10 for 110g

Blackthorn’s sea salt flakes

Harvested from the waters of Scotland’s west coast using a ‘thorn tower’ system, these Scottish sea salt flakes are tangy and complex – one for finishing a dish in style.

BUY NOW FROM BLACKTHORN SALT, £4.90 for 120g