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Food and Drink to Help You Celebrate Valentine’s Day

This year’s Valentine’s Day is in lockdown so here’s a selection of food and drink to help you celebrate it

The most miserable month of the year has come and gone and now, with Valentine’s Day coming up, love is in the air. Aside from a perfectly squared calendar this year, we’ve got some treats in mind to make your February special. We’ve selected all the gifts and ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day about which any food and drink obsessee will get excited.

While we may not be able to go to our favourite restaurant or travel anywhere this Valentine’s Day, it doesn’t mean you can’t have a romantic move or two up your sleeve. From pink drinks to dinners to create the most romantic meal at home, we’ve got you covered so your Valentine’s Day celebrations will be just as special at home this year.

Lanson Le Rosé Champagne

Lanson Le Rosé champagne is one of the world’s first champagnes and benefits from more than 60 years rosé-making experience. We wouldn’t want to be dealing with any risky business when celebrating Valentine’s Day this year either. The rosé champagne is sought-after because of its pale blush colour and characteristic freshness. Simultaneously fruit and delicate, it’s the perfect treat to pop open this Valentine’s Day with your loved one(s).

75cl bottle – £45

COYA x Byredo

COYA Mayfair has collaborated with Byredo to bring those celebrating Valentine’s Day a decadent rose-inspired Peruvian feast. Although we’re in lockdown, this Valentine’s Day will be one to remember, thanks to a finish-at-home tasting menu featuring tunat tostadas, wagyu rib-eye and lobster. Not to forget: there’s also a speical rose-shaped dessert, filled with lychee mousse and with raspberry, pistachio, frangipane and white chocolate and a playlist curated by the COYA Mayfair team. The menu will be accompanied by a two Cupid’s Arrow cocktails, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Rosé Champagne and Byredo’s Rose Hand Wash, with opening notes of pink pepper and raspberry.

Valentine’s Day celebratory experience for two – £260

Bottle Bar & Shop Elixir of Love

Another pink drink to help you celebrate Valentine’s Day – this time, thanks to Bottle Bar and Shop’s Strawberry Gin Liqueur. The, understandably, hero product of the month, the strawberry gin liqueur is handmade using Rock Rose Gin and infused with fresh English strawberries – just bursting with natural flavour. Whether you want to enjoy this tipple on ice or mix into your favourite cocktail, it’s the perfect sweet something for Valentine’s Day.

20/50cl bottle – £17/£28

The Cherry Tree Breakfast in Bed

The Cherry Tree’s special Valentine’s Day gift box is themed around breakfast in bed – something we hope you’ll be lucky enough in which to indulge. The seasonal hampers come complete with a delightful range of chutneys, jams and more, along with a hand written message of your choice. Enjoy the likes of Strawberry with Marc de Champagne Extra jam, as well as Cherry with Amaretto Extra, as well as the classic Seville Orange Breakfast Marmalade and Raspberry Extra jam. There’s also a selection of chutneys, including Spict Tomato and Caramelised Onion and Smokey Tomato and Garlic. Stock up on those croissants and crackers!

Breakfast in Bed Gift Box, £35

The Last Talisman Valentine’s Day Mixology Class

Something to get you into the Valentine’s Day spirit, The Last Talisman is putting on a virtual cocktail class for you to celebrate. Be led by world-renowned mixologist Dre Masso on Saturday 13th February, as he teaches you how to make three classically romantic cocktails. Hosted over Zoom, the 60-minute class will give all couples a fun and interactive experience of cocktail making. Each cocktail kit will include the necessary ingredients: premium spirits, garnishes, mixers and a measuring jigger. There will also be a box of six chocolates to pair with each cocktail. Their drinks, your home – what’s not to love?

60-minute class, £90

Juici Jerk ‘Feel the Love’ Meal Kit

Dine in this Valentine’s Day and enjoying a Caribbean feast of dreams, thanks to Juici Jerk. ‘Feel the Love’ as Juici Jerk suggests, with this Valentine’s Day being in lockdown, and enjoy a meal kit to set the mood for all you loved-up lot at home. Each meal kit features a three-course Caribbean feast for two which includes pan-fried garlic king prawns to start; butterfly jerk chicken with rice and peas, macaroni cheese, plantain and coleslaw for mains and a luxury assortment of sweet treats such as chocolate-covered strawberries, triple-stacked fudge brownies, doughnut rings and chocolate hearts for dessert. To add to the atmosphere, the meal kits also come with a bottle of Prosecco, tea light candles, rose petals and a romantic Spotfiy playlist, specially curated by Juici Jerk for the occasion.

Meal kits, £70

Absolut Vodka Sustainable Bottle

Absolut has launched its latest limited-edition bottle – and it’s made of 60 per cent recycled glass. The brand’s most sustainable bottle yet, this is the perfect gift for vodka lovers who love being eco-friendly. The limited edition bottle is new for 2021 and is part of a wider sustainability plan from the brand, including Absolut Paper; a prototype made up of recyclable content (57 per cent paper and 43 per cent recycled plastic). Absolut aims to create the world’s first 100 per cent bio-based and recyclable paper bottle in the long term.

70cl bottle, £20

Novikov Set Menus

Just because you’re not able to dine at a fancy restaurant, doesn’t mean the culinary experience should suffer this Valentine’s Day. Novikov’s ‘to go’ set menus bring both romance and glamour to your home, with both the Asian and Italian restaurants going out of their way to create a satisfying set menu selection. Luca Malacarne and his team are offering melt-in-the-mouth caviar, as well as a variety of sashimi, maki and tempura. It also wouldn’t be a true Novikov experience without the restaurant’s famous miso black cod, which is also on the menu for this experience.

The Italian team are offering a competitive alternative, as Marco Torri and his chefs present four different four-course menus to choose from, featuring dishes such as roasted sea bass with spiky artichokes, beef carpaccio with black truffle and beef tagliata with rocket and parmesan. Enjoy a bottle of Louis Roederer champagne with either set menu meal, as you might if dining out, for just £50 extra.

Asian Dinner for Two, £150; Italian Fish/Meat for Two, £120; Italian Vegetarian for Two, £65

Caorunn Raspberry Gin

Why not share the ultimate Valentine’s Day tipple this year with Caorunn Gin’s raspberry flavour. Combining the dry and crisp taste of the brand’s gin with the sweetness of the raspberry flavour, it makes the perfect drink to sip in style at home. Why not mix it with lemon juice, Chambord, sugar syrup and soda to create a refreshing Valentine’s Day Raspberry Collins?

70cl bottle, £19.94

Krispy Kreme x Uber Eats Love Hearts Doughnuts

Valentine’s in lockdown just got a lot better thanks to this Doughnut Dozen from Krispy Kreme. The doughnut connoisseur has partnered with Uber Eats to offer this limited edition doughnut delivery – available to order to your door via the Uber Eats app. The Valentine’s Dozen includes a selection of Krispy Kreme’s Oriignal Glazed and the new limited edition heart-shaped doughnuts, decorated with iconic Love Hearts messages. If you are a Krispy Kreme fan, you’re not going to want to miss out on this: order quickly as this Valentine’s fling is only available from tomorrow (Friday 12th February) until Sunday 14th February.

Doughnut Dozen, £18.95

Montezuma’s Love Bites Truffle Collection

Montezuma’s has something in store for those needing a sweet treat come Valentine’s Day. The perfect gift for chocolate lovers, this collection of 16 chocolate, heart-shaped truffles will put a smile on anyone’s face. Each milk chocolate heart is filled with salted caramel, with a hazelnut praline filling the dark chocolate ones. The box itself is made from 100 per cent recycled packaging, making it a treat for you and the planet.

Truffle box, £14.99

Creams Valentine’s Cookie Dough Dessert & Milkshake

Creams Café has launched two deliciously decadent dessert specials just in time for Valentine’s Day this year. Not ones to let lockdown affect how we celebrate, customers can choose from two limited edition treats: a Red Velvet Hugs cookie dough or a Red Velvet Kisses milkshake. Available until 16th February, either of these are sure to fill your heart – or tummy – of love. Enjoy the cookie dough topped with strawberries; white chcoolate sauce and shavings; strawberry gelato and a Creams wafer. Alternatively, the pink milkshake mixes red velvet cookie dough with soft serve ice cream, before being topped with whipped cream and crumbled cookie dough. Whether you care to share or indulge alone, it’s a Valentine’s Day treat for sure.

Red Velvet Hugs cookie, £8.95 and Red Velvet Kisses milkshake, £5.50

Lavazza Jolie Coffee Machine

Small in size but mighty in the goodness it can deliver, the Lavazza Jolie makes an authentic Italian espresso. Preparing the much-needed coffee fix we need each morning, it uses a 10-bar pressure for a perfect espresso. Enjoy a single or double, worthy of your favourite coffee shop, all in the comfort of your own kitchen. Equipped with a 600ml water tank, drip tray and auto-off function, it’s the Valentine’s Day gift for coffee lovers everywhere.

Lavazza Jolie, £69

Della Vite Prosecco

So you fancy bubbles this Valentine’s Day but don’t need it to be pink or anything. Cool. Della Vite is is a new, premium Prosecco brand from Chloe, Poppy and Cara Delevingne. Light and delicious in taste, it is vegan and sustainably-produced too. It also comes in a beautifully-pacakged box, adding to the atmosphere come February 14th. This Prosecco is the perfect thing to pop open for a boozy breakfast (in bed…?) or to accompany your romantic Valentine’s Day meal. Both the Superiore D.O.C.G. and the Treviso D.O.C. are available to purchase.

75cl Superiore D.O.C.G. bottle, £25.95

Core Collective x Poké the Bear Coregasm

Core Collective has teamed up with Poké the Bear to give you something a little different this Valentine’s Day. If you’re over the usual romantic celebrations, why not join in on Core Collective’s free online HIIT class? There’s a free workout and special poke dish to celebrate their new Coregasm Poke Bowl in collaboration with Poké the Bear. The nutritious and delicious bowl is the brainchild of the boutique fitness studio and Calum Best and Fraser Carruthers. Enjoy soy-marinated tuna or tofu on a bed of brown rice, topped with baby spinach, salad, pickled ginger, edamame and mango. A healthy and energeteic treat for you and your Valentine this February.

Poke bowl, £12.95 from Deliveroo and Live Stream Core Collective HIIT class on Valentine’s Day, free.

Cahoots Love Letters Cocktail Experience

Popular bar Cahoots is also launching an at-home cocktail experience just in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s a great way to have the ‘cocktails at a bar’ experience – but in the comfort of your own home. Each kit includes all the necessary ingredients and garnishes for two cocktails, with two servings of each. Enjoy trying to make The Metropolitan, featuring Bombay Sapphire gin; Chambord; lemon, thyme and rosemary-infused Martini Rosato vermouth, pineapple, berry cordial, orange bitters, grapefruit tonic and fresh lime on February 14th. Or perhaps you’ll find La Petite Mort more to your taste, with its Woodford Reserve bourbon whisky, Amer Picon, D.O.M. Benedictine liqueuer, Lillet Blanc vermouth, chestnut liqueur and liquorice bitters.

Cocktail Kit, £39

SERVED Hard Seltzer & Humbug Sweets

SERVED has created its limited edition Hard Seltzer Humbug sweets. A take on the retro sweet, it’s been given a makeover for the most romantic day of the year. A great gift for February 14th, these sweets have a sweet raspberry flavour with a hint of zingy lime. Whether you’re enjoying these sweets with a special someone or a bubble of all your loved ones. Emulating the boiled sweet version of the Hard Seltzer, these alcoholic humbugs a fun twist on the classic sweet.

Jar of Humbugs, £6.50

Little Moons Mochi

Little Moons mochi is now available to order via Deliveroo if you live in London. If you’ve been eyeing up the latest craze on TikTok and are a little put out you’ve not been able to get your hands on some for yourself, this Valentine’s Day treat is for you. The perfect after-dinner dessert or last minute gift, these special Valentine’s boxes are available from today (12th February) through this Sunday. A customised box of seven, you can choose your ice cream mochi from the Pick ‘n’ Mix bar and have them delivered straight to your door.

Box of seven, £9.75

Lanique Love Box

Indulge this Valentine’s Day with this beautiful gift box from Lanique. The Love Box includes a 50cl bottle of Lanique Spirit of Rose, a spirit made from thousands of hand-picked, steam-distilled rose petals; a Blodau Bae ‘Be My Valentine’ bunch of dried flowers, mixed with grasses and preserved roses; a handmade and hand-poured soy wax Zephryos candle from Opali London and a box of three luxury Oh La La! macarons – in rich raspberry, ruby rose and passion rose. All macarons are filled with English rose buttercream or ruby chocolate and rose ganache and embellished with 24k gold leaf and edible dried rose petals. Sorry, we had to stop for a second to stop salivating at that description. If you’re the same, order your box – if anything just for those heavenly macarons.

Lanique Love Box, £85

Tesco Valentine’s Egg Cups

Well, breakfast is meant to be the most important meal of the day, right? This egg-cellent breakfast set will help you start your Valentine’s Day in a good mood. Consisting of two egg cups and spoons, this heart-decorated set is such a cute addition to any kitchen cupboard. Whether it’s breakfast in bed or you’re planning on setting the most romantic table spread, these egg cups will put a smile on you and your partner’s face on the special day.

Breakfast set, £5

The Landmark’s High Tea

This Valentine’s Day, couple scan treat their loved one with experience vouchers from the five-star Grand Dame hotel, The Landmark London, in Marylebone. Yes, sadly, restaurants and bars are still closed but that doesn’t mean you can’t book yourselves a little treat to look forward to when we return to some sort of normality. The vouchers are priced from £20 and can make the most romantic present to use at a later date. Why not use them to experience a romantic afternoon tea; The Landmark puts on its High Palm High Tea at the hotel’s Winter Garden Restaurant. Set in the hotel’s grand, eight-store glass atrium, this could be the tranquil oasis you’re looking for post-lockdown. Who doesn’t love an afternoon tea – get the Laurent Perrier Champange ready, please!

The High Palms High Tea is £52 per person