Perfect for a posh Christmas! Ocado unveils its festive range including a £70 Hawksmoor beef fillet and £7.50 vegan bao buns

•  The online supermarket has revealed its range of Christmas good for 2023
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A whole beef fillet, turkey crown wrapped in bacon and organic chocolate mince pies are among the very well-to-do items up for grabs on Ocado‘s Christmas menu.

The upmarket online supermarket, which sells its own products as well as items from Marks & Spencer, has announced its festive range for 2023.

Among them are ‘star starters’ including smoked salmon from upper class favourite Daylesford farm – although it will set shoppers back £10.

Prawn cocktails and coquilles are also on offer – while gammon, turkey and beef are all centrepieces up for grabs.

Vegans are also well catered for with a nut roast on offer, while sweet treats include mince pies and espresso martini cream liqueur 

A whole beef fillet, turkey crown wrapped in bacon and organic chocolate mince pies are among the very well-to-do items up for grabs on Ocado ‘s Christmas menu. Pictured: The Black Farmer Free Range British Bronze Turkey Crown with Festive Stuffing and layered Bacon Rashers

Ocado’s Christmas offerings in full 

Star Starters

Daylesford Organic Smoked Salmon, £10, Succulent & tender, with a delicate smoky taste

Ocado long sliced smoked salmon, £5.75, These Long slices have most of the dark meat removed and are adaptable to many different types of meal occasions 

M&S 2 Luxury Prawn Cocktails, Ocado, £7, Succulent Honduran and Atlantic prawns with Marie Rose sauce

M&S Collection Coquilles St Jacques Ocado £7, Expertly sourced scallops cooked in a velvety white sauce, topped with creamy mash and hand garnished with Cheddar cheese crumb

The Centrepiece

HAWKSMOOR Whole British Centre Cut Beef fillet, £69.99, The ultimate grand feasting cut for a really special occasion. 

Capestone Turkey Breast with Panettone Stuffing & Muscavado, £30/Kg, 1.4Kg (min1.2Kg, max 1.6Kg), £40

The Black Farmer Free Range British Bronze Whole Turkey, £14/Kg , 45Kg (min 4Kg, max 5Kg)

The Black Farmer Free Range British Bronze Turkey Crown with Festive Stuffing and layered Bacon Rashers, £68, 1.4Kg (min1.2Kg, max 1.6Kg)

Packington Free Range Gammon, £16

Clive nut roast – vegan, £5.40, Organic nut roast with chestnuts, almonds, brazils, walnuts, vegetables, seeds and herbs. All packed inside a crispy polenta crust.

Super Sides

M&S Celeriac gratin, £10.00

Sprouts, Chestnut & Smoked Bacon £3.50, Brussels sprouts with caramelised onion and sage butter, maple-cured smoked bacon and chestnuts

Cauliflower Cheese 900g, £6.50

Cook with M&S Turkey Gravy, £3.40

Daylesford Organic Pigs in Blankets £11

The Jolly Hog s, 247g, £4.25, Outdoor Bred RSPCA Assured Pork

M&S Turkey Mayo, £2

Christmas canapes

Snowman bao buns £7.50, Steamed bao buns filled with vegetables in a hoisin sauce

Our Best Ever Prawn Toast with Thickened ponzu dip , £7.50

Mini Buttermilk Chicken Burgers x 10, £7.50, Breaded buttermilk British burgers with garlic aioli. 

Dessert

Lilly puds Christmas pudding, £13.95

Tin Up! Fabulously fruity with a keepsake cake tin. Daylesford Organic Christmas Cake in Tin 800g £25 (£3.13/100g)

M&S Hand decorated chocolate log, £7

M&S 6 All Butter Mince Pies, £2.50 – Delicious all-butter shortcrust pastry mince pies, deep filled with classic mincemeat with vine fruits. 

M&S 6 Iced Topped Mince Pies | Ocado, £2.50 – Crisp shortcrust pastry, filled with classic mincemeat and finished with fondant icing. Six per pack

Nocciolato Panettone, £17.00

Chocolate and Hazelnut mince pies, £4, All butter pastry, filled with Collection mincemeat, topped with an indulgent chocolate & hazelnut truffle layer, finished with caramelised hazelnuts

Sticky Toffee Pudding Trifle, £12.60, Layers of toffee sauce, caramelised sponge, custard and freshly whipped cream topped with sticky toffee sponge cubes, chocolate curls and butterscotch pieces. Serves 8.

Daylesford Organic Fruit & Nut Christmas cake £35

Harvey Nichols mini mince pie selection (x12) (traditional, amaretto, flaked almond), £9.95

Gluten Free Kitchen Mince Pies, £3.75, Sweet almond pastry filled with rich luxurious mincemeat and topped with a little more delicious almond pastry

Daylesford Chocolate & Orange Yule Log, 640g, £20, Rich chocolatey sponge with an orange curd filling, topped with a chocolatey ganache. Serves 5-6 people.

Sauces

NEW Joe &Seph’s Brandy Butter Caramel Sauce, £5, Made with butter and fresh double cream, infused with 5% French Brandy culminating in a rich Brandy Butter!

 Espresso Martini Caramel Sauce, £5, Smooth caramel sauce made with fresh double cream, blended with 5 per cent coffee liqueur & vodka, and a wicked shot of espresso

Stokes Cranberry Sauce, £3.70, Jam packed with cranberries – a richly intense flavour – the traditional sauce for turkey but complements cheese and also works well in gravy.

Best Christmas crisps

Extremely Cheesy Combo Mix £2.30, Combining 2 Iconic Snacks Cheese Tasters & Combo Mix, Suitable for vegetarians

M&S Collections Maple & chilli vegetable hand cooked crisps, £2.25

Happy Cheesemas

M&S Cave Aged Wookey Hole Cheddar, £11, Available at Ocado.com

M&S Garlic Butter Twist with Camembert Cheese, £10,

M&S French Brie, £5, Mild and creamy French brie made at the Ancenis Creamery in the Loire Valley with a smooth buttery texture

M&S Award Winning Stilton Jar, £6, A rich and creamy blue Stilton® cheese with a long-lasting savoury taste 

Bath soft cheese, £8.10, A handmade, single herd farmhouse soft cheese of a square shape and white mould rind

Alpine Fondue £10, 

Gifts

Reindeer Mug with Striped Socks £18 Looking for secret Santa inspo? Go for this colourful duo

The Snowman Cook’s Set £11 A stirring gift for young cooks.

M&S Christmas Tree Chew Toy £3.49 Fir fun for a furry friend

M&S Hollow Milk Chocolate Spencer the Bear 140g £3 (£2.14/100g) There’s a new bear in town.

M&S Net of Gold Coins 80g £1.25 Classic Christmas treasure. 11. Jelly Tots Tube 130g £1.38 (£1.06/100g) Fruity fave stocking filler

Choc On Choc Sprouts 100g £10 Belgian white chocolate posing as sprouts – a fabulous gift for veg-phobes

Lindt Milk Chocolate Teddy Bear 100g £3.50 A well-loved classic

Penfolds Max’s Shiraz Cabernet 14.5% ABV £21 comes from one of Australia’s best-loved producers

Marks & Sparkle Bubbly Bar, £5.00 – This exciting new chocolate bar and mallow whip hybrid combines 8 milk chocolate peaks, filled with Italian sparkling wine flavoured mallow and shimmery, tangy orange sauce

Quality Street Large Tin 850g, £12 will be £10 on promo

Stocking Fillers

Divine 70% dark chocolate gold coins, £2.50

Milky Bar festive friends, £1.25, MILKYBAR Festive Friends White Chocolate Sharing Bag contains 7 individually wrapped mini white chocolates with a creamy white filling and crispy pieces. The selection in the pack is a random assortment including a bauble, Christmas tree, stocking, snowman, reindeer to name a few!

NEW Dairy Milk coins, £2

Cadburys mini snowballs, £1.50

NEW Chocolate pigs in Blankets, £12, Handmade from Belgian chocolate 

Hotel Chocolat Classic Christmas H box, £14.95, 15 of Hotel Chocolat’s festive and favourite recipes for your best-loved couple to share. Expect seasonal exclusives such as Christmas Mess, Mulled Wine and Milk Reindeer alongside classic Raspberry Smoothie, Ultimate Milk and Caramel Cheesecake Macaron.

Hotel Chocolat Christmas Luxe box, £37.95, One for the whole family. A celebratory collection of 39 festive chocolates in milk, dark and white from Hotel Chocolat 

Kinder Santa, £2.75, Each Kinder Figure contains a delicious fine milk chocolate shell with milky white lining.

Lindt bear, £6

NEW Terry’s chocolate mint orange, £2, Milk chocolate, made with a natural mint flavour…

NEW Prestat The London Collection Truffles, £27.50, 16 deliciously rich and British delights. Each box includes a selection of pralines, ganaches and caramels, enrobed in milk, dark and white chocolate.

Toblerone, £6.25

CHRISTMAS TIPPLES

Ocado’s drinks expert Helena Nicklin has shared her top sips for every Christmas moment, big and small. 

Christmas Party! You cant go wrong with Marks and Sparkle Sparkling Wine £10, Vibrant and crisp alcoholic sparkling grape based beverage with peach liqueur and edible gold leaf. Ideal for serving alongside nibbles. Serve chilled. Suitable for vegans. See also Marks and Sparkle Rose £10

The Toast! Treat yourself to the elegant Taittinger Brut Reserve NV Champagne 12.5% ABV £43 with subtle brioche and fruit flavours.

Created with Belgian chocolate and fresh cream, M&S Tiramisu Flavour Irish Cream Liqueur 17% ABV 50cl £12 (£2.40/100ml) is a genius pairing of two indulgent classics. It’s made for sipping on the sofa, preferably in front of a roaring fire. See also Millionaire’s Flavour Irish Cream Liqueur £12

Cocktail o’clock: Ready-to-drink cocktails are a useful time- and effort-saver when things get busy or the resident mixologist needs a break. Try Primo Aperitivo Negroni 26% ABV 50cl £29 (£5.80/100ml) – it’s impeccably balanced for that beautiful bittersweet taste

Festive film fave: Whatever your go-to Christmas movie is, it’ll be twice as enjoyable with a glass of dark, full-bodied St Peter’s Plum Porter 5% ABV 500ml £2.20 (44p/100ml). It’s full of luscious jammy flavours – background notes of damson and blackcurrant, followed by intense plum fruitiness.

If you’re yet to be sold on alcohol-free bubbly, prepare to be converted by this cleverly named Nozeco Alcohol Free £3.50, which hits all the right notes with its pretty floral and ripe pear flavours. In a no-booze bellini, you’ll barely even notice the difference!

Verdicchio is Italy’s great all rounder white and this citrussy M&S Verdicchio del Castelli di Jesi 13% ABV £8.50 is the perfect pairing here

From London-based craft brewery Fourpure, bold and hoppy M&S Double IPA 7.3% ABV 440ml £3.50 (80p/100ml) is a big, rounded mouthful, full of American hops and evocatively named London fog yeast. Kick back with your besties and enjoy its juicy pine and tropical flavours.

Sweet and Sauternes-like, The King’s Sticky End Noble Sauvignon Blanc 10.5% ABV 37.5cl £17.50 from New Zealand is moreish and unctuous, with candied citrus peel, honey and marzipan notes. It will sing with your stilton as well as your Christmas pud!

Party popper: Crisp, classic Calvet Crémant Bordeaux Brut 12% ABV £12 is made like champagne but from sauvignon and cabernet franc grapes. It’s a top party fizz, equally lovely to sip and savour alone or in a brunchtime bucks fizz – plus, it seriously over-delivers for the price tag.

Top turkey match: You’ll need a bold, yet refreshing and flavoursome white to stand up to turkey with all the trimmings. This voluptuous, white chocolate-scented M&S Ken Forrester Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 135% ABV £12.50, with its surprisingly steely acidity, ticks the boxes.

Rosé is a fab choice at Christmas; it goes with everything. Choose Lark Song English Rose, £14.75, A fresh, pale, dry rosé with elegant flavours of English countryside fruits and zesty citrus.

Solera 1847 Sherry, £17.50, Solera 1847 is an elegant Cream: made from 75% Palomino grape, blended with Pedro Ximènez. Dark mahogany in colour it is velvety soft on the palate conjuring flavours of dried figs and raisins, with a toffee finish.

Leonor Sherry, £21 – The highest quality free run `mosto yema` and the first press must obtained by pneumatic Willmes presses are considered the most delicateand elegant musts and therefore are used for Palo Cortado Leonor. Following fermentation to between 11% and 12% alcohol the wine is fortified to 18% alcohol and then enters the Leonor Solera.

Best red! Contea di Castiglione Barolo, £20.50, A warm, richly-flavoured, spicy Barolo made in an approachable style. Made from the noble grape Nebbiolo, cultivated on the Langhe Hills around the town Barolo in the south of the Piemonte region of northern Italy.

Ned Noble Sauvignon Blanc, £14, A warm, rich bouquet of citrus zest, peach nectar and apricot stone. A combination of luscious golden stone fruits and orange & grapefruit marmalade continues the flavour themes established on the nose.

Abtei Himmerod Riesling, £11, Grown on the steep slopes of the Mosel wine region, this Riesling Spätlese impresses with a pale yellow color and golden reflections in the glass. On the nose, the fine aromas of yellow apples and peaches are dominant.

Bowl Grabber Alvarinho (People’s Choice Wine Awards), £11.25, Carefully selected by a Master of Wine, our award winning Portuguese Alvarinho is to be

enjoyed without pomp or ceremony! It’s easy drinking, crisp, light-bodied, packed with peach, citrus zest and pear.

KOPKE Fine White Porto, £16.60, Kopke Fine White is the result of a blend of wines with different degrees of maturation, aged in wooden and inox vats. It presents a golden yellow colour, with a bouquet of tropical fruits and floral notes. In the mouth, it’s smooth, fruity and elegant.

Really special Christmas food & drink 

Push Along Car with chocolates £4.17

The Original Very Merry Munch £7.69

The Magical Christmas village with lights and music £15.00

Champagne Gruet Selection Brut 75cl, £36

Faldeo Prosecco 75cl, £10

The King’s Sticky End Noble Sauvignon Blanc 37.5cl, £17.50

Tre Marie Panettone with Cream and Chocolate. £24.00, 830g – 

Get your glow on

 M&S The Magical Christmas Village 249g £15 (£6.02/100ml) – Lift the lid on a twinkling scene, a Christmas tune and a chocolate village

M&S Snowy Christmas Biscuit Tin 405g £10 – A musical, rotating light projector surrounds you with snowflakes and Santa’s sleigh (with shortbread and gingerbread)

M&S Choc Chip Cookie Light Up House 230g £6 (£2.61/100ml) – With star-shaped mini cookies and an LED tealight

M&S Stollen Rum Liqueur 20% ABV 50cl £15 (£3/100ml) – press the base to set them sparkling

Luxury Tea Light Up House, £6 – Traditional tea bags for the perfect brew, housed inside a festive white led tea light. 40 teabags per pack.

Advent calendar  

A daily fix of fromage for dedicated cheese lovers. Ilchester Cheese Advent Calendar £9

Flavours include milk chocolate popcorn bites. Joe & Seph’s Gourmet Popcorn Advent Calendar £20

Know a Colin fan? This will make their Christmas! M&S Colin the Caterpillar Advent Calendar £6  

Wish your skin a very merry Christmas with 24 ways to pamper. Nivea Beauty Advent Calendar £50

Let everyone take turns building this scene. Caltime 24-piece Nativity Scene Advent Calendar £19.95

Creamy chocs and caramels with no dairy, gluten, egg or nuts. NOMO Vegan & Free From Advent Calendar £5

Kick off every morning with a dinky jar of deliciousness. Bonne Maman Jam Advent Calendar £24

Purrfect treats for Santa Claws. Meowee Meaty Advent Calendar for Cats £4.50

Are you a classic or creative G&T-er? Discover some new faves here. Fever-Tree Gin & Tonic Advent Calendar £65

Posh Caramelised Onion Chipolata Pigs in Blankets, Turkey Mayo and snowman bao buns can also be purchased to add to the Christmas festivities. 

The retailer opened its highly sought after Christmas delivery slots last week, and the usual frenzy around securing a slot has already begun .

In past years, the online retailer has come under fire from disgruntled customers who have struggled to bag a slot for their Xmas shop deliveries, which run between December 20 and 24.

A spokesperson for the retailer said: ‘We always stagger the release of our festive slots and will begin rolling out this year’s Christmas delivery slots from the end of September.

Daylesford Organic Pigs in Blankets, costing £11, are also on the menu 

M&S Garlic Butter Twist with Camembert Cheese is among the cheese options

Various turkey options are on offer, including the Capestone Turkey Joint with Cranberry Stuffing and Bacon

It wouldn’t be Christmas without mince pies, and offerings from Ocado include M&S All Butter Mince Pies (left) and Chocolate and Hazelnut MInce Pies (right)  

Snowman bao buns £7.50, Steamed bao buns filled with vegetables in a hoisin sauce will add a cute touch to any Christmas party 

Daylesford Chocolate & Orange Yule Log , 640g, £20, makes a tasty alternative to Christmas pudding for dessert 

‘We’ll send customers an email or SMS as soon as slots become available for them to book.’Customers have already started taking to X (formerly Twitter) showing their concern about getting a slot, with one writing: ‘Have all the ‘staggered Xmas slots’ email for Ocado Smartpass holders been sent out. Have yet to receive any notification (and nothing on app) Really concerned will not get slot.’

Last year, priority was given to ‘Smart Pass’ customers when it came to booking the highly desirable slots.

Remaining options were offered to non-Smart Pass customers some few weeks later.

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