The perfect food hampers to gift this Diwali

By: Rutu Shah Cheese hampers, home-made chocolates and regional specials are replacing the same old dry fruits and kaju katli boxes. Here’re few ideas to make your Diwali gifts more interesting and unique. Restaurants, Bakeries and Shops The Bombay Canteen, Lower Parel If you want to go a little regional then opt for The Bombay Canteen’s special Diwali hampers. With traditional Indian snacks like namkeens, sweet potato chips, chaklis, navratan mix, peanut chikki and kaju puri, these make for perfect and a memorable gift. Price: Rs 750 (all inclusive) [caption id=“attachment_2500598” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Bombay-Canteen[/caption] Nutcracker, Fort A bite of Nutcracker’s seven layered cookie is a trip to the seventh heaven. Our favourite breakfast nook is offering specially crafted Diwali gift hampers with their special seven layered cookie. We can’t think of a better gift. Price: Rs 1,100 (contains 750 gms cookie), Rs 1,800 (contains 1.5 kg cookie) Ellipsis Bakery, Worli Happy times are here, and Ellipsis Bakery is making it happier with their special Diwali hampers with granola, biscotti, lavash, marshmallows, cookies, olive jars, pretzel sticks, almond raisin loafs and more. These are just their standard hampers, but you can customize them according to your liking and also make special sweet or savoury hampers choosing the products in the bakery. Price: Starts from Rs 500 Indigo Deli, All outlets Indigo Deli has a special assembled gift basket which includes a range of products made in-house. Artisanal jams, mustards, marmalades, chutneys, cookies, cupcakes, imported cheese, teas, and coffees make up these hampers. The ‘For The Family’ hamper includes wines from across the world - a sure hit with wine aficionados. There are also options to make customized gift baskets and gift cards for an Indigo experience. Price: Rs 3,500 [caption id=“attachment_2500612” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] indigo-deli-Gift-Hamper[/caption] BBC, JW Marriott Mumbai, Juhu Bombay Baking Company has just made Diwali more colourful with their festive gift hampers which come in three sizes – silver, gold and platinum. Their silver hamper has BBC special cookies, brownies, tea cake, roasted nuts and Indian mithai. Their gold hamper has crafted assorted pralines, petrichor aroma, brownies, cashews, macarons, etc. whereas their platinum hamper has imported wine, Davidoff coffee, Himalaya honey, brownie, cashews, etc. You can also customize your hamper. Price: Rs 5,100 + taxes (JW Silver Select), Rs 6,500 +taxes (JW Gold Rush), Rs 7,500 + taxes (JW Platinum Special) [caption id=“attachment_2500602” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Diwali-Hamper_JW-Marriott-Mumbai-Juhu[/caption] Sancha Tea Boutique, Fort Sancha Tea Boutique in Fort has come up with some unique tea hampers of green tea and other festive blends which can be customized on request. The tea packs can also be paired with accessories like strainers and cute infusers. Price: Rs 450 onwards (for the Luxurious Leatherette Box), Rs 499 onwards (for the Green Tea Selection Pack) [caption id=“attachment_2500618” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] sancha-tea-house-3-Green-Tea-Floral-Box-2[/caption] Yauatcha, Bandra Kurla Complex If you have been to Yauatcha then you must know that their crisp and soft macaroons are the best Diwali gift you can give. So now you can gift your friends and family Classic or Premiere hampers which contain assorted macaroons, assorted chocolates and flavoured tea. One can also purchase vouchers for the restaurant worth Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and a box of assorted macaroons for Rs 420. So what are you waiting for? Price: Rs 1,500 (Classic hamper), Rs 1,800 (Premiere hamper) [caption id=“attachment_2500624” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] yuatcha[/caption] Home Chefs and Bakers Casa Del Cheese No one ever says no to cheese. So if you are a big cheese aficionado then share some of that love with your friends and relatives with a cheese hamper. The Feta Cheese hamper contains two boxes of soft feta, olives, pita bread, crackers, garlic pesto and watermelon slices. The Snowcake Cheese and Dry Fruits hamper (creation of the head cheese-maker Dhwani Desai) contains two CDC snowcake cheese, crackers, apple onion chutney, beetroot orange relish, dried apricots, pistachios, walnuts, almonds and raisins; take your pick. You can call them on 9323713358 to place an order. Price: Rs 1,200 (Feta Hamper), Rs 1,070 (Snowcake Cheese and Dry Fruits Hamper) Bina’s Ice Cream Ice-creams mixed with traditional sweets make for a perfect Diwali gift. The home based ice-cream maker Bina’s Ice-cream has launched a jalebi flavoured ice-cream for the Diwali season. The ice-cream is available in gifting packs of two tubs and four tubs. Call them on 9930312998, 9930312999 to place your order. Price: Rs 250 – Rs 350 (for one tub) [caption id=“attachment_2500596” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] bina’s-icecream[/caption] Happy Tummies If you are interested in some Oriya fare then check out Happy Tummies. They have traditional snacks from the coastal state – Orissa along with assorted sweets like Chenna Gajja, Chenna Poda and Rosogulla. Call them on 9820236947 to place your order. Price: Rs 650 (for the rectangular box of Goja), Rs 300 (for cylindrical tin of Goja), Rs 450 (for rectangular box of savoury), Rs 240 (for cylindrical tin of savoury) [caption id=“attachment_2500608” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Happy-TUmmies[/caption] Heart Bakes Cakes, cupcakes, cookies, tarts, tea cakes never go out of style. For a yummy chocolaty hamper check out Heart Bakes whose Diwali hampers with freshly baked paan cupcakes, Nutella mousse jars, marbled peanut butter brownies, muffins, brownies etc will make for a perfect gift. Call them on 9967540914 to place your order. Price: Rs 180 – Rs 1,800 [caption id=“attachment_2500610” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] heart-bakes[/caption] Pretty Little Layers Coconut Chocolate Truffles or Kit Kat Brownie Bites sound like apt Diwali sweets. Home- baker Rochelle Desouza of Pretty Little Layers has special Diwali treats like Chocolate Truffles, Brownie Bites, Coconut Chocolate, Roasted Almond and Sea Salt Truffles. A nice basket of all these treats makes for a good gift. Don’t you think? All orders will be delivered at your doorstep. Call them on 9833839384 to place your order. Price: Rs 300 (Box of 12), Rs 500 (Box of 15) [caption id=“attachment_2500616” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Pretty-little-Layers[/caption] Sustenance This Diwali, if you are looking to gift something classy then look no further than Sustenance food. Their artisan food hampers make for very special gifts. Choose among a range of products like jams, honey, cookies, biscotti, coffee and much more. Call them on 9987888441, 9820011132 to place your order. Price: Starts at Rs 1,500 [caption id=“attachment_2500622” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] sustenance[/caption] Caramella You can never go wrong with chocolates. So if you are looking to gift an assortment then check out Caramella by home chef Ketki Barfiwala who has prepared special Diwali hampers with varieties like Nutella centred chocolate, Peanut centred chocolate, Mocha infused chocolate, Truffle centred chocolate and much more. Call them on 9820352213 to place your order. Price: Rs 150 - 400 [caption id=“attachment_2500600” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] caramella[/caption]