FOOD & DRINK

Matilda Goad Designer and creative consultant

“I am utterly obsessed with h the edible plant cakes by The Botanical Baker [ right, from £25, botanicalbaker. com]. They are so unique and intricately made that at t first glance they really could pull off as a real plant! ! And the cake is delicious! I will be giving these to friends for Christmas presents this year as quite simply we need something to cheer us up and cake is always a good idea.”

Skye Gyngell Owner and chef of Spring restaurant

“People and producers have come up with inventive ways to deliver food from small farms and just join the dots during this time. Opening the Spring online shop has allowed us to sell Fern Verrow’s beautiful biodynamic fruit and veg directly to the public, as well as transforming all the excess in the Spring kitchens into jams, preserves, pickles, cordials, ice creams, etc. It’s been the silver lining of lockdown and something we hope to continue and grow.”

Fern Verrow vegetable box, £35 (springrestaurant-shop. co.uk)

Pump Street Chocolate Single-estate chocolate made in Orford, Suffolk.

The Works Christmas Bundle, £70 (pumpstreet chocolate.com)

Dishpatch

Treat a friend pining for dinner out to a meal at home from the likes of Andrew Edmunds and Bubala. From £40 (dishpatch. co.uk)

Shop Cuvée

This London wine shop delivers its natural wines and small-batch cocktails from partner bars nationwide. The second lockdown could call for the full Survival Pack, a mixed case of seasonal bottles for every eventuality.