Buying your mum and dad a present can be easy or sometimes it can be very tricky

If your parents have hobbies then you can buy something for this, but sometimes you really want to buy them a nice present that they can really share. This is harder to find something that they'll both enjoy.

After much searching last year I found the perfect answer. I'd heard of hampers - and discovered that Virginia Hayward sold some amazing food hampers.
I thought about this and decided it'd be a perfect gift for my parents - especially at Christmas. I picked a nice size hamper and ordered it and it got delivered and my parents were really impressed with it. All the lovely goodies inside were top quality brands and it was a real treat for them to have some of the things. My parents were delighted to get a lovely hamper as a gift!

Hampers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes! Plenty of gift ideas available to ensure you get just the right thing!

A hamper comes packed with goodies and bottles of excellent wine. It's a brilliant way of giving a present as they're delivered to the door and then they can be unpacked and enjoyed! Many of them come in attractive wicker baskets too which are long term keepsakes that'll be used around the home.

Mums and dads will adore the hampers - and you could buy a fresh food hamper featuring some of the finest foods available in the UK such as salmon and cheeses.

There are some lovely cheese lovers hampers that'll go down well with fans of cheeses! If they love Duchy Originals foods then there are a good selection of amazing products to choose from that we think will be a real treat for anyone.

The most expensive hamper at Virginia Hayward is massive.

Presented in a traditional wicker basket with removable lid The Celebration Hamper is £450.00 * Bohemia Crystal Whisky Glasses x 2 * Flame Homeware Chocolate Cinnamon & Gingerbread Jar Candle with Lid * Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial Champagne 75cl x 2 * Chablis Francois Goulley Appellation Chablis Controlee 2006 75cl x 2 * Morgon Les Vieux Cedres Appellation Controlee 2005 75cl x 2 * Burmester Late Bottled Vintage Port 1998 75cl * Old Pulteney Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Aged 12 Years 70cl * Maxwell & Franks Simply Delicious Christmas Pudding with Cider Sherry & Liqueur 750g * Assorted Milk Dark & White Filled Luxury Belgian Chocolates 765g * Olives Et Al Kiln Roasted Harissa Almonds Coated in Hot and Sweet Spices 100g * Olives Et Al Kiln Roasted Malabar Nuts Glazed with Cinnamon & Vanilla 100g * Areolives Greek Mixed Olives in Extra Virgin Olive Oil in Globe Jar 300g * House of Dorchester 70% Cocoa Mint Connoisseur Collection 160g * The Fine Cheese Co Flavoured Crackers for Artisan Cheeses 450g * Claire Macdonald Strawberry Jam with Lemon & Elderflower 340g * Taylors of Harrogate Medium Roast Cafe Imperial Coffee 227g * Duchy Originals Organic Chocolate Biscuit Selection Box 500g * Taylors of Harrogate Pure Assam Leaf Tea in Tin 125g * Deans All Butter Shortbread Assortment in Tin 380g * Elsas Story Orange Almond Butter Cookies 125g * Kitchen Garden Old Spot Real Ale Chutney 250ml * Duchy Originals Organic Christmas Cake 900g * Woodchester Fine Foods Brandy Sauce 250ml * The Bit on the Side Mustard with Honey 270g * Claire Macdonald 3 Fruit Marmalade 340g * Paxton & Whitfield Cheese Straws 100g * Loch Fyne Side of Classic Sliced Smoked Salmon approx 1kg * Quenby Hall Finest Handmade Blue Stilton Half Ring approx1kg * Blackwells Cooked Smoked Honey Glazed Half Ham approx 4kg

 

Other hampers are available including:
Taste of Christmas Hamper £100.00
Spirit of Christmas Hamper £140.00
Spirit of Christmas Carton £120.00
Christmas Tradition Hamper £185.00
Pure Indulgence Hamper £250.00
The Decadence Hamper £320.00
The Twelve Drinks of Christmas £225.00
Twelve Bottle Wine Crate £115.00
Duchy Originals Organic Luxury Hamper £100.00
As well as chocolate hampers, special cheese and port hampers and other gifts.

If you give them a hamper then they'll be able to really enjoy Christmas - it's great too if you're going visiting as you'll get to taste the amazing foods too!