A food hamper from MakeHampers is a gift box built around good food and drink, put together by theme. Cheese and wine, chocolate, savoury snacks, afternoon tea or sweets, each packed by hand in the UK and sent with free UK delivery.
Not sure which? The quickest way in is what they actually reach for. Cheese for a cheese person, chocolate for a sweet tooth, a bottle with food for a wine drinker. The range below splits exactly that way.
A food hamper is a gift box of things to eat and drink, chosen around a theme instead of thrown together. It might be a cheeseboard, a chocolate selection, or a bottle with something to go with it. Or a spread of savoury snacks. What ties them together is simple. Everything in the box is meant to be eaten, and meant to go together.
That is the difference from a general gift. A food hamper is picked by taste, so the first question is always the same: what does the person actually like to eat?
The range splits by what is inside. Start with the one that fits the person.
| Type | What is inside | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Cheese hampers | cheddars, crackers and a chutney | a cheese lover |
| Chocolate hampers | bars, truffles and honeycomb | a sweet tooth |
| Wine hampers | a bottle with food to match | a wine drinker |
| Savoury hampers | crisps, nuts, pickles and olives | someone off sweet things |
| Sweet hampers | retro sweets, fudge and fizzy bags | a bit of nostalgia |
| Afternoon tea hampers | tea, cake and shortbread | a non-drinker |
Most boxes carry a few names that turn up across the range: Cartwright & Butler biscuits, Thornton & France chocolate, Cambrook nuts and Buiteman crackers. Around them, each type has its own producers.
Beyond the everyday boxes, a few angles are worth knowing. A luxury or gourmet food hamper sizes the whole spread up for a bigger gift. The Christmas food hampers bring the festive version of all of the above. For a diet, there are vegan hampers and gluten free hampers that drop what does not fit and keep the rest. And a food and wine hamper pairs the two, with the cheese and wine hampers the pick of those.
The easiest way to choose is by the person, not the price. Start with what they reach for first: cheese, chocolate, a bottle, or a proper cup of tea. From there the theme picks itself, and the size follows the occasion. If you want more food hamper ideas, the range also splits by price and by who it is for, so you can come at it from any angle. For a work order, the corporate hampers handle bulk and multiple addresses.
Every food hamper carries free UK delivery, with no minimum order. An order in by 1pm is dispatched the same working day. Fresh items like cheese travel in a cool bag, and bottles are wrapped to travel, so everything arrives as it should. Pick a date at checkout for a set day. The delivery and returns page holds the detail.
A gift box of food and drink chosen around a theme, like cheese, chocolate, wine or savoury snacks. Everything in it is meant to be eaten and meant to go together, which is what sets it apart from a general gift.
Cheese, chocolate, wine, savoury, sweet and afternoon tea, as the main themes, plus cheese and wine together. The simplest way to choose is by what the person likes to eat, and the range is laid out that way.
Yes. A luxury food hamper is the larger version of any of the themes, with more in the box and a bigger centrepiece. It suits a milestone gift, or a household more than a single person.
Yes. There are vegan and gluten free food hampers that keep the theme and swap out what does not fit, so someone on a diet still gets a full box, not a stripped-down one.
Yes. Order before 1pm on a working day and it ships that day, free across the UK, so it can land the next day. Fresh items travel chilled and bottles wrapped, and a delivery day can be picked at checkout.