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20 Gourmet Gift Basket Ideas for Any Occasion
When it comes to gift-giving, gourmet gift baskets are the ideal way to show how much you care. Maybe you want to thank someone for their help or send a gift basket to a far-away loved one to remind them you’re thinking of them. Luxury gift baskets are a superb gift choice for any occasion, as you can customize the contents—which is helpful if the recipient is a foodie or wine connoisseur.
What is in a gourmet gift basket?
Gourmet gift baskets typically contain gourmet food items such as exotic or artisan nuts, fruits, chocolate, cheese, and quality wines and spirits. These food items are usually made with premium, hand-crafted, or small-batch ingredients. They are also usually presented artistically.
Gourmet food and wine gift baskets
Surprise the foodies in your life by creating these gourmet gift baskets brimming with artisan finds and luxury food and wine treats.
1. Shiraz and savory gift basket
This shiraz and savory gourmet gift basket is the perfect gift for all occasions. To create this gift basket, select a tasty shiraz, and match with marinated olives and antipasto, onion and balsamic relish, salted pistachios, and gourmet crackers.
2. Chocolates and red gift basket
Any red or chocolate lover will adore these chocolate treats that go perfectly with a shiraz or merlot. Add a bottle of shiraz, milk and dark chocolate assortment, chocolate and walnut fudge, and chocolate salted caramel minibars.
3. Taste of artisan gift basket
To create this taste of artisan gift basket, select award-winning gourmet or local artisan produce, sure to delight anyone who knows the craft of good food.
Include handmade Italian vanilla sprinkles cookies, quince paste, mixed olives, and roasted peppers antipasto. For an added touch, throw in onion balsamic relish, Persian feta, salted chili almonds, chocolate almond nougat, handmade smoked black pepper cheddar, and raw macadamia crunch.
4. Classic cheese and wine gift basket
Sophisticated and simply delicious, this classic cheese and wine hamper is ideal and classy gift-giving for any occasion.
Include the following items: Australian shiraz, quince paste, gourmet crackers, wasabi peanuts, vine dried muscatels, antipasto salad, balsamic fig chutney, sharp cheddar, and brie.
5. Indulgence foodie gift basket
A beautiful gourmet food gift basket is a luxury everyone appreciates, especially a foodie. Curate this gift basket by including lots of quality and rich in flavor foods for them to sample.
Include gourmet crackers, Italian deli Antipasto, quince paste, chili almonds, wasabi peanuts, chardonnay herb dressing, chocolate-dipped macadamia shortbread, artisan fudge, strawberry guava paste, and a dark chocolate assortment.
6. White and a bite gift basket
If they love a good sauvignon blanc, they’ll be delighted with the wine and with these satisfying savory nibbles that make up this gourmet gift basket. Create a gift basket containing sauvignon blanc, garlic and herb gourmet crackers, mixed marinated olives, caramelized balsamic relish, organic crispbread, wasabi peanuts, and chili lime almonds.
7. Champagne celebration gift basket
Celebrate something or say thank you with this classy champagne celebration gift basket. Include brut champagne, raspberry meringues, hibiscus flowers, walnut fudge, roasted almond butter wafers, and chocolate truffles.
8. Epicurean tastes
You’ll find layers of beautiful gourmet gift food items of epicurean stature in this gift basket. Include organic licorice, vine dried muscatels, smokey bourbon barbecue marinade, spicy green olive tapenade, poppy seed organic dressing, wasabi peanuts, fudge macaroons, macrobiotic sea salt, and an organic Peruvian coffee blend.
Special occasion gourmet gift basket ideas
Cheese and wine gourmet gift baskets are a great gifting option. However, when it’s a special occasion or you need a more unique gift basket, these gourmet gift baskets are sure to delight the receiver.
9. New home gourmet gift basket
This gourmet gift basket is perfect to congratulate someone on their new home or their wedding. Create this basket by adding some modern homeware items and some classic gourmet goodies to go into their new kitchen.
10. Gratitude gourmet gift basket
For when you want to say a heartfelt thank you and words aren’t enough, show your gratitude with these gourmet goodies in a gift basket. Include a bottle of champagne, dark chocolate almonds, milk chocolate assortment, raw wildflower honey, and a jasmine sweet pea soy candle.
11. Detox wellness gourmet gift basket
Promote a feeling of wellbeing and purification with this detox wellness gourmet gift basket. Include a reusable glass water bottle, white sage and mint wild-harvested tea, matcha green tea bath soak, paleo cacao almond bars, natural body brush, and a wood aromatherapy diffuser.
12. Gourmet coffee gift basket
Any coffee connoisseur will love getting a quality caffeine kick from this gourmet coffee gift basket. Include organic espresso dark roast whole bean coffee, dark chocolate coated coffee beans, macadamia chocolate chip cookies, cold brew coffee concentrate, a coffee plunger, and a reusable glass coffee cup.
13, Vegan gourmet gift basket
This is the perfect gift basket to create for your vegan friends or family, as it’s full of tasty, vegan gourmet products. Include artisan pecan toffee, organic, raw flaxseed crackers, hemp seed marinated goat’s cheese, spiced sprouted sunflower seeds, a maple pecan gluten-free cookie, and dark chocolate licorice.
14. Premium whiskey gift basket
Curate a sophisticated and luxury whiskey gourmet gift basket with a single malt matched with delectable gourmet treats. Include 12-year-old single malt scotch whisky, spicy pretzel flats, antipasto olives, orange chocolate macadamias, chili mustard, black olive tapenade, dark cocoa chili almonds, and gourmet crackers.
15. New baby gourmet gift basket
A sweet newborn calls for a champagne celebration and lots of cute stuffed animals. Fill a gift basket full of newborn delights including; champagne, bamboo muslin wrap, a plush stuffed animal, silicone and beechwood teether rattle, bamboo gripper booties, and a keepsake baby journal.
Gourmet food gifts
Use these ideas to create the perfect gourmet gift basket for your friends and family.
16. Champagne truffles
Truffles are chocolate decadence in a box and perfect for that luxury chocolate lover friend. Gift them individually or add them to an artisan gourmet gift basket.
17. Chocolate collection
Thrill the chocoholic friend by gifting them a large premium chocolate gift box, full of miniature gourmet chocolate bites including truffles, caramels, and pralines.
18. Cheeseboard gift pack
This gourmet food gift is an excellent choice for a cheese lover. A cheeseboard gift pack will both delight and excite them if you pair this with some creamy camembert too.
19. Gourmet green tea gift set
A thoughtful gift for any green tea connoisseur, they’ll love this variety of flavored gourmet green teas to sample in decorative tins. Make your gift really stand out by adding in a cute infuser teapot.
20. Hot sauce gift pack
For the hot sauce enthusiast, they’ll be really impressed with this worldwide hot sauce sampler gift set. Containing 30 different hot sauce varieties from around the world to savor, this gourmet food gift will blow them away. Gift individually or include it in a foodie or artisan gift basket of your own creation.
Indulge someone with gourmet food gift baskets
A gourmet gift basket or individual gourmet food gift is creative, thoughtful and one of the easiest ways to make someone’s day. Personalizing a gift has never been easier than curating your own gift basket.
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