CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
This year we are bringing the very best gift ideas all coming from London businesses so you can take pride in helping the independents around you at the same time as finding the best unique presents for your loved ones this Christmas season. Well done you!
Drink.
Portobello Road Gin
A classic gin through and through, Portobello Road No. 171 Gin is a cabinet essential. Reliable for any occasion, hugely underpriced for the quality it contains and a gin that has forged its reputation as a bartender's favourite for a reason.
Cost: £24.45
Umbrella Project cocktails
Each bottle contains 4 cocktail serves, a total of 330ml per bottle.
Choose two bottled cocktails created by the development team at The Umbrella Project Workshop.
Choose from Banana Daiquiri, East 8 Hold Up, East London Negroni, Irish Old Fashioned, Margarita and a Three Dots and a Dash
Cost: £28
Chin Chin wines
Chin Chin is the much loved house white at Noble Rot restaurants and has quickly become a cult classic. It’s a bone dry, fruity Vinho Verde from northern Portugal and features a label design from artist Jose Mendez, who also illustrated the covers of Noble Rot magazine, issues 12 and 13, as well as the Shrine to the Vine logo. Magnums - exclusive to Shrine to the Vine - available too.
Cost: £12
Eat.
Biscuiteers master icing kit
Everything you need to give your home baked biscuits the Biscuiteers touch. Ideal for any budding Biscuiteer, it comes packed in a beautiful Biscuiteers cake tin with the iconic shop design - perfect for storing your hand-iced biscuits when finished. Contains 1 x large Biscuiteers cake tin, 1 x Biscuiteers icing guide, 5 x piping bags, 3 x squeeze icing bottles, 3 x professional colouring pastes (colours may vary), Royal Icing Sugar (250g), 3 x biscuit cutters (designs may vary), 10 x wooden skewers.
Cost: £50
Dishoom cookery book
Dishoom: From Bombay with Love, is an eccentric and charming cookery book, with over 100 recipes for the Bombay comfort food and drink that we love. Through the course of the pages, you will be taken on a day-long tour of south Bombay. Starting at breakfast, through to lunch, dinner and nightcaps, they share recipes for beloved dishes such as Masala Chai, the Bacon Naan Roll and House Black Daal.
Cost: £26
The Good Egg babka
The classic chocolate babka is twisted with rich chocolate ganache and topped with sugar syrup while it’s oven-warm.
These babkas are best eaten on the day of delivery (or toasted the next day and smothered with butter or turned into babka French toast!)
A large babka serves 8-10 chunky slices + a small babka yields 4-5 smaller slices.
Cost: £15-28
Do.
Floatworks floatation tank sessions
Introductory Package including:
3 x 1-hour float session; Complimentary towels and toiletries; Selection of herbal teas to enjoy post float; One time offer for new customers; Individual use only, floats cannot be shared; Valid for 3 months
Cost: £99
Tate Modern annual membership
The best way to experience Tate with free entry to our shows, including:
Enjoy free entry to Tate exhibitions; Access to the stunning Members Rooms; Get closer to art with special events; Treat yourself with a 10% Tate shop discount; Bring up to six under-16s free; Free subscription to Tate Etc. magazine and Tate Guide
Cost: £84-168
Prince Charles Cinema lifetime membership
An upgrade on the normal annual membership, including:
1 discounted ticket per screening; Minimum £2.50 OFF tickets; £6 Weekday matinees; 48 Hour Priority Booking; 15% OFF drinks & snacks; Regular £1 screenings; Local business discounts; Valid for a Lifetime; + 2 Admit-1 tickets
Cost: £60
Bonus.
Gallivant fragrances
Sometimes clichés are in the popular imagination for all the right reasons. This is the meeting place of continents and cultures. The metropolis at the crossroads.
Coffee, creaminess. Leather. Suede. Spices. Incense. Waking up in Moda, crossing the Bosphorus and a balmy night in Karaköy.
Cost: £65-145
Weez & Merl plates
Made from 100% recycled waste LDPE plastic in our Brighton & Hove studio. Each piece is crafted by hand, and is totally unique in its marbling.
The plates have a mostly smooth satin surface, however, please be aware there may be some surface irregularities.
Cost: £20
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Cost: Whatever you want