Don’t fancy cooking this Christmas? Alt.Cardiff looks at the options:
Cook Product: Stress-free Christmas lunch for 8 Price: £12.38 per head Includes: Stuffed crown of turkey, stuffing, gravy, potatoes, pigs in blankets, carrots, parsnips and brussel sprouts. Why: This Christmas dinner is handmade in Kent, frozen, and then sent to Cardiff. Every dish has the name of the chef who prepared it written on the packaging. Beautifully prepared and easily served up on the day, this is a ready meal for those would wouldn’t normally touch a ready meal with a barge pole. Deli Rouge Product: Christmas hamper Price: £15-£20 per hamper Includes: a selection of products from the shelves of Deli Rouge, such as cheeses, meats, chutneys and wines. Depending on your preference, these are selected at random or chosen by you personally. Why: This is not a convenience item; these bespoke hampers are a luxury product that would make a thoughtful gift for that hedonistic aunt you are always struggling to buy for. The sumptuous food within will definitely say you care. Celtic Manor Resort Product: Gourmet to Go Price: £14 per head Includes: Turkey breast and leg, Mediterranean vegetables, butternut squash, red cabbage with apple, carrots, brussel sprouts, roast potatoes, stuffing, cranberry compote, vintage port. Why: This lavish selection of food, prepared by the award-winning chefs at the hotel, will suit the more indulgent of Cardiff’s anti-cooks. Plus, if you pick it up before the guests arrive, nobody need ever know that you didn’t feel like stuffing the turkey yourself this year.If you are the sort of person who heaves an idle sigh at the thought of wrapping another hundred pigs in blankets this festive season, then worry no more. Many venues are offering to relieve Cardiff’s reluctant chefs of the burden of Christmas cooking.
The expense of eating out, along with a universal dread of missing the Queen’s Speech (or at least Home Alone), means eating at home is still a popular option. Karen Purchase, one of the owners of frozen foods company Cook, said, “I just think it’s rather nice to spend Christmas at home and have the day with your family.”
Ordering dinner to your door can be a cost-effective way of having a luxurious Christmas lunch without having to lift a finger.
Don’t fancy cooking this Christmas? Alt.Cardiff looks at the options:
Cook Product: Stress-free Christmas lunch for 8 Price: £12.38 per head Includes: Stuffed crown of turkey, stuffing, gravy, potatoes, pigs in blankets, carrots, parsnips and brussel sprouts. Why: This Christmas dinner is handmade in Kent, frozen, and then sent to Cardiff. Every dish has the name of the chef who prepared it written on the packaging. Beautifully prepared and easily served up on the day, this is a ready meal for those would wouldn’t normally touch a ready meal with a barge pole. Deli Rouge Product: Christmas hamper Price: £15-£20 per hamper Includes: a selection of products from the shelves of Deli Rouge, such as cheeses, meats, chutneys and wines. Depending on your preference, these are selected at random or chosen by you personally. Why: This is not a convenience item; these bespoke hampers are a luxury product that would make a thoughtful gift for that hedonistic aunt you are always struggling to buy for. The sumptuous food within will definitely say you care. Celtic Manor Resort Product: Gourmet to Go Price: £14 per head Includes: Turkey breast and leg, Mediterranean vegetables, butternut squash, red cabbage with apple, carrots, brussel sprouts, roast potatoes, stuffing, cranberry compote, vintage port. Why: This lavish selection of food, prepared by the award-winning chefs at the hotel, will suit the more indulgent of Cardiff’s anti-cooks. Plus, if you pick it up before the guests arrive, nobody need ever know that you didn’t feel like stuffing the turkey yourself this year.