This giveaway is now closed. The winner was Nickie Chapman, North London.
Today’s Christmas Giveaway is for an amazing Interflora Essential Christmas Hamper RRP £100. Find out what’s inside and how to enter at the bottom of this post.
But first here are some Christmassy photos from a December trip to Belgium.
The great thing about a weekend getaway to Brussels is that the hotels are such good value.
As the centre of the European Parliament, the hotels are expensive during the week when all the bureaucrats are about. Come Saturday night they’ve all gone home and the hotels are selling off their rooms very cheaply.
That’s not to say Brussels isn’t a place for tourists, December especially sees the streets surrounding the Grand Place filled with atmospheric Christmas Markets.
You can get a very good four star hotel room in the centre of Brussels for under £100 per night including breakfast, we booked Hotel Windsor using lastminute.com. We had driven from the UK and parked overnight in an underground car park near the Grand Place for around 12 euros.
This was 4 years ago now but I have been researching trips to Belgium more recently and know this hotel at weekend would be phenomenally good value even now. Bruges on the other hand, is very pricey, very difficult to book at weekends near Christmas since its proximity to Calais makes it very busy for “booze cruisers”.
Brussels is worth the extra hour’s drive. We were able to leave Brussels at around 4pm on Sunday and using Eurotunnel still be home for a reasonable 9pm and not be too tired for work the following day.
In the hotel lobby, we were captivated by this village of gingerbread houses. I vowed to make one myself but to this day have not yet managed to do so.
Aren’t they gorgeous?
The lobby was filled with smell of gingerbread, it was so welcoming. I think these are the best gingerbread houses I have ever seen.
As a food blogger, taking this many pictures would be normal but this was a long time before so that gives you an idea what an impression they made on me!
Time now to enter the Interflora Essential Christmas Hamper giveaway…
Interflora Essential Christmas Hamper RRP £100 Giveaway
Interflora Hampers make ideal last minute gifts for far away relatives and friends. They vary in price from around £25 to £200 for all budgets and all tastes.
We have an Interflora Essential Christmas Hamper to give away to one lucky reader and it contains the following treats for the festive season and beyond:
- Presented in a Wicker Hamper
- Robin Reed Handmade Concerto Musical Crackers x 8
- Pinot Grigio Il Papavero Italy 2008 75cl
- Primitivo Il Papavero Italy 2007 75cl
- Warres Warrior Special Reserve Port 37.5cl
- Waterthins Crunchy Sourdough Poppy & Cracked Pepper Cheese Twists 110g
- Chocca Mocca Real Raspberries Dipped in Fine Dark Chocolate 100g
- Sally Williams Soft Nougat Pieces with Roasted Almonds 150g
- Walkers Luxury Milk Chocolate Orange Royal Shortbread 125g
- Thursday Cottage Handmade Blood Orange Marmalade 340g
- Twinings Coffee Blends Intense & Enlivening Coffee 227g
- The Jolly Good Pickle Company Poachers Chutney 200g
- The Jolly Good Pickle Company Cranberry Sauce 200g
- Thursday Cottage Handmade Raspberry Jam 340g
- Farmhouse Biscuits Assorted Butter Biscuits 400g
- Walkers Luxury Miniature Mincemeat Tarts 225g
- Just Chocolates Fine Chocolate Selection 125g
- Gold Crown Delicious Christmas Pudding 454g
- Olives Et Al Sesame Nuts 200g
There is one mandatory way to enter and several ways to get bonus entries.
This giveaway is only open to readers based in the UK. With other giveaways I’ve said you can still enter if you are overseas provided you have a friend with a UK mailing address and forward the parcel on yourself at your own cost. This prize will weigh A TON. You would be nuts to try and mail this to yourself overseas. Therefore, I suggest you sit this one out! Sorry guys!
The winner will be chosen using an online randomiser and announced in a subsequent post on this blog – the winners of several of the 12 giveaways will be will announced together across 2-3 posts according to their closing dates.
To win:
1. Mandatory. Leave a comment below telling me what your essential foodie Christmas item is.
2. Second chance to win, follow this blog using the Google Friend Connect widget in the right hand side bar and leave a second comment saying you have done so.
3. Third chance to win, tweet a link to this giveaway as follows: “Win @interflorauk Essential Christmas Hamper RRP £100 @maisoncupcake” WITH A LINK TO THIS POST as it may no longer be the home page item if you enter later this week. Then leave another comment saying you’ve done so telling me your Twitter ID.
I’ll also throw in extra entries if you leave comments to say you are following @interflorauk on Twitter.
You must leave a further separate comment for each bonus entry otherwise they cannot be selected in the draw.
Closing date: midnight GMT on Sunday December 19th 2010.
The winner will be notified by email. If the winner does not reply within 48 hours, a new winner will be drawn. Please reply promptly to increase the likelihood of you receiving your prize before Christmas.Good luck everyone!Prize sponsored by Interflora
Also up for grabs during the Maison Cupcake 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways:
Waitrose Christmas goodies RRP £35 Closed
Green & Black’s Ultimate Chocolate Chef gift set Closed
Nigella Living Collection Measuring Cups Closes Jan 16 (bloggers’ competition, international)
Alex Polizzi’s Little Black Book of Hotels Closes Dec 14
Sainsbury’s Different by Design cookware Closes Dec 15
Chai Caramels from Matcha Chocolat INTERNATIONAL Closes Dec 16
Eric Lanlard’s “Home Bake” from Octopus Books
Cookware from Jamie Oliver and Mum et Moi
Simon says
Looks like I am first… ooeer
My christmas foodie essential is a tricky one. I think it is probably a bottle of spiced rum. I splash it in lots of things – but it gives a particular zing to my rum butter (which I have to have with christmas pud and mince pies – not brandy butter!)
Nikki says
I think my chrissy food essential has to be…bucks fizz. A glass of bucks fizz on christmas morning with a bacon roll before scrummaging under the tree for the presents! I love christmas and although this year employment issues mean we have less to spend this year, it will still be magical as we still have each other and our friends and family. Hope everyone has a great christmas and lets hope 2011 brings us a fresh start and new adventures. x
Bridget says
I’d say I’ve got two essentials, good quality cheese (preferably Stilton) and some nice Scotch. The Scotch has become a standing joke with my family so that I get given 2 bottles every Christmas in lieu of other gifts and to keep me going through the year. My family works on the gift motto of ‘eat it, drink it read it’ and I’m pretty happy with my ‘drink it’.
Jo Orr says
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without my home made turkey stuffing. Sausagemeat,stuffing mix, chopped apples and onions and a few bacon lardons – the family would rather eat just the stuffing and not bother with the turkey!!
Jo Orr says
Following your blog
Jo Orr says
Tweeted for you – I’m @1dozymoo
Jo Orr says
Also following @interflorauk on Twitter!
THanks for the fabby giveaway and Merry Xmas!
Sharon A says
My Christmas foodie essential is definitely homemade chestnut & cranberry stuffing and also a good bread sauce 🙂
Sharon A says
Following your blog using google connect 🙂
Jo Bryan says
Goose Fat for my potatoes is an essential.
Thanks so much, really loving the articles as much as the gorgeeous giveaways. I feel so Christmassy looking at the pictures on here and reading the posts.
Jo Bryan says
been a follower for a while on Google Friends
Jo Bryan says
I also follow @interflorauk
wendy mcdonald says
Christmas isn’t Christmas without brussell sprouts! Not a popular choice I’m sure, but they are just so evocative of the festive season. I buy them fresh on the stalk and the children help to prepare them!
wendy mcdonald says
Follow you through GFC and love your glorious foodie blog!!
wendy mcdonald says
Tweeted @wendymcd83
wendy mcdonald says
Following Interflora on Twitter @wendymcd83
Thank you xxx
Domestic goddesque says
Ooo, you can’t have Christmas without Cranberry Sauce, surely??
Entry one- comment- check.
Entry two- follow you- check.
Entry three- tweet- check @domesticgoddesq
Entry three (b)- follow interflora- check.
Keep fingers crossed hoping to win- check!
Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet says
Nothing says Christmas more than chestnuts! 🙂
Sharon A says
Competition tweeted (@sharonald)
steven young says
I need to have a good old Christmas Pudding at this time of year
Sharon A says
I also follow @interflora on twitter (@sharonald).
Many thanks for a great giveaway
steven young says
Following you and retweeted
@steviey
steven young says
Following @interflorauk
@steviey
Debbie O'Connor says
My Christmas foodie essential is mince pies. Its about the one food that I eat only in December.
Charlotte Hoskins says
My essential Christmas Food has got to be that big old tin of chocs – whatever your fave is really. Christmas evening wouldn’t be the same without trying to get through the whole tin and being surrounded by wrappers ;o)
I’ve tweeted too @charbarcrazy
steven young says
Also following @interflorauk on Twitter
@steviey
Debbie O'Connor says
I’ve followed the blog, tweeted as @motivatingmumuk and followed @maisoncupkake and @interflora
Kerry Farrow says
My essential food item is a chocolate log made by my mum! Christmas is not christmas without a chocolate log!
Tweeted @NFZ0809LOVE
Already follow your blog!
xx
Rhoda Kellar says
My essential is amaretto. I use it in lots of the Christmassy treat – cherry liqueur chocolates, ice cream, liqueur coffees to name but a few.
Rhoda Kellar says
I already follow in GFC.
cathy james says
got to be christmas pudding and cream mm
Rhoda Kellar says
Have tweeted
http://twitter.com/justforcomps/status/14644562563702784
@justforcomps
Kat says
My essential item has to be bread sauce – my Christmas dinner is not complete without it.
Rhoda Kellar says
I already follow @InterfloraUK on twitter.
@justforcomps
Lorraine Johnson says
We can’t have Christmas without a nice slab of Stollen! @finleypoppet x
Vickii says
My favourite christmas foodie item is mulled wine! I LOVE it! I’m not a big wine fan generally but mulled wine; home made or M&S’s, I absolutely can’t resist – what’s not to love about hot, spiced wine??
mazz mullarkey says
Mine would have to be my own homemade sausage meat! Always goes down a treat and I think many people forget about it over christmas,but I absolutely love!
Lorraine Johnson says
I follow the blog x
Vickii says
Following your blog 🙂 – vickii
Kat says
Tweeted @kc_andlollipops
Vickii says
I’m also now following @interflorauk on twitter – I’m @vickii373
Lorraine Johnson says
I have tweeted a link to this page @finleypoppet
dawnyj says
Surely it has to be brandy butter for the Christmas pud!
Deer Baby says
My essential Christmas foodie item is/are Clementines – with the leaves on. We always put one in the stockings, have a big bowl of them and juice them with Cava for breakfast.
Look at those deer on the big wheel – how pretty. I love those gingerbread houses – I did attempt one last year and it suffered from subsidence. The walls had to be shored up with a lot of icing but it looked pretty.
Love that ice rink. What a great trip to go on. I always say I’ll go to one of the Christmas markets.
Following Interflora.
Lorraine Johnson says
I follow @interflorauk on twitter (@finleypoppet)
Jo Bryan says
Also tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/Jo_Bryan/status/14646319033352192
zoe allen says
My product would be the gingerbread house we make every year technically its not a foodie item but i love the fact that the kids and me all make it together and get to have fun in the kitchen without any squabbles and eating the finished product after christmas is always good!
I have completed all the steps above tweeting as @zoenmya
And thankyou for such generous giveaways
dawnyj says
Also tweeted your message as @dawny_cupcake
zoe allen says
Following via google friend connect too xx
Imi Votteler says
Cheese! It has to be cheese! Imagine Christmas without the port, grapes, chutney, cured meats and cheese! Not worth thinking about.
Not sure if this would be classed as a foodie item, but fresh cinnamon bark as well. Can’t have Christmas without cinnamon!
Hamper sounds lovely by the way!
dawnyj says
Plus following @interflorauk as @dawny_cupcake
Thanks for the great giveaways!!
Kim Allen says
Ummmmm I guess the most essential to me would be some really good dark chocolate to make hot drinks with! Topped with cream or marshmallows, there’s nothing nicer to wind down with at the end of the day and over christmas who cares about all those extra calories 😉
zoe allen says
Am also following @interflorauk
Sarah Jay says
My fav food has got to be my uncles home made banoffee cheesecake that he makes for us every Xmas without fail. My mouths watering thinking about it lol. Following your blog, and posted on twitter too. Fingers crossed I win as this would make my Xmas. Thanks @misssarahjay
zoe allen says
And have tweeted here http://twitter.com/zoenmya/status/14647016583864320
Kim Allen says
I’ve used the google friend connect, I know it’s a different email but it’s the only way i know how to do it, you can tell it’s me by the pic though 😀
Kim Allen says
I’ve tweeted about this as well now http://twitter.com/MunchKim/status/14648001213505536
I’m @MunchKim
Kim Allen says
And I’m following @interflorauk on twitter as well, I have been for a while does that matter? 🙂
jade phillips says
My christmas foodie essential is sausages and bacon from my local farm shop to make the pigs in blankets as for me they are the best thing on a christmas dinner! Have retweeted, followed 🙂
Make do mum says
Those gingerbread houses are very cute.
The thing I love that I only ever have at Christmas is bread sauce – yum!
Russell Turner says
Rich fruit cake and Wensleydale cheese
Already follow @interflorauk
http://twitter.com/luvhandyls/status/14649380875272192
Kate Davis-Holmes says
My important foodie essential used to be Mum’s Christms Cake, very lovely, very secret recipe and very boozy. She is no longer with us and nobody can do it quite as well.
I love chocolate logs – just something very magical about them for some reason, easy enough to make and look lucsious.
Kate Davis-Holmes says
I am following you
Kate Davis-Holmes says
I have tweeted as @netcurtains
Sharon Hingley says
My essential foodie item is my Norfolk Bronze Turkey not only for christmas day but to make a scrummy family recipe Turkey & Ham pie on boxing day and a turkey curry for all that drop by.
Sharon Hingley says
Already follow on Google Friend Connect x
Sharon Hingley says
Retweeted @daisybeebee x
Arthi says
It has to be loads of nuts and chocolates
Arthi says
Im following @Ineterflora
Suzanne Heath says
I think its got to be pigs in blankets. For me it epitomizes Christmas dinner. The hamper looks amazing. I’ve tweeted the comp too, thanks x
Arthi says
Sarah following yr blog 😉
Becca Rothwell says
Essential Christmas foodie item would probably be some decent cava for making Christmas morning Buck’s Fizz. It’s just not Christmas if you’re not very slightly merry by lunchtime (oh that sounds terrible, but true).
Becca Rothwell says
I already follow on Google Friend Connect so I don’t know if that counts?
Becca Rothwell says
And I’ve just tweeted with a link to this post.
Becca Rothwell says
And I’m now following @interflorauk on Twitter
Kelly says
I can’t live without some good christmas M&M’s cookies!
Kelly says
also on Google FC
Beth says
My fave foodie thing about Christmas is munching on the bacon that’s been protecting the turkey breast while it’s been slowly roasting overnight. Yummy!!
Lynne says
tweet done… @josordoni
Beth says
Am follwing on Google Blog Connect too 🙂
Lynne says
I also follow you on Google..
Lynne says
and last but not least I am following @interflorauk..!!
Beth says
Have RT’ed too.
I’m @beffff
Beth says
ANd I am already following @interflorauk 🙂
Thanks for running the comp
xx
jane G says
@BlueTacuma Brandy is an Xmas essential
Anne says
Sausages wrapped in bacon, cook them up for brekkie with a glass of bucks fizz – wouldn’t be Xmas without them
Rhian says
My Christmas essential is definitely cheese. Lots of it and the stinkier the better! YUM!
Rhian says
I tweeted the link (@MissBaileyMSE)
Hayley says
Chocolate log made by yours truely! Thats the essential! 😉
Rhian says
I’m also following @interflorauk
Many thanks for running this fab comp! I’ve got my fingers crossed! x
@MissBaileyMSE
Liana Stevens says
My essential foodie item for chrimbo has to be our gingerbread house – I make one every year and then stock up on sweeties galore so me and my boys can decorate to their hearts content!
Liana Stevens says
I’ve also followed your blog on Google Connect!
Catherine Gregory says
My essential food item at Xmas is a tin of Celebrations. Usually they don’t last till Xmas day though lol
maggy, red ted art says
Our Austrian Cookies without a doubt… hence have been baking for weeks now..
Thanks for another GREAT competition!
Maggy
Debbie Gillespie says
My mum always makes a dumpling at christmas time and everyone loves it.
Amy says
My must have Christmas food is mince pies – love em! 🙂
Gorgeous piccies by the way, x
Amy says
I already follow you, x
Debbie Gillespie says
I also follow you on Google friend connect
Amy says
Have tweeted (@amylane) and I follow Interflora too.
Now I will stop being stalkerish! 😉 x
Debbie Gillespie says
I’ve now tweeted
@jazza1
Debbie Gillespie says
Follwing @InterfloraUK now
jazza1
Julie Johnson says
Essential foodie food would have to be all sorts of different Cheese’s and crackers with Cranberry jelly or my mates home made Marrow & Garlic Chutney, and just pig out on that,mmmm
Kelly Young says
my essential christmas food would have to be my mum’s bake wells she bakes every year and her chocolate buns mmmm they taste like heaven 🙂
Kelly Young says
tweeted @rainiexiexie
Kelly Young says
following this blog 🙂
Lux says
Not sure if it counts as an item, but Christmas isn’t Christmas without bread sauce.
Sandy Calico says
Chocolate truffles. Mmmmm!
@sandycalico
Lux says
Following the blog
Sandy Calico says
Also following your blog on GFC
Sandy Calico says
And following @interflorauk on Twitter
Lux says
And have tweeted as @abritontheside
Sandy Calico says
Lost my first comment I think. My xmas foodie essential is chocolate truffles.
helena haddock says
Brussel sprouts, even though only I eat them, still put them on everbody elses plates
deborah h says
turkey roast…yum
Jan Ashenden says
My Christmas foodie essential is a lovely slice of Christmas cake – well soaked in brandy, with a good layer of marzipan – yum
Sue Gale says
The back up bird(usually chicken)in case anything goes wrong with the star of the show
T Westwood says
my yule essential is home-made white bread to make those days of turkey and redcurrant sarnies more than a practical using up of left-overs.
Tracy Newton says
Pigs in blankets ……. mmmmmmmmmmm.
l martin says
christmas crackers you cant have a christmas table without cracker
Janet Higgins says
brandy snaps stuffed with clotted cream
nikki says
mums homemade stuffing.
Sarah Laycock says
Drum Roll – Wait for it whilst he adjusts his crown and sorts out his stuffing. Have you guessed it – TURKEY!
Jane Willis says
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Brussels Sprouts. Not just because they are one of my favourite vegetables, but as families grow up and food fashions change, the other elements of the Christmas feast vary and grow more sophisticated. The one element of thre meal that has been constsnt all my life is a lovely great pile of sprouts.
Jane Willis says
I’ve tweeted, am follwing your blog, and amfollowing both you and Interflora on Twitter. My Twitter name is @compergrapevine
maria louth says
mines got to be the Christmas pud it’s only me that eats it in our house but i have to buy one every year 🙂
Caroline Stringer says
Christmas is not christmas without a scrummy chocolate log
Nina Greaves says
Slices of locally sourced pork pie and mustard for breakfast, washed down with champagne bucks fizz 🙂
Nina Greaves says
I’m follower 301 I think 🙂 Just followed with Google Connect, lovely photos in this blog
maria louth says
Forgot to say im a follower as well 🙂
Nina Greaves says
Retweeted via @2011smiley 😉
Mel Chambers says
Stollen, while everyone else is tucking into christmas cake I eat stollen
Helen R says
My essential foodie Christmas item is peppermint bark. So yummy and incredibly easy to make 🙂
Helen R says
I am following via Google Friend connect.
Andrew Sheppard says
Turkey, of course! Roast on Christmas Day itself, cold with pickles on Boxing Day, then in sandwiches for the rest of the week! There’s only the two of us, so it takes days to eat it all!
Helen R says
I have tweeted (@milkpetal) http://twitter.com/milkpetal/status/14710521659916289
Helen R says
I am following @interflorauk also 🙂
Karen Mockett says
Think this year it will be marinated feta – not the obvious choice but a Greek twist on christmas!
Laura CYMFT says
My essential is lovely roast potatoes. Homemade in goose fat with some garlic, salt and pepper! Delish with roast beef and yorkshire puds!
Laura CYMFT says
I follow you in GFC
Laura CYMFT says
I’ve posted on twitter @lauracymft
Laura CYMFT says
I follow @interflorauk on twitter too @lauracymft
Lisa King says
Following blog 🙂
My essential xmas food would have to be mini sausage rolls which we always have on boxing day 🙂
Tweeting too @lisanorfolk and already follow interflora 🙂
emma cella says
I’ve now tweeted
Chris Cleave says
Essential item – streaky bacon wrapped round smoked cheese, to go with the turkey – could not imagine Xmas without them now!
Joanne Ogden says
Sprouts. I know they are contraversial but I love them at Christmas cooked with shredded savoy cabbage, pancettaand roasted chestnuts. Yum
Billie says
For me it has to be Stilton (and of course a good bottle of port to go with it). Christmas wouldn’t be the same without it.
nicci cowdell-murray says
my essential item is christmas pudding , its yummy and i hate having to wait a wholoe year to eat it lol
nicci cowdell-murray says
FOLLOWING VIA GOOGLE FRIEND
nicci cowdell-murray says
HAVE TWEETED THE GIVEAWAY @twinklenicci on twitter x
nicci cowdell-murray says
i am following @interflorauk already xx @twinklenicci x
maxime goodwin says
has to be the old prawn cocktail starter! also selection of cheese’s washed down with a glass or 2 of port yum
Julie Kenny says
Thanks for the chance to win Xx @relisys222
My Christmas foodie essential is brandy sauce xx
Chrissie says
Mince pies for Father Christmas, in case he doesn’t leave me any presents
carole says
home made mince pies heaven
Janet Taylor says
chocolate any chocolate
Janet Taylor says
tweeted @Jaz246t
Janet Taylor says
Follwing @InterfloraUK
julie raine says
christmas pudding
Sarah Cooper says
Pickled onions
Amanda says
Yule Log
Lyndsey Brett says
Chilli powder!!
Because I’m not a fan of christmas food, I find it so bland! I’m much happier with a chilli or curry on christmas day rather than a christmas dinner!
(washed down with lots of wine, followed by too much chocolate)
Lyndsey Brett says
I’ve tweeted about the competition. I’m @Cocktail_Koala 🙂
Laura Pritchard says
My essential item is the nutcracker!
Laura Pritchard says
Following on google.
Laura Pritchard says
Have re-tweeted @Isis1981uk
Laura Pritchard says
Following @Interflora on Twitter @Isis1981uk
Ashleigh says
my favourite is christmas pudding. Delicious!
Ashleigh says
i am following on google
Ashleigh says
i have tweeted too @ashlallan
Ashleigh says
i am following @Interflora too (@ashlallan)
cheryl says
bacon to go on the top of the turkey !
cheryl says
I’m following you with GFC
cheryl says
I’ve tweeted too @cherylp59
cheryl says
I’m also following interflorauk now on twitter
Lovely prize, thanks for hosting the giveaways 🙂
claire woods says
Always have to have mince pies.
Cheryll H says
Has to be smoked salmon… nom nom nom…
Cheryll H says
Amfollowing too =)
Cheryll H says
Tweeted @pipersky1
Cheryll H says
Following @Interflora too =)
Emma says
Essential item is a bit obscure – a heat diffuser! Essential for making the most ethereal delicious bread sauce 🙂
debbie says
I love sitting down in the afternoon with a bowl of chestnuts!!
Gloria Edwards says
Christmas pudding with lashings of brandy sauce is my idea of a little bit of heaven!
Lou says
Sprouts, sprouts and more sprouts! See, I could do with a hamper full of treats 🙂
Choclette says
Chocolate of course. Another fab prize, hats off to you for keeping up the momentum.
Choclette says
I am following your blog
Anne says
It’s got to be skirlie for me. It’s Scottish oatmeal stuffing and it just wouldn’t be Christmas without it!
Choclette says
Have tweeted – @Choclette8
Choclette says
Am following InterfloraUK on Twitter – @Choclette8
Laraine Spiteri says
Essential Foodie Christmas Item, well that would have to be Sainsburys Cointreau cream, really essential for the mince pies and the organic christmas pud! So Moreish!
SarahSparkles says
Christmas pudding and cream!!!
SarahSparkles says
and i’m following your blog xx
SarahSparkles says
Have tweeted … @ SarahSparkles31
SarahSparkles says
And i follow Interflora on Twitter xx
Fiona Fowkes says
Ultimate foodie thing for christmas for me is Christmas pud & brandy butter – yum!
Fiona Fowkes says
Am already following blog!
Fiona Fowkes says
Have tweeted! xx
Fiona Fowkes says
And have been following interflora on twitter for yonks! xx
kayleigh white says
My essential xmas item is mince pies…of course with some brandy cream – yummy. Following you on twitter @avoidorange
Rebecca says
My Christmas essential has got to be my Dad’s Christmas Cake recipe, which since he’s now gone I have taken over the traditional of making. It’s rich, fruity & full of brandy, it tastes of Christmas!
I love the pictures of the gingerbread village, I’ve just made one for the first time this year! x
nicola hawley says
I love christmas pudding with brandy cream
nicola hawley says
have tweeted message @sidshane
already a follower of both
Susannah Leggatt says
Sauerkraut for me..x
Susannah Leggatt says
Have retweeted as @StomaFreeBuddie
Vanessa Cox says
My essential Christmas food is chocolate truffles! I usually make my own but I also buy some in shops too 🙂 My special treat once a year 🙂
Vanessa Cox says
I’m following the blog with Google Friends 🙂
Julie says
Roast potatoes cooked in goose fat
Vanessa Cox says
I have tweeted the comp link @CoxeeFoxy
Vanessa Cox says
And finally I am following Interflora UK on Twitter 🙂
Martina says
TURKEY!
Jane Wright says
There are many smells and tastes that are “Christmas”, but the one thing I can’t think of doing without is several glasses of Harveys Bristol Cream whilst cooking the festive feast. Following you on Twitter and have retweeted. @compnut
alison turner says
A slice of Christmas Cake.
janet says
Mince Pie with cream
ron t says
Traditional Roast Turkey Dinner
Richard Hawes says
Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs
Beverley says
Christmas ain’t Christmas without cranberry sauce!
Beverley says
following with googleH7
Beverley says
following you and tweeted a linky – bev_metallica
Beverley says
and finally – (I feel like an evil spammer!) I am following Interflora!
Merry Christmas!
Maria Webster says
Table Water Crackers and cheese
Maria Webster says
Following with Google Connect
Maria Webster says
Tweeted as @spagetti8
Del Johnson says
Pigs in blankets
Julie Davies says
Has to be brussels sprouts, only time of year they get eaten but wouldn’t be Christmas dinner without them
Julie Davies says
following your blog
Julie Davies says
have tweeted your message
Julie Davies says
tweeted your message with a link but forgot to leave my twitter name @juliedee4663
Julie Davies says
and I follow interflora
Tom says
Christmas cake with thick marzipan.
Wendy Collard says
Smoked Salmon in the morning :-)oh and sausages wrapped in bacon definately with xmas dinner
Wendy Collard says
am following @interflorauk on twitter
Wendy Collard says
Have tweeted @WendyCollard
Robyn Clarke says
Has to be Stollen. I’m going to make one this weekend, first time.
http://catchingupwiththeclarkes.blogspot.com/
Vanessa Kimbell says
Cinnamon and Orange Brady. I soak it into the christmas cake, and the Christmas pudding,
Because It makes a fab gift, & I make brandy butter with it. It is the base of a fab christmas cocktail mixed with ginger beer and I use the brandy butter mixed with currents to make my Christmas Eccles cakes. and Cinnamon
wards off colds and flu and viruses .. so it’s medicinal too.
CherishedByMe says
Although Christmas dinner wouldn’t be Christmas dinner without the turkey the thing I’d miss most of all was Christmas pudding…..that is Christmas to me. Although I usually keep a stash and have it a couple of times during the year too. 🙂
Mulene says
My essential food would have to be marzipan omnomnom!
Chris Bull says
Christmas pudding, so rich but oh so yummy 🙂
Merry Christmas 🙂 x
Katherine says
My essential Christmas foodie item is my mother in-law’s ham hock … she does it every year and I only have it once a year!
Katherine says
Am also following @interflorauk on Twitter
(@kazautomatic)
Katherine says
Am following you via Google Connect 🙂
Katherine says
And I have retweeted about your giveaway 🙂
(@kazautomatic)
phyllis ellett says
Roast Potatoes and Delias cook book, she can cook xxx @phyllgerry
phyllis ellett says
Also following your brilliant blog now xx @phyllgerry
phyllis ellett says
RT’d to @phyllgerry
phyllis ellett says
Also have been following @interflorauk for a while. love @phyllgerry
Elizabeth Smith says
Bacon-wrapped chipolatas!
deborah h says
roast turkey dinner
Alison says
Those gingerbread houses are gorgeous! Anyway foodie item is Christmas cake, love it
Alison says
Tweeted @ali991
Robert says
Just the Ticket
stephanie Taylor says
my two christmas essentials are brussel sprouts with my christmas dinner and a nice bit of stilton and crackers for pud :o) yum
Lisa Clayton says
My fave is Christmas Yule Log-an essential tradition for Christmas eve that always makes me feel like Christmas is finally here and the celebrations are about to start!
hannah griffin says
It’s got to Blue cheese. It tastes so wrong and yet so right. It wouldn’t be crimbo without it
Patricia Edwards says
the Roast Potatoes for me
Susan Menzies says
Brussels Sprouts, can’t have christmas dinner without them… even if nobody eats them!
Ann calland says
Stuffing,christmas is not the same without it!
Leanne Openshaw says
Apple sauce i love it
Keiko Taylor says
Everything you need for Christmas!
Jody Powell says
Has to be pigs in blankets… yum yum x
Solange says
Smoked salmon for me, it is not Xmas without it, sorry must just be me 🙂
Kevin Honey says
It’s Christmas, it must be turkey!
Linda Revell says
My favourite is Christmas cake. I make it myself and it’s always a Christmassy pleasure to tuck into it on Christmas Day.
melissa says
My essential foodie Christmas item is a single, red & white striped, peppermint candy cane. I absolutely NEED to have one for it to be Christmas, but more than one is just too sickly sweet. Unfortunately it’s difficult as they come in boxes of 12-18!
katie says
Smoked salmon with lemon juice, yum!
Izzy says
Smoked salmon, cream cheese and dill sauce nibbles 🙂
Naomi Wallis says
Duck Fat for roasting up the best tatties!!!! oh and lashings of Bread Sauce on that Turkey!!!!!
Naomi Wallis says
following you on Twitter- @balletgal84 xxx
Hazel says
Liebkuchen – the house smells like Christmas when I make them.
Hazel says
I am following the blog already.
Hazel says
Have tweeted as @beachrambler.
Hazel says
Was already following InterfloraUK (as @beachrambler)
Doreen Wright says
turkey sandwiches with homemade sage and onion stuffing
Kim Coate says
i love all christmas food, but if i have to pick a favourite then its got to be the christmas pudding with lashes of cream
Renate Kriegler Edwards says
Christmas fruit cake. That is my one absolutely indispensable essential. We have tried all sorts alternatives for the meal, but the Christmas cake gets baked every year – preferable in June/July!
Renate Kriegler Edwards says
OK so now I am following you! 🙂
Renate Kriegler Edwards says
Third Time Lucky? I Tweeted this as @RenateKriegler. Fingers crossed! 🙂
Renate Kriegler Edwards says
Aw Guess who really really really wants the hamper… I am now following @InterfloraUK as @RenateKriegler xxx
Maxine Lonsdale says
Mince pies
Christina Palmer says
Cranberry sauce is my must on Christmas day
Donna Gilligan says
cream, for all the yummy desserts
Anne Balfour says
Roast goose cooked to a turn is an absolute must at Christmas!
Elizabeth Bennett says
turkey, hot and cold
Roy Holbrook says
It is Gingerbread houses for us from the German Xmas market in Manchester every year. Its now a household tradition…
Lisa Armstrong says
My boyfriend is Brazilian, so we enjoy traditional Brazilian sweets called ‘Brigadeiro’, made from chocolate and condensed milk. They are delicious, and they really make him feel at home at Christmas !
vicky haddock says
mince pies warm with cream
Wendy Plater says
Simply a box of Newberry Fruits.
Brian Hartshorn says
Port and Stilton – what a luxury
Alison Tripp says
My must have food for Christmas is sprouts, love them or hate them they are a must for Christmas day.
Alison Tripp says
I am following @interflorauk on twitter as @alison_1966
Jo Hewlett says
Devils and Angels on Horseback of course!
Mo Millward says
Chocolate coins for me
Cristina says
Christmas essential: custard – it always gets forgotten and we all prefer it on our Christmas pud
Cristina says
tweeted @sarokaal
Cristina says
following @interflorauk
Chris says
The turkey!
Ann-Marie Titley says
My essental Christmas Foodie is homemade cranberry sauce. My hand always seems to shake when I pour in the port so it is always nice and boozy.
Rosemary says
My essential christmas foodie item is Christmas cake, served with strong cheddar cheese and an apple, all washed down with mulled wine. You just can’t imagine them together, but they really work.
Rosemary says
have tweeted @Jeanieallergy
Rosemary says
am also following interflora on twitter
Suge says
Freshly cooked gammon , with cranberries yummmmm!!!!
Denise Blythe says
Christmas Crackers are for me,
and a glass of Champagne under the tree 😉
dannyboy says
turkey and ham and a lovely bit of suffing
Layla Thomas says
Stuffing, cooked in the turkey with minced smoked oysters. Yummy.
caroline martin says
Brandy Cream-yum!
Christine Johnson says
Pickle onions
Karen Richards says
Turkey
Janette Arnold says
Panatone with fresh coffee.Sets you up for the day.
thepricklypinecone says
My essential christmas foodie item is corned beef and potato pie.
thepricklypinecone says
I follow with GFC
Maureen Sharp says
Homemade stuffing to accompany our turkey
colin joyce says
Hi my Christmas favorite food has to be mince pies i love um i could almost be a mince pie addict all you mince pie makers please make more more more MERRY PIEMASS ALL
Fiona Newton says
My essential christmas foodie item has to be Christmas Pudding with custard!
Simon says
Mine would have to be a rich, moist Christmas cake, bursting with fruit and served with a wedge of Colston Bassett Stilton. Christmas on a plate.
hayley andrews says
the turkey!
Annabel says
Please enter me in the competition. My favourite foodie Christmas item has to be the brandy butter to go with the Christmas pudding
Thank you very much for your post and reviving those lovely memories. I grew up on the Continent. As Hansel & Gretel was one of my favourite stories, my Grandmother use.d to make me a big gingerbread house every Christmas, which I would take to school and share with my classmates.
Annabel says
Following @InterfloraUK on Twitter
Erin says
Competition tweeted @erinyslondon
Maria says
Christmas pud x
Fiona says
stilton and digestive biscuits!
David Price says
Goose fat to make beautiful roast potatoes – crispy on the outside, fluffy in the middle
David Paterson says
No one else seems to like it, but Kidney Soup!
Peter Fairbrace says
Onion gravy yummee
Erica says
Homemade chocolates – still got to make mine.
Erica says
Following the blog
Erica says
Tweeted @ericahughes
Erica says
Following @InterfloraUK on Twitter @ericahughes
Liz Burton says
Can’t live without Stollen at Christmas!
Liz Burton says
Following via GFC – Missie Lizzie
Liz Burton says
Tweeted @missielizzieb
Kath Amis says
I LOVE mince pies!
Kath Amis says
I’m also following the Maison Cupcake blog!
Jacqui Ruddock says
My essential Christmas foodie item has to be Christmas pud!
Jacqui Ruddock says
Following with Google Blog 🙂
Jacqui Ruddock says
Tweeted with a link username @en1gmaz
http://twitter.com/#!/en1gmaz/status/15854476325822464
Jacqui Ruddock says
following @interflorauk and @maisoncupcake 🙂
sylvia spall says
myv family and belgian chocolate shells
Anne E says
Brussel Sprouts!
Carly says
BREAD SAUCE…that is all! I adore bread sauce and Christmas would just NOT be Christmas without it, for me anyway 🙂
I follow and I will also tweet from @mummysshoes x
Abi Heinitz says
Stollen – even though I don’t like marzipan!
Katherine Gregory says
Honey glazed ham and ginger bread – not together of course!
Sarah says
Essential Christmas foodie has to be Tunis cake – with HARD chocolate covering, none of the fondant chocolate nonsense that’s on the Mark & Spencer variety. Tesco do a nice one but they fly off the shelves as soon as the stock goes out. Every year it’s the same. The whole family, up and down the country is on high alert from the beginning of December. The first person to spot them buys as many as they can carry home. My sister drew the short straw this year and had to carry four home on the bus!
Zoe Corbin says
Turkey, wish we could have it all year around.
Claire Paterson says
Lovely homemade mince pies with lashings of thick cream.
Sue Harrison says
Following with google friend connect
Sue Harrison says
Pigs in blankets, made at home with our local butchers prize winning sausages ( not the mass produced shop ones)
Sue Harrison says
Following on twitter @daisyduck123
Deborah Ryall says
It would have to be the old christmas pudding – it covers everything for me, its sweet, fruity, lots of alchol and top it off with extra thick fresh cream – roll on Christmas Day
fiona maclean says
wow, yet more fab stuff!
Teresa Sheldon says
jacket spuds cold meat and pickles on boxing day yum yum
Mark Hopkins says
Sage and Onion Stuffing!!!
Alistair Richardson says
I can manage without the turkey or the pudding but I’ve got to have mince pies
Rosie says
pickled walnuts- but the young delicate variety- really hard to find the right one.
Rosie says
I am a google friend @kohsamui14
Anthea Holloway says
It has to be chestnut stuffing – homemade of course!
Maya Russell says
The essential food at Christmas dinner is the gravy, for sure! I can’t imagine turkey, roast potatoes… without.
Maya Russell says
Following your blog as M. x
Maya Russell says
Have tweeted. @maisietoo
Maya Russell says
Am following @interflorauk on twitter. @maisietoo
Emily Hutchinson says
It’s got to be mince pies, so simple but so very Christmassy – especially hot from the oven covered in cream
Emily Hutchinson says
I’m following the blog too
Emily Hutchinson says
and i follow Interflora on Twitter – thanks!
trevor winn says
there’s nothing to beat a trip to Belgium
Kathryn Morley says
Christmas pudding flamed in brandy of course
Charlotte says
Chocolate orange and chocolate coins!
amelia says
My foodie must have is ALWAYS christmas pudding i cant get enough!
Tweeted with link.
Followed on Facebook.
Tweeted Follow Interflora.
COmmented.
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Allie says
Mmmm turkey with all the trimmings! I’m following Interflora on twitter too xx
Allie says
Oops…forgot my twitter tag @thunderbirdsGO I blame the mulled wine ;o)xx
donna baxter says
my essential Christmas item would have to be a King Prawn Ring – already purchased and sitting in the freezer waiting
donna baxter says
Following the blog on Google Friend Connect xxx
donna baxter says
Am a follower of @interflorauk on twitter too xx
donna baxter says
Have tweeted the link about the comp on twitter too. twitter id @dmbaxt xx
Carolyn Taylor says
My essential foodie item would be loads of different cheeses. mmmmmmmmmm
Wendy Collard says
My essential Christmas food item is pigs in blankets, delicious but we never seem to have it any other time of year, don’t know why! ~x~
Wendy Collard says
Have also tweeted @WendyCollard Merry Christmas xxxx
sue mc says
Crackers
Fiona Sykiotis says
Turkey… Wouldn’t be Christmas without it!!!!
Gerri Tennant says
Got to have turkey and sprouts at Christmas – don’t like them just got to have them!
Gerri Tennant says
Have tweeted @ dragonfly6363
Gerri Tennant says
‘Like’ Interflora on Facebook
Carol Rowley says
clotted cream, for christmas pud, mince pies and anything else you feel like eating it with
Carol Rowley says
following our blog
Carol Rowley says
Tweeted with link about competition @Silkey1
Carol Rowley says
following @interflorauk on twitter @Silkey1
Marie says
Roast parsnips
Sandra says
Sprouts, chestnuts and pigs in blankets. I don’t need anything else on my plate really!
Marzena says
for me,the essential food at Christmas dinner is ravioli with mushrooms
Marzena says
I follow your blog using the Google Friend Connect (Marzena Szymborska)
Marzena says
Tweeted as @marzutek
link:
http://twitter.com/#!/marzutek/status/16110188549373952
Marzena says
I follow @InterfloraUK on Twitter as @marzutek
Janet Kam says
Has to be Christmas cake, i just adore it (especially with cheese)
Janet Kam says
Im following on Google friend (blackpoolgirl)
Matthew Bramwell says
The essential christmas food has to be turkey! Its just a plate of vegetables if not 😛
Geoffrey Clark says
It’s got to be hot mince pies
Heidi S says
essential has to be pigs in blankets. No christmas dinner complete without them
Ursula Bingham says
My essential food item at Christmas has to the turkey. It always takes pride of place on the table surrounded by all the trimmings. Mmmmmmmm.
Steph Morris says
Wensleydale cheese with Cranberries. I can eat it by the pound, and have to be very disciplined and only buy it around Christmas time.
Steven Montgomery says
Stilton cheese !!
Barbara Edwards says
Cranberry Sauce Christmas wouldn’t be christmas without it
Barbara Edwards says
tweeted @barbmerv
Barbara Edwards says
Following @interflorauk on twitter
Sarah Williams says
Bread sauce, its the only time that I have bread sauce with my turkey dinner and I love it.
tina saunders says
chocolates, chocolates, chocolates!!!!
j mealing says
sprout bubble and squeak on boxing day.
jimmy paton says
has to be the turkey,what is xmas without that
Margaret Farmer says
Smoked Salmon I could live on it
Sheri Darby says
I can never resist mince pies
Nancy Bradford says
Cranberry sauce. A must.
Christina Mass says
Essential Christmas food obviously has to be turkey.
Charlotte Summers says
Essential christmas item-goose fat. You can’t make perfect potatos without it
Eleanor says
Pigs in blankets, definitely…
Nickie C says
Eggnog. I love it and while it’s not easy to find in the UK, when I do find it, I’m so very pleased!
Nickie C says
Am following on Google Connect too 🙂
petra hora says
Essential Christmas dish is potatoes salad.
Nickie C says
Tweeted here – http://twitter.com/nickiem/status/16228357398069249 – user @nickiem
Nickie C says
Following @interflorauk
peter says
gotta be mince pies
Kathryn Waites says
my essential Christmas Item has to be mulled wine – just the thing after a long winter walk!
Kathryn Waites says
I’m following using the Google Widget! x
Helen says
A lovely well-brandied home-made Christmas cake is essential!
Linda Hine says
has to be Christmas pudding with lots of cream – when else could you down so many calories at once and not feel guilty about it?
Linda Hine says
Following the blog
Susannah Leggatt says
Sorry to be an old fossil, but got to be Turkey for me.
Susannah Leggatt says
Have retweeted..as @StomaFreeBuddie
Linda Hine says
Following @interflorauk on twitter @drecklyish
Linda Hine says
Have tweeted @drecklyish
Jayne K says
Christmas pudding
William Gould says
Bucks Fizz for breakfast! lol
William Gould says
Following blog (I think!)
William Gould says
Tweeted link @gouldie7
William Gould says
Following @interflorauk on Twitter. @gouldie7
Frances Kurth says
I can’t imagine Christmas without port.
Lorna Peppiatt says
Would be smoked salmon mousse, love it 🙂 x
Lorna Peppiatt says
Am following blog 🙂 x
Lorna Peppiatt says
Have tweeted too @ellielucky 🙂 x
Lorna Peppiatt says
And already following @interfloraUK @ellielucky x
Diane Nicholl says
Sat round the fire with Glugwein and friends.
Dee Dmonte says
Already following you on Twitter and RT comp @WISHGIRL123 🙂
Louise Pearce says
Sage and onion stuffing. It’s essential for the christmas roast and is absolutely essential for the turkey and stuffing sandwiches the next day!
John Mcgovern says
Chistmas Pudding with whipped cream, in fact I could happily eat it all year round.
John Mcgovern says
I am following this blog using the Google Friend Connect widget.
james picken says
PINOT GRIGIO 2008.I REMEMBER HIS FATHER WELL
John Mcgovern says
I have tweeted your message as johnscomp.
John Mcgovern says
I am following @interflorauk on Twitter.
Caroline Eccles says
I love the sausages that i cook inside the turkey overnight on Xmas eve, and eating them for breakfast on Xmas day is lovely
Sophie says
Lemon curd!
Loma Wood says
I always treat myself to a bar of Cadburys Dairy Milk Chocolate. It is the only time I eat chocolate now but we had a sweetie shop when I was small and it bring back such good memories of my lovely parents.
Sophie says
Am following you on google connect
Sophie says
I’m following @interfloraUK on twitter (I’m @sl107)
Sophie says
And have tweeted the promo for this! (I’m @sl107)
Mandy G says
I’m following @interfloraUK on twitter
Christmas food essentials…….roasted chestnuts!
pete jones says
FOR ME ITS MARMITE GRAVY,LOVELY
Julie Wood says
My essential Christmas foodie item
Is a homemade Christmas Pud
All the kids muck in as we bake together
And it usually tastes rather good
You see Christmas isn’t Christmas
Without one
Made with lots of love and fun
And that to a Mum is essential
so it’s my Christmas Foodie No. 1
d mullooly says
sprinkles of nutmeg all round
Sue lempkowski says
My dad’s homemade brandy butter lush
Gary Briggs says
Anything that keeps the kids quite for longer than two minutes.
Johanna says
panettone
Gary Briggs says
Anything that keeps the kids quiet for longer than two minutes.
Carolynn Woodland says
Roast turkey
kim corke says
It has to be the gorgeous selection of cheeses and biscuits for sitting on the floor at midnight having a munch
Peter Merrett says
a corkscrew
Claire Nelson says
My essential Christmas food is cheese – lots and lots of cheese!
Claire Nelson says
I follow your blog 🙂
Claire Nelson says
I have tweeted as @compingclaire
Claire Nelson says
I already follow @interflorauk 🙂
Sharon Bell says
I would love to win this hamper it looks gorgeous! My essential christmas food item would be the Christmas Pudding..yum yum!
Helen Waite says
My essential Christmas food is cheese crackers. They always taste better at Christmas
Emma Craven says
CHEEEEESE and more cheese
ann says
I just love Turkey it would never be christmas without it
LISA says
MINCE PIES
MARK says
SWEETS
RICHARD says
christmas pudding
Thelma says
roast potatoes
THOMAS says
turkey
karmaperle says
Cappuchino and after eight mints.
tweeted @karmaperle
also follow @interflorauk
follow blog
dmon says
a turkey (avec crispy skin) and stuffing granary loaf sarnie and a good slab of belgian chocolate; failing that, gimme a bottle of blind monkey whiskey and some jamaican ginger beer!
Sarah Williams says
Terry’s Chocolate Orange
Sarah Williams says
Already Following @interflorauk. & RT this competition @cathaylass.
Sarah Williams says
Following blog & shared on FB
Kathryn Casbolt says
Brussel Sprouts – I love them!!
Penny Wilsher says
Mine has to be boxing day lunch, cold meats, bubble and squeak and pickles. Christmas would not be christmas without it.
Mary chez says
Turkey of course
Wendy Preece says
Turkey
Andrea Taylor says
Mince Pies warmed with brandy butter on top- always feels like christmas has arrived with the first mince pie!
Susan says
a really yummy rich gravy!
jenny harper says
sprout infused mashed potatoes
Sharon Curran says
It has to be a lovely honey roasted 454gammon joint – lovely with christmas dinner and can be used cold for Boxing day sandwiches :o)
Lynn Doe says
I would say Little sausages wrapped in bacon 🙂
Lynn Doe says
Tweeted the link too and also following interflora, for two more chances 🙂 xx
aaron myers says
its got to be pigs in blankets! chipolatas wrapped in bacon, yum!
Nichola Ryder says
Has to be Christmas pudding with brandy sauce, mmm!
Alan says
I’m Scottish & so it’s smoked salmon.
Belinda Matthews says
My essential food item would be the chocolate selection boxes we all recieve in our stockings, christmas is the one day you can eat chocolate for breakfast
heather gilbertson says
Lots of weird and wonderful flavoured cheeses, for a family cheese night. One year I found a chocolate cheese, but there doesnt seem to be as many strange flavours around any more, shame.
heather gilbertson says
am following on twitter id miss_lilac62
heather gilbertson says
am following interflora on twitter id miss_lilac62
heather gilbertson says
am following on google friend
Ian Campbell says
Turkey and Christmas cake, for that really bloated feeling!
Ian Campbell says
I’m following your blog using the Google Connect Friend widget
Ian Campbell says
I’ve retweeted your link to this giveaway. My Twitter name is @Ianthesunlover
Emma Ridgway says
My essential item is cheesy biscuits, they’re my treat.
Monika Flis says
Mince pies and brandy butter :):):)
Ian Campbell says
I’m following @interflorauk on Twitter
Adrian Clarke says
Cranberry sauce by the bucket load!