Top 8: Festive food gifts to buy from local producers

Here are eight great food gifts to buy, including coffee from Soma, a baking starter kit from Daisy's Cottage Farm and mini truffle Christmas puddings from the Chocolate Shop in Cork's English Market

Think local this Christmas for all your festive food shopping, including some lovely gift ideas.

This Christmas it's important to think local and support producers and service providers who have survived the pandemic so far.

All offer vouchers. Neighbourfood.ie has an extraordinary collection of food from cafés, bakeries, vegetable, fish and meat suppliers, and is a terrific one-stop shop for click and collect. The Farmgate restaurant also has a pop-up shop in the English Market, Cork. Try its apple and fennel chutney to pair with cheese and the featherblade beef as a pre-Christmas treat. Docklands and Miyazaki have good takeaway, and burgers from Joes & Bros all make great gifts for before or after the big cook-in.