Taste Kent Magazine

Discover the tastiest food and drink from Kent – The Garden of England

Katie Anderson

20. The Corner House Cookbook – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

If you have a real foodie in your life, then this could make the ideal Christmas gift for them. The Corner House Cookbook gives an insight into the magic behind the popular Canterbury restaurant, The Corner House’s, classic dishes. With…

19. Pure Wix Candles – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Kent-based, Pure Wix handmake beautifully-scented candles in small batches using eco soy waxes and natural fragrance. Their candles are available in two size; medium (RRP £9.99), which have a 30-40 hour burn and large (RRP £19.99), which have a 40-50…

18. Homestead Beef Grass-Fed Beef – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

The Homestead is a family farm based on the North Downs, just outside of Dover. They have a small herd of rare-breed, pedigree Shetland cattle who live out on the Downs all year round, and 100% grass-fed. Raising cattle in…

17. GREK Tea – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Family-run and Maidstone-based business GREK, import the best herbs Greece has to offer to make their delicious herbal infusions. Their range includes: –peppermint (tea bags) – Smooth & Intense with delicate higher notes with hints of spice; –lemon verbena (tea bags) – Balmy &…

16. Fudge Kitchen Christmas Sharer Selection – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

What a treat, Fudge Kitchen have condensed Christmas into fifteen squares of melting, luxury fudge in their special Sharer Selection. The handmade fudge arrives nestled in an ingenious sliding Christmas box and ready for action at the pull of a…

15. Peanut Mabel and Dolly Christmas Collection – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Based in Folkestone, Peanut Mabel & Dolly make luxury chocolate slabs by hand in a range of delicious flavours. Their Christmas Collection features taster-size slabs of their top three festive flavours – Christmas Pudding, Peppermint Candy Cane and Pistachio, Cranberry…

14. Kent Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Do you know a dark chocolate fan? If so, this luxury advent calendar could make a great pre-Christmas treat! Kent Dark Chocolate is made from carefully sourced ingredients and the selected cocoa beans are both Organic and Fairtrade. The delicious…

13. Lost Sheep Coffee Capsule Experience Box – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Kent-based and independently-owned, Lost Sheep Coffee produce 100% fully compostable, Nespresso®-compatible coffee capsules that are filled with their speciality grade coffee. If you are looking for a gift for a coffee-lover, their online shop is full of great ideas including…

11. Macknade Hamper – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Macknade’s Kentish Christmas Hamper has the edge when it comes to Christmas. This hamper is packed with Kentish foodie favourites include a festive beer from local brewery Shepherd Neame, Christmas Cookies from the Zingiberi Bakery, Whitstable pickle co chutney, Bardsley…

10. Fudge Kitchen Speculoos Nut Brittle – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Fudge Kitchen brittle is like no other. The secret lies in the small 7kg batches and the hand stretching on marble counters for 15 minutes, as it cools, for the perfect texture. The entire process takes a skilled artisan an…