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Gifts for Foodies

For people who plan holidays around restaurants and already know what they're cooking next weekend. Cure your own duck near Bray, learn Ethiopian cooking from scratch, or hunt for tacos through a Shoreditch escape room. It's the broadest food and drink collection on the site — if you want cheese specifically, or a proper sit-down dinner, those have their own homes on Cheese Tasting London and Dining Experiences in London.

75 experiences, from £25.50.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's a good gift for someone who's always cooking or eating something new?

Ethiopian Cooking Experience teaches authentic scoop-wrap-and-roll technique from scratch, using injera and traditional stews rather than a recipe card, from £69. Pasta Making with Bottomless Prosecco covers proper hands-on pasta technique — rolling, shaping, sauce — with, as billed, bottomless Prosecco throughout, from £84.

What are the most unusual foodie gifts?

A Tasty Taco Hunt in East London is a spice-trail scavenger hunt through Shoreditch, solving clues between stops, with meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options all catered for, from £109. The Yorkshire Mushroom Emporium Experience teaches you to grow your own oyster mushrooms at home, complete with a starter kit to take away, from £36.

Are there good foodie gifts outside London?

Early Evening Food Tour of Manchester covers the city's independent restaurants, bars and hidden gems over one guided night out, at £270 for two people, it’s a 3 hour jaunt for serious Foodies. Docks to Dining: The Liverpool Food and Drink Tour does the same through Liverpool's food scene, from the docks to its best-loved independents, £114 per person.

Is there a foodie gift for people who prefer drinks over dessert?

Japanese Whisky Masterclass for Two covers one of London's largest Japanese whisky collections, guided by someone who actually knows the difference between them, from £119. Brews & Bites: A Hoppy Journey Along the Bermondsey Beer Mile is a guided crawl through London's best-known strip of railway-arch breweries, at £25.50. Prefer a full sit-down meal? Browse Dining Experiences in London, or keep it cheese-only with Cheese Tasting London.