Best Christmas Food Advent Calendars For 2024
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Upgrade your classic chocolate calendar this December
It may be only September, but it’s never too early to get excited about Christmas – particularly when it comes to food and drink. Brands are beginning to announce their advent calendars for 2024, with an array of delicious edible treats hidden inside: not just the classic chocolate but also cheese, tea, biscuits and more. Eat and drink your way through December with our top food and drink advent calendar picks (and if you’re more into the beauty ones, click here).
Advent Calendars For Foodies 2024
Daylesford
Farm Shop Advent Calendar, £250
For its 2024 Christmas collection, Daylesford has teamed up with artist and illustrator Nina Fuga, who has created an advent calendar in the shape of the brand’s flagship farm shop. Inside 25 numbered drawers you’ll find a range of goodies from the farm – think cherry curd, hot chocolate flakes and black truffle sea salt, alongside Christmas decorations, candles and bath products.
Release Date: 6 November 2024
Ladurée
Advent Calendar, £95
You might know Ladurée for its picture-perfect macarons, but the French patisserie offers a whole host of tasty treats. Spend the build-up to Christmas enjoying plenty of Eugénie, the brand’s signature biscuit, alongside chocolate-coated marrons glacés, chocolate pearls, jams and honeys. It will look beautiful on your shelf too, adorned with ribbons and gold baubles – and behind the 25th door, you’ll find a jewel for your Christmas tree.
Release Date: 1 November 2024
Pukka
Tea Advent Calendar, £12.99
Tea obsessed? Enjoy a daily cuppa from Pukka with this tea advent calendar. Behind each door you’ll find a tea bag, with flavours ranging from classic breakfast to zesty orange and festive cinnamon. Alongside this, there will be a QR code taking you to a page of recipes and guided meditations – the perfect way to bring some zen into the busiest month of the year.
Release Date: Available now
Fortnum & Mason’s Feasting Advent Calendar
Fortnum’s Feasting Advent Calendar, £250
Fortnum & Mason always delivers on the Christmas food front, and its advent calendars are no exception. This one looks like a real treat, packed with an array of seasonal gourmet delights: orange-infused olive oil, raspberry preserve, Christmas pudding, biscuits, sage honey and much more – with some champagne thrown in for good measure.
Release Date: 31 October 2024
Paxton & Whitfield
Artisan Cheese Advent Calendar, £150
Cheese lovers: this one’s for you. Famed cheesemonger Paxton & Whitfield has packaged up a selection of its artisan cheeses into mini taster sizes (75g each) to create the ultimate savoury advent calendar. It includes classics like Cheddar and Stilton, alongside more unusual varieties from British and European artisan cheesemakers. You’ll receive it in three separate deliveries, each containing eight hand-wrapped cheese boxes, packaged with reusable ice packs and sent in an overnight delivery service.
Release Date: Available to order now, first dispatch 29 November 2024
Abel & Cole
The 12 Days of Christmas Calendar, £55
Organic food delivery service Abel & Cole contains a carefully curated selection of 12 food and drink items. Feast your way through the month with mulled wine, chutneys, chocolate buttons, shortbread, clotted cream fudge and more. Better still, it’s delivered to your door with zero air miles or plastic, in line with the brand’s eco-friendly ethos.
Release Date: 7 October 2024
Biscuiteers x Emma Bridgewater
Advent Tin With Limited Edition Advent Calendar, £130
Biscuiteers has teamed up with Emma Bridgewater on its 2024 advent calendar, which pairs a pretty biscuit tin with a hand-finished, embroidered advent calendar. What better addition to your December than a delicious daily hand-iced vanilla biscuit?
Release Date: Available now
Grind
Grind Advent Calendar, £28
Stay caffeinated throughout party season with Grind’s advent calendar, which contains 25 home-compostable, Nespresso compatible pods. You can try a range of different blends, from the signature House Blend to the Caramel Blend – plus a bonus pod for 25 December, which includes two of Grind’s limited edition Christmas Blend pods. This one sold out last year, so be sure to get your order in early.
Release Date: Available now
