Out and About: Christmas Shopping and Restaurants
If you're a locavore, you'll love our selection of Christmas Markets where you can buy your Christmas food locally - let us know of any producers you find you think should be FoodLovers Approved. Visit our Food Events for other events around Christmas time.
And don't forget - you can always order via our FoodLovers Christmas Shop
If you don't fancy doing the washing up, we're chosen our top restaurants open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to save you the hassle of DIY.
Meet Father Christmas and pick up local treats at The Winchester Christmas Family Fayre...
Take in the sights and smells of a Weihnachtsmarkt, but with Lincolnshire food at Lincoln Christmas Market...
Live music, tasting menus and beautiful Cornish backdrop - Fowey Christmas Market makes even Christmas shopping pleasurable...
Go back in time at Caerphilly Medieval Market, but drop by the thoroughly modern cooking demonstrations...
Conveniently the week just before the Big Day, all the produce at York Farmers Market comes from within a 40 mile radius...
The Slow Food Christmas Market at Southbank has treats from all over Europe, as well as some of the finest British produce...
Head to Saffron in Truro for a decidedly non-traditional Christmas Eve brunch, before a bracing seaside walk...
Start the festivities in style with a gourmet Christmas Eve lunch or dinner at Northcote Manor near Blackburn...
For an atmospheric Christmas Day feast, The Bildeston Crown in Suffolk - a 16th century coaching inn - is offering a champagne reception and five course lunch...
Local Norfolk turkey is on the menu for Christmas Day at The Neptune Inn...
The Plough at Bolnhurst has a five course Christmas Day lunch with Champagne and canapes reception...
For a Christmas taste of Cornwall, The Norway Inn in Perranarworthal is open for Christmas Day lunch...
Enjoy Christmas California-style at Hotel Terravina in The New Forest - open for Christmas Day - and crackers are included...
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without reindeer - visit the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre for a close encounter...