Gift Hampers & Gift Baskets

Gift hampers, gift baskets and hamper gifts for everyone on your list, hand packed in the UK and delivered free.

Every MakeHampers hamper pairs something savoury with something sweet, and usually a bottle to open alongside: cheese, chocolate, wine and savoury treats from named British producers like Cartwright & Butler and Hamlet. The range runs from a letterbox gift up to a full wicker basket. Order by 1pm Monday to Friday and it leaves us the same day. Browse everything below, shop by contents, recipient, occasion or budget, or start from our hamper ideas.

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Corporate Hampers

Shop Gift Hampers by What Is Inside

Contents are usually what decides it. Start with what they actually like eating and drinking, and the choice narrows fast.

Our food hampers, sometimes searched for as food gift baskets, are the broadest starting point. Preserves, biscuits, crackers, oatcakes, chutneys. From there it splits by taste. Cheese hampers are the reliable crowd-pleaser. Cheese and wine hampers pair a bottle with cheeses picked to sit alongside it. Got a sweet tooth to satisfy? Chocolate hampers and sweet hampers do that job. Savoury hampers go the other way, towards nuts, crisps, olives and cured meat. And afternoon tea hampers build around loose tea, shortbread and biscuits.

On the drinks side, wine hampers and beer hampers sell hardest. Champagne and prosecco hampers take the celebratory end. Gin hampers work as a single-interest gift. Not certain they drink? Our alcohol free hampers carry the same food without the bottle. Vegan hampers cover plant-based diets. Allergen details for every hamper sit on its own product page as a downloadable PDF, so check before you order.

Format matters as much as contents, and it is worth thinking about before you pick. Letterbox hampers are packed flat and post through the door, so nobody has to be in. Traditional hampers arrive in a wicker basket that gets kept and reused, and they are the closest thing we do to a luxury gift basket. Cheese travels in a reusable insulated cool bag. Beer comes in a galvanised bucket you can fill with ice. Everything else is a gift box, kraft or presentation, packed by hand. And pamper hampers step outside food altogether.

Shop Gift Hampers by Who They Are For

Buying for a person is often easier than buying for an occasion. Hampers for her and hampers for men are where most people start. Hampers for couples solve the problem of one gift landing with two people.

Family hampers are built to be shared. That makes them the safer choice when you do not know individual tastes. Hampers for grandparents lean traditional. For work gifting, gifts for your boss and colleague gifts land best when everyone gets a look in.

Shop Gift Hampers by Occasion

Some occasions come with their own rules. Birthday hampers are our most-ordered category all year round. Christmas hampers take over from October, with seasonal lines that do not appear the rest of the year.

Milestones are their own thing. A wedding hamper lands differently to a card. An anniversary hamper suits couples who already own everything. A new home hamper gets opened the day it arrives, which not many gifts manage. Leaving gifts and thank you hampers are the two we send into workplaces most often.

Seasonal ranges come and go. Easter hampers arrive in spring. Father's Day hampers land in June. Get well soon hampers are the one category with no season at all.

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Shop Gift Baskets by Budget

Delivery is free at every price point, so what you see on the page is what you pay.

Hampers under £30 are the letterbox gifts and smaller boxes. Hampers between £30 and £50 bring in a bottle and a fuller spread, and this is where most orders land. The Three Cheese Hamper sits here, and it is the single most ordered thing we sell. Hampers from £50 to £100 are the wicker baskets and larger presentation boxes, which is where our luxury gift baskets sit. Hampers over £100 are the larger sharing baskets and premium gifts. Not sure? Our best hampers are the ones customers order most and then come back for.

Corporate Gift Hampers

Corporate orders go through our team directly. Our corporate hampers cover staff rewards and corporate gifts for clients, chosen from the standard range so dispatch stays on the next working day.

Bulk orders of twenty or more are priced as one, with delivery split across as many recipients as the list runs to at no extra cost. Fill in the bulk order spreadsheet and send it to info@makehampers.com.

Gift Hamper FAQs

What is included in a gift hamper?

A mix of food and drink chosen to work together, not a single item in a box. Most of ours pair something savoury with something sweet, plus a bottle of wine, prosecco or beer where the recipient drinks. Names that turn up across the range include Cartwright & Butler, Hamlet, Buiteman and Abbey Biscuits. Each product page lists the full contents with weights, so you know exactly what is going in.

Can I send a gift hamper to a work address?

Yes, and an office is often the easiest place to send one. Hampers travel with DPD and need a signature, so a workplace usually beats a home address midweek. Universities are fine too. We cannot deliver to patients in hospitals, because patients move between wards and we have no way of knowing their dietary restrictions.

Can I get a gift basket without alcohol?

Yes. Our alcohol free range carries the same food as the rest of the collection with no bottle in it. It is the right call if you are not sure the recipient drinks, or you are sending into a workplace. One thing to watch: some items such as mince pies and Christmas pudding contain traces of alcohol, so check the product page if that matters.

How far in advance should I order?

For most of the year, the day before is enough. Anything ordered by 1pm Monday to Friday leaves us the same day for next day delivery, and you can pick a named delivery day at checkout so it lands on the date you want. Christmas is the exception. Place personal gifts through late November and early December, and speak to us in the autumn about corporate orders of twenty or more.

What happens if nobody is in when it arrives?

DPD will try again the next day, leave it with a neighbour, or take it to a local pick-up shop. You get a tracking link either way, and if it goes to a pick-up point that link shows a QR code to present on collection. Letterbox hampers dodge the problem entirely, since they post flat through the door and need no signature.

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