Tasteful Gifts For Food Lovers
A good gift for a food lover can be anything from a kitchen gadget to an exciting dining experience. Treat them to a thoughtful present that transforms their cooking or amazes their taste buds. Whether they’re professional chefs or professional eaters, these unique gift ideas will please all kinds of foodies.
1. Customized Chopping Board
A wooden breadboard or chopping board with a personalized touch is useful and decorative, and you can never have too many. From etched monograms to illustrations, there are several ways you can customize a cutting board to suit the recipient.
2. Charcuterie Starter Kit
Who doesn’t love a charcuterie spread? A fabulous gift for a food lover is a box of goodies to accompany the perishables on a charcuterie or cheese board. Fill the kit with tasty jars of gourmet jams and preserves, pickled veggies, flavored nuts, fancy crackers, and olives.
3. A Picnic!
Taking your food lover on a picnic is the cutest gift there is. You could surprise them with a picnic blanket and a wicker basket filled with essentials–– wine, baguette, grapes–– anything to munch on together on the grass.
4. Novelty Dinner Out
Check out your city or a town near you for a restaurant hosting a unique dining experience. You could enjoy your meal blindly at a dark dining restaurant or have a romantic dinner for two in a private dome. You can find all kinds of themed establishments from arcade bars to tiki lounges.
5. Favorite Foods Day
If your foodie is a homebody, treat them to their favorite meals at home. You could make it a whole-day event with breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Whip up their favorite dishes or know where to order them all for delivery.
6. Label Maker
If they’re an organized cook, they’ll adore a label maker. Label makers create custom labels to slap on spice jars, ingredient jars, and any other containers they want.
7. Food Crawl
Spread out the fun and organize a food crawl. Take the lucky recipient on a tasty tour where you order a nibble and a drink from multiple locations until you’re ready for your stretchy pants. Perhaps an app at a cocktail bar to start and dessert at a gelato joint to finish.
8. Movie Night Kit
A true foodie can’t sit through a whole movie without a snack. The perfect gift for them is a supply of the best cinema snacks around. Think gourmet popcorn, a mixed pack of candies and chocolates, and popcorn seasonings. Heck–– buy them a popcorn maker and bring the cinema to them!
9. Gourmet Oil & Vinegar
You can’t go wrong with nice oil and vinegar. Check out an olive oil emporium or a boutique shop for some delicious, high-quality products. You could get a sampler pack of different pairings of flavored olive oils and vinegar and grab a few decorative serving dishes to go with it.
10. Giftcard To Favorite Restaurant
A gift card is a super easy present you know won’t go to waste. Treat them to dinner out at their most beloved establishment or gift them with cookless nights in with a gift card from their favorite take-out place. You could also gift them with quality groceries with a gift card from a specialty food store.
11. Cheese Of The Month Club
For the cheesiest gift around, sign them up to the cheese club. Many companies offer a cheese of the month club membership where the recipient is sent a surprise package of assorted cheeses each month to try. It’s a gift that keeps on giving.
12. Pizza Stone
A pizza stone is a wonderful cooking tool for aspiring home pizza chefs. They’ll be singing as they throw their pizza dough into the air and land it on their beautiful stone. A stone helps cook a pizza crust evenly to golden perfection.
13. Coffee Table Cookbooks
Foodies love a good cookbook. There are plenty of cookbooks out there with delicious recipes that are aesthetically pleasing as well. Give them a gift they’ll use in the kitchen and as a piece of decor with bragging rights.
14. Personalized Recipe Book
Websites make it easy to put together your own recipe book. Make them tear up with a book of all the family recipes or gather a collection of recipes you know they’ll drool over. Design a recipe book they’ll cherish forever.
15. Artisan Pottery
Add to their collection or start one for them–– A foodie often loves to stock their shelves with handmade pottery. Look for an artist that matches their style or find the missing dishes from the collection of their favorite design.
16. Apron & Oven Mitts
The kitchen is their catwalk. Often kitchen shops and boutiques offer various aprons and oven mitts that are practical and stylish. Gift a baker or cook with cooking apparel in an attractive pattern or customize one online with personal photos or graphics.
17. Witty Linens
If they’re a foodie with a sense of humour they’ll get laugh at this gift. You’ll find tea towels, tablecloths, and napkins with silly graphics and funny phrases that make wonderful gifts. Treat them to a chuckle as they work away in the kitchen.
18. Life Changing Appliance
If you know their life will change for the better if they own this appliance then be their kitchen hero. Devices like air fryers, food processors, and instant pots can be game-changers and well-appreciated gifts for any home kitchen.
19. Novelty Salt & Pepper Shakers
A pair of themed shakers can add a little fun to their meal. Look for salt and pepper shakers that will bring a smile to their face when they receive them. From Star Wars characters to farm animals, we’ve seen them all.
20. Mug & Mug Warmer
The ideal gift for coffee or tea-loving parents with young kids is a mug warmer. A personalized mug is cute but give them a warmer device along with it and it’ll be the best thing they’ve ever received. These nifty gadgets keep beverages at your chosen temperature for as long as they’re turned on. Never drink cold coffee again.