The Borough Market
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
Borough Market is famous for its Christmas produce – the meat, fish, cheese, drinks and seasonal vegetables that will elevate your Christmas dinners and Boxing Day buffets to unmatched heights. But it’s also a perfect place to pick up gifts for your food-loving friends and family.
The suggestions you’ll find in this short guide are just the tip of a vast iceberg, but hopefully they’ll serve to inspire a more thorough exploration of the Market. Don’t hesitate to ask traders for their suggestions – they’re the real experts, and they won’t be short of a tip or two.
Make sure you stop by The Borough Market Store in Three Crown Square to pick up a jute bag to pack your items in.
For the CHEESE LOVER
At Borough Market, the challenge isn’t choosing great cheese to buy, it’s deciding which of the dozens of exceptional British and European cheeses to leave behind. If you’re building a cheeseboard, a hard cheese, a mellow blue, a soft, and goat is a good mix.
RIBBLESDALE BLUE GOAT’S CHEESE from Heritage Cheese
RED COW PARMIGIANO REGGIANO from Bianca Mora
MONT D’OR BABY from Une Normande a Londres
12-MONTH AGED COMTÉ from Borough Cheese Company
BEKA AROME CAST IRON FONDUE SET from Borough Kitchen
For the VEGAN
The Market’s diverse trader community is home to stalls and stands that fit with a wide variety of personal principles and dietary needs. That includes plenty of treats that serve a plant-based diet without compromising on texture and taste.
VEGAN MUSHROOM PÂTÉ from Pâté Moi
VEGAN ACHARS (PICKLES) from Temptings
ROASTED COBNUTS from Food & Forest
PEANUT BUTTER DATE CARAMEL CUPS from The Free From Bakehouse
COCONUT CARDAMOM CASHEW BUTTER from Butter Nut of London
For the HEAT SEEKER
In the winter months, these chilli-based products are guaranteed to warm you up from the inside out. In the Borough Market style, all of them have been created with an emphasis on flavour as well as an enjoyable blast of heat.
WINTER CHILLI SAUCE from Wiltshire Chilli Farm
CHILLI SALAMI from Alpine Deli
’ NDUJA from De Calabria
CHILLI BOX from Spice Mountain
WHOLE CALABRIAN HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
from Gastronomica
For the SWEET TOOTH
Christmas sweets don’t begin and end with the same old big-brand selection boxes. Borough’s traders offer beautiful handmade alternatives produced with love and creativity by talented people (or, in the case of the honey, bees).
SALTED
CARAMEL TRUFFLES from So Chocolicious
DEVON FLOWERS HONEY from From Field and Flower
FILLED MEDJOOL DATES from Date Sultan
CINNAMON FUDGE
from Whirld
SUGARED ALMONDS
from Maggio’s
For the HOME CHEF
Packed with fresh produce, Borough Market is a paradise for anyone who loves cooking at home. It’s also a great place to buy those people gifts, from high-quality kitchenwares to essential store cupboard ingredients.
MARCATO ATLAS 150 PASTA MACHINE from Borough Kitchen
BOROUGH MARKET APRON from The Borough Market Store
PESTLE AND MORTAR SET from Oliveology
OLEARIA MANCO CERAMIC
OLIVE OIL JAR from The Olive Oil Company
PEPPER SAUCE from Pimento Hill
For the SAVOURY SNACKER
Help your loved ones fill the empty hours between big festive feasts with these moreish savoury snacks. Serve with a classic film and maybe a little something from the drinks cabinet.
TRUFFLE SALSA from Tartufaia
PITTED GREEN OLIVES STUFFED WITH PARSLEY, TARRAGON, GARLIC & LEMON JUICE from Borough Olives
GENTLE GARLIC SALAMI from Northfield Farm
SARDINES IN OLIVE OIL
from The Tinned Fish
Market
CRACKER KITCHEN
SEEDED FLATBREAD from Cinnamon Tree Bakery
boroughmarket.org.uk/winter