{"id":173,"date":"2013-11-21T21:24:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T20:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thomasthebaker.co.uk\/?p=173"},"modified":"2016-09-02T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T10:05:17","slug":"christmas-hamper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomasthebaker.co.uk\/blog\/christmas-hamper\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas the Baker Christmas Hamper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TTB-Gift-Box.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-174 aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TTB-Gift-Box-1024x870.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas the Baker Christmas Hamper\" width=\"650\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve mentioned before how busy the festive time of year is around Thomas the Baker, and we just like to make it a little bit more busy for ourselves! We&#8217;re currently putting together a <a href=\"http:\/\/store.thomasthebaker.co.uk\/p\/91\/luxury-christmas-gift-box\">luxury Christmas hamper<\/a> that we just know you&#8217;ll love. This includes a good sampling of our yummy Christmas products including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 boxes of 6 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thomasthebaker.co.uk\/thomas-baker-mince-pies\/\">award winning mince pies<\/a>. If you remember from a recent post, these came out top in a taste test by Good Housekeeping magazine, even outshining the likes of Marks and Spencer, Bettys and Harrods.<\/li>\n<li>1 Luxury Christmas Pudding. This has also won several awards, including the prestigious Gold Star at the Great Taste Awards.<\/li>\n<li>1 small hand decorated fruit cake made to a deliciously moist recipe and topped with\u00a0french glace cherries, walnuts and brazil nuts.<\/li>\n<li>Traditional waxed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wensleydale.co.uk\/\">real Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese<\/a> with a mild taste and crumbly texture. In Yorkshire, it&#8217;s a local tradition to serve your Christmas cake with a slice of Wensleydale, just like in Wallace and Gromit: &#8216;What&#8217;s wrong with Wensleydale?!&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Luxury Florentines. These are an indulgent treat\u00a0made with fresh cream, flaked almonds, butter, soft brown sugar, glace cherries, vine fruits and topped off with Belgian chocolate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0If you can&#8217;t decide what to buy for a friend or relative this year for Christmas, this is the perfect treat. Priced at only \u00a330 (which includes the postage!) <a href=\"http:\/\/store.thomasthebaker.co.uk\/p\/91\/luxury-christmas-gift-box\">on the website<\/a>, and \u00a324 if you collect in store, it won&#8217;t break the bank but will certainly show that you care. You will be able order it from the website to be delivered directly as a gift, and choose to add your own personal Christmas message. Or if you&#8217;re able to pick it up, you can order and collect it from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasthebaker.co.uk\/Finding-our-stores.aspx\">any of our stores<\/a>. You can always give the individual shop or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasthebaker.co.uk\/Contact-us.aspx\">the bakery<\/a> a call beforehand to order it in so you only need to make the trip to pick it up on the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you do decide to order one of our Christmas Hampers for yourself or a friend, let us know what you think of it! I know my favourite is the florentines, but I do love a bit of Wensleydale cheese too (even by itself!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;ve mentioned before how busy the festive time of year is around Thomas the Baker, and we just like to make it a little bit more busy for ourselves! We&#8217;re currently putting together a luxury Christmas hamper that we just know you&#8217;ll love. This includes a good sampling of our yummy Christmas products including: 2 boxes of 6 award winning mince pies. If you remember from a recent post, these came out top in a taste test by Good Housekeeping magazine, even outshining the likes of Marks and Spencer, Bettys and Harrods. 1 Luxury Christmas Pudding. This has also won several awards, including the prestigious Gold Star at the Great Taste Awards. 1 small hand decorated fruit cake made to a deliciously moist recipe and topped with\u00a0french glace cherries, walnuts and brazil nuts. Traditional waxed real Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese with a mild taste and crumbly texture. 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