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Best of British food hamper giveaway

August 24, 2012 - By 

There’s a small sniff of autumn in the air, the toddler is ready to go back to nursery and my thoughts have turned to the C word (Christmas!). I have a fantastic giveaway from Hamper Gifts today, a lovely Best of British Food Hamper presented in a hand wicker basket, with contents including Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Scottish Breakfast Tea Caddy, Cherry & Coconut Flapjack and Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread. One of these festive Christmas hampers would make a fantastic gift and is already pinned to my festive Pinterest board so I’m well prepared for gift buying.

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Giveaway:

I have one Best of British Food Hamper from Hamper Gifts to giveaway to one lucky reader of the gingerbread house. The hamper contents include:

  • Cairnsmhor Parmesan & Pepper Oatcakes
  • The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam
  • Cottage Delight Handmade Barley Sugar Sticks
  • Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread
  • Family Size Large Rich Fruit Cake
  • Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee
  • Cherry & Coconut Flapjack
  • Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Scottish Breakfast Tea Caddy

To enter:

Mandatory – Simply leave a comment telling me what treat you would love to try from this hamper. I wouldn’t mind a slice of rich fruit cake with a cup of tea!

For an extra entry tell others about the competition using the Retweet button below or tweet this message: I want to win a luxury Best of British Food Hamper with @gingerbread_mum

For a final entry subscribe to the gingerbread house or follow me via Networked Blogs. I have some exciting competitions coming up and I would hate for you to miss out!

Small print:

The giveaway ends September 2nd at 8pm. The winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received and notified within 28 days of the closing date. The prize is as stated: no cash alternatives are available. This competition is open to UK entrants only. No persons under 18 years of age may place an order or receive goods from Hampergifts if the goods contain alcohol.

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***** The winner is Claire Toplis *****

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553 Comments on “Best of British food hamper giveaway”

  1. i would love to try the shortbread and a cup of tea! My husband would go straight for the sloe gin jam though!

  3. I’m in a dilemma…there are so many things I want to try!! Lets start with the Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee and the Cherry & Coconut Flapjack…shortbread later and oh dear breakfast before all this though lol with The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam….

  5. Mmm, the oatcakes sound like they would be a great afternoon pick-me-up with some Cheshire cheese and a mug of the tea!

    I’m going to tweet this now @teacakeandmake

  12. I’m with you on the fruit cake and tea, one of my favourite indulgences! The kids and hubby would fight over the shortcake biccies!

  26. I would love to try the Cottage Delight Handmade Barley Sugar Sticks! I have never had Barley sugar sweets since I was a little girl so they would be a real treat!

  34. I’d love to try the Cottage Delight Handmade Barley Sugar Sticks.. I love to have nice coffee with nice sweeteners and I usually use palm sugar.

  39. I’d love to try the gooseberry and sloe gin jam, i think it would be great on a peice of hot buttered toast :0)

  42. Cherry and cocunut flapjack sounds delicious – if i won i could try it xxxx

  51. really would love to try this one:

    Cairnsmhor Parmesan & Pepper Oatcakes

    love parmesan and pepper flavour

  53. the oatcakes sound absolutely delicious so they’d be my first choice. I’d have to wrestle the flapjacks off my husband if I wanted to try one of those too! Thx

  57. I would love to try the Cottage Delight Handmade Barley Sugar Sticks….because they will remind me of my Grandmother who made Barley Sugar and it bring back happy memories…

  58. Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread dipped into The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam sounds like heaven to me!

  59. •Cottage Delight Handmade Barley Sugar Sticks
    These sound fascinating – would love to try them

  60. The Cottage Delight Barley Sugar Sticks. Just hearing the words Barley Sugar takes me back to my childhood.

  61. The cherry and coconut flapjack, sounds delicious and virtually one of your five a day 🙂

  63. I would love a pot of the tea with the shortbread, sounds blissful as does the rest of the hamper 🙂

  64. Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee would be lovely x

  67. I would absolutely love to try the Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam. Could you imagine how much of a treat that would feel with my morning toast. Just for Mummy’s though…no children allowed!

  70. Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee as I am on a diet!

  83. Gooseberry and sloe gin jam ,I make my own gooseberry jam and sloe gin but would never have thought of this combination I’m intrigued

  84. I’d love to try the Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread. My family love shortbread, there’s never enough to go round.

  89. Cherry and Coconut Flapjack – they started calling to me the moment I spotted them on the list!

  99. – Ooh, would love to try the Cairnsmhor Parmesan & Pepper Oatcakes. They sound amazing!
    – Have tweeted @milkpetal
    – Following your RSS feed too 🙂

  102. I would love to chomp my way through the cherry and coconut flapjacks ,yummy.

  105. The luxury shortbread – often “mass produced” shortbread can be very unappetizing and bland. It should be “a real treat”

  106. Cherry and Coconut Flapjack sounds lovely – my 2 year old son would make me share!

  107. wow cherry and coconut!!! my two favourite things put together!! HEAVEN

  114. It all sounds really tasty but I would definitely go for the shortbread first!

    robertfox24 [at] aol [dot] com

  127. It’s got to be shortbread, every time. Carbs, fat, sugar: what’s not to like about it?

  129. •Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread and a lovely hot, strong cup of tea. Bliss!

  131. I’d love to try the Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread. Always been a lover of shortbread!!!

  136. I do love a bit of shortbread and flap jacks, but think I would have to try the Cairnsmhor Parmesan & Pepper Oatcakes and The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam
    This is making me really hungry!

  140. Ooohh Ooohh Ooohh, I’m spoilt for choice… but I think it would have to be the Cherry & Coconut Flapjack with a lovely cuppa, as I’m a pushover for anything sweet…

  144. What a lovely selection.

    I’d love to try the Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam, I think gooseberries are underrated. But what would this go with? I might have to try it on the cake!

  145. Some of The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam
    On hot freshly made buttered toast at any time of day would suit me fine.

  150. Definitely the Cherry & Coconut Flapjack – could eat one now they sound absolutely delicious.

  155. The best thing. A nice summers evening and a glass of nice wine. Music playing and just chatting about the day

  157. I’d love to try thr Cherry & Coconut Flapjack too – I like Cherry, and I like coconut…..but which do I like best…..there’s only one way to find out…EAT

  160. I’m totally addicted to tea, so the tea would be the very first thing I tried – in fact i’d have the kettle on before I finished unpacking the goodies!

  172. Id love to win this hamper, the gooseberry and sloe gin jam would be great on a toasted crumpet.

  174. I’ve never had sloe, or Gin believe it or not so i’m curious to find out what the jam tastes like.

  176. it all looks yummy, i’d really like to try the Cherry & Coconut Flapjack. thanks for the competition

  177. I WOULD LOVE TO TRY THE ” EDINBURGH TEA & COFFEE CO – SCOTTISH BREAKFAST TEA CADDY”

    STUART

  178. The Family rich fruit cake sounds yummy. lovely sunday afternoon treat for all the family

  182. The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam.. wow sloe gin in a jam my idea of heaven.

  185. It would have to be a piece of Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread, along with a nice hot milky cup of English Breakfast tea. A small piece of heaven!

  188. I would love to try the “The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam” on some scones – sounds interesting and nothing like any jam I’ve tried before!

  192. Shortbread…mmmm I swear my mouth is watering already at the very thought! 😉

  199. â– Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread

    These remind me of my Nana as she always had them in the house

  207. I’d love to try the parmasan and pepper oatcakes … I’m a “savoury” person!

  210. I like the sound of the parmesan and pepper oatcakes with a bit of stilton and a homemade tomato chutney, with a cup of fresh coffee, I would have this as a after dinner snack in the evening sat next to my woodburner, yum yum!

  216. I think it would have to be the Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam with my home made fruit scones…

  219. I would love to try the Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam, perhaps on some home made scones 🙂

  223. I would love to try The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam, perhaps with a cheeky G&T for afternoon tea mmmmm!!

  225. Gooseberry and sloe gin jam sounds good! Sloe gin is delicious – I make it every year.

  227. I would love to try the Gooseberry and sloe gin jam. Gooseberries are my favourite fruit and this combination sounds delicious

  249. i love fruit cake but am very picky on the taste of them so very interested in trying it 🙂

  255. The sloe gin jam to slather over a freshly baked scone, for a midday boozy treat 🙂

  267. What a fabulous giveaway! I would enjoy tasting any of these but if I was a lucky winner I would give this hamper to my Mum & Dad. They host Xmas every year for all of us (I am one of six siblings!), our husbands, wives, partners and kids and this would be a great contribution to the festivities.

  270. I want to try the Family Size Large Rich Fruit Cake but do I have to share? 😉

  271. I’d love to try Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread – sounds yummy

  275. Oh my goodness, it would have to be The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam! Sounds very naughty !

    Have retweeted as strawberrisc !!

  278. I’d like to try a Cairnsmhor Parmesan and Pepper Oatcake – sounds interesting.

  281. I would have to try the Cairnsmhor Parmesan & Pepper Oatcakes first, closely followed by the fruit cake!

  284. It all sounds delicious but I am a fan of jams and marmalades (my favourite to date is clementine & cranberry marmalade that my lovely neighbours makes especially for me) so it would have to be The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam first for me

  292. I would love to try the cherry and coconut flapjack as an afternoon treat with a cup of tea.

  295. The Cherry & Coconut Flapjacks – they’re my two favourite flavours in the world, so would be a lovely treat…

    @caro_mad

  309. a slice of coconut and cherry flapjack with a cup of your Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee to kick start a sumday morning

  312. Have tweeted and will now follow on networked blogs.

    I would dive straight into the Cairnsmhor Parmesan & Pepper Oatcakes – sounds divine with a nice cold glass of wine!

  314. I would love to try Cherry & Coconut Flapjack sounds tasty with a nice cup of tea 🙂

  316. I would love to try Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread, lovely with a single malt whisky.

  317. I would love to try the Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam on a buttered bagel! Yum Yum !

  322. O the fresh ground breakfast coffee sounds Lush 🙂 would love to try that 1st yumm
    Xx

  324. I would like to try the barley sugar sticks as the taste would take me back to my childhood when my Nanny used to take me and my brother on coach trips in the summer and she would give us barley sugars – she swore they prevented travel sickness!! (That and sitting on a newspaper!!)

  325. I would love to try The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam first because it sounds right up my street!

  327. I would love to try The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam, i have never had anything like it before and I am intrigued to taste.x

  328. Mmmm….comfort food. I would love a slice of that rich fruit cake with a slice of cheese and a cup of tea…bliss.

  331. The cherry & coconut flapjack sounds delicious, I’d want that all to myself but no doubt my toddler and my partner would want some aswell!

  337. Well, as i’m the only person im my household who likes fruitcake I would start with that a mug of tea, then it would be rude not to try the cherry and coconut flapjack – such an unusual combination which is sure to be delicious. Mmmm. Nom nom nom!

  343. Oooh, think it would have to be Cherry & Coconut Flapjack, love cherries, love coconut, and adore flapjacks. lol. 🙂 xx

  353. Lots of lovely tasty choices but my favourite must be â– The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam

  354. Cherry & Coconut Flapjack – It’s the first cake I can remeber baking with my Gran-Gran!

  356. I would love to try the Cherry & Coconut Flapjack as a treat (although not too good for the diet)

  365. Has to be the Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam, love Sloe Gin, would love to try it as a jam!

  368. Looking forward to a nice cup of coffee from the Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee on a Sunday morning in bed :o)

  376. This sounds absolutely delicious to have as a treat after my latte in the afternoon – Cherry & Coconut Flapjack
    Already following you on networked blogs and twitter plus tweeted @iloveoz

  377. I’d love to try the Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee. I just love fresh coffee!

  383. I’d love to try the wooden spoon gooseberry & sloe gin jam

    I’ve tweeted the message @EmmaHolness

  385. I’d love to try the Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee as I’m a bit of a coffee addict!

  389. I can’t wait to try The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam – Sloe Gin is my favourite tipple & I LOVE gooseberry jam!

  391. I’m drawn to the Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam – it sound lovely, and I doubt I’d see a jar of this down at my local supermarket!

  396. I’d like to try the Cherry & Coconut Flapjack i’m in love with flapjacks at the moment.

  399. I’d love to try the Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Co. Fresh Ground Breakfast Coffee, i,m a coffee addict

  400. Family Size Large Rich Fruit Cake – As I love fruity cakes and if there is a family sized version I’m more likely to be able to try it before my BF eats it all!! xxx

  401. The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam – I love sloe gin and my partner loves jam!

  405. I would love to try the Cherry & Coconut Flapjack. At least with flapjacks you can kid yourself they are supposed to be healthy!

  407. I’d love to try the Cherry and Coconut flapjack. It all sounds very yummy though to be honest!

  420. I would love to try the Cherry and Coconut flapjack – it would go down great with my morning coffee.

  423. Love to try the sloe Gin Jam – I confess to being a Jam-aholic – Making Jam is my fave thing to do!!!

  424. The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam sound so tempting, the whole collection sounds tempting to hard to choose on favourite 🙂

  431. The Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread would be fantastic and that’s what I would try first. Yum!

  432. I love jam!! sadly ive only tried Strawberry and also mixed fruit!

    So id LOVE to try The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam!!!
    it sounds soooo yummy!! on bread or YUMMY TOAST!
    imagining it now 😀 Yummmmm x

  434. The first item I would try would have to be the Cherry & Coconut Flapjacks, they just sound so yummy!

  446. Definitely the shortbread – my Scottish granny always gave us shortbread with our squash when we visited and I’ve had a soft spot for it ever since.

  452. would love to try Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread as this is a shortbread I have not yet tried

  454. Very hard choice, I think I would have to go for the Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread

  457. I would love to try the Cottage Delight Handmade Barley Sugar Sticks, I am currently on Day 12 of giving up smoking, and they would make a lovely change from the Fruit Gums I seem to have grown addicted to chewing!!

  458. Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread sounds delicious I’d love one or two with a cup of tea!

  459. Ooh shortbread and coffee sounds good (have tweeted your message and followed on twitter as @bescki as well)

  460. I’d love to try the Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam on my husband’s freshly baked bread.

  463. spoilt for choice but think I would go for Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread

  465. I would love to try Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread with a nice cup of my favorite filter coffee

  467. The Cherry & Coconut Flapjack sounds delicious, I would love to try it with a cuppa!

  472. Ooh I’d love to try the barley sugar sticks. My mum used to always give me barley sugar when ever i went on a school trip. What lovely memories. x

  474. would love to try the Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread, great prize :O)

  476. I’m partial to a bit shortbread, so it would have to be Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread x Tweeted as @cheznal x

  483. Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread, just because its sounds so cool it must taste amazing …

  488. I would love to try the cherry and coconut flapjack, I love flapjacks although I have never tried them with these ingredients but I am sure that with a fruity flavour they will be fabulous.

  492. Would love the Luxury Shortbread! I just love it! Thinked I do a girly tea party if I won otherewise id eat it all my self! ‘-) x

  494. I would love to try the barley sugar sticks. I haven’t had or even seen these since I was small, they would be a lovely reminder of my childhood 🙂

  497. The Family Size Large Rich Fruit Cake sounds divine, but not sure if my family would get a look in 🙂

  502. Alice McPhersons Petticoat Tails Luxury Shortbread – sounds yummy! I would love to try this, although to be fair, it all sounds lovely!!

  518. I would love to try Family Size Large Rich Fruit Cake, with a nice cup of tea mid afternoon, sounds lovely !

  520. I’d love to try the The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam – love the taste of sloe gin and sounds very unusual…

  523. the cherry and coconut flapjack sounds devine – i might have a go at making some myself this afternoon 🙂

  531. I would like to try the Cherry and coconut flapjack.
    I am a flapjack addict, but have not tried these ones yet.

  533. I think I’d love to try the gooseberry and sloe gin jam – on a slice of toast 🙂

  538. Tweeted “I want to win a luxury Best of British Food Hamper with @gingerbread_mum”
    “https://fr.twitter.com/Jamiecomps/status/242251055293927424p”
    @Jamiecomps

  546. The Wooden Spoon Gooseberry & Sloe Gin Jam sounds fantastic, would love to try it on a scone

  550. oh dear choices , choices. Well i want to try them all but barley sugar sticks would take me right back to my childhood.Haven’t seen them in years!

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