Best Gifts for Foodies: Food Gifts starting at $10
Looking for great gift ideas for a family member or foodie friend on your holiday gift list? As a fellow foodie and chef, you can trust that this list of Best Gifts for Foodies has the perfect gift you’re looking for!
I’ve personally tested hundreds of foodie gifts, and selected only my top picks that I thought were truly the best gift ideas for foodies!
There are foodie gift ideas for every budget—even some under $10! (They make a great hostess gift!)
And we have gift ideas for foodies of every kind—for those that never cook to the home chef to professional chef gifts. There are sweet gifts, fun gifts, cool gifts, gourmet gifts, unique gifts, and more! All specially selected for food lovers, and we’ve got the wine lovers covered too! You won’t find a better list of gifts!
Sure, you can buy a restaurant gift card, but wouldn’t you rather go the extra mile and give the perfect present? We’ve got your holiday shopping list right here!
I absolutely adore everything on this foodie gift list! And I love that you can get them all online! Which reminds me, some of the links in this article are affiliate links, and I may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no cost to you from Amazon or other affiliates.
That being said, I never recommend anything in my gift guides that I haven’t personally used. So the same goes for this Best Gifts for Foodies List!
Gourmet Food Gifts
TrufflE ProDuctS
All I can say is YES, a thousand times YES! Truffle products are one of the best gourmet foods to give chefs and home cooks!
Truffle Salt & Truffle Honey, some of the Best Gifts for Foodies.
Truffle Honey Brown Butter by Truffle Shuffle: This Truffle Honey is my favorite thing to put on a cheese board or charcuterie board! It’s at least as good as the truffle honey I found on my favorite food street in Paris! The best part— a little goes a long way!
Truffle Salt by Truffle Shuffle: I first discovered Truffle salt on a weekend in San Francisco, and I’ve never been without it since! Just a pinch of Truffle Salt makes any meal special. Your foodie will be putting this gourmet gift on steak, chicken, rice, eggs—it’s perfect on my Carbonara Breakfast Pasta.
Laconiko Black Truffle Olive Oil: OMG, I could eat pasta with this Black Truffle Olive Oil every day! Perfect for Truffle Risotto and so many of your foodie’s favorite recipes! High quality good food is always appreciated!
Oil & Vinegars!
Every foodie needs at least one premium olive oil and vinegar to up their cooking game!
Ultra Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil by Laconiko: This 2020 Gold Metal Winner was the winner in my private tasting too! Not for everyday cooking, this bottle will be savored when olive oil is the star like in a simple Panzanella Salad. The perfect foodie gift for cooks!
White Balsamic Vinegar with Cucumber and Lemon: I recently replaced the balsamic vinegar in my Tomato Salad recipe with this White Balsamic from Modena and it was a big hit! Even my mom who is not a big vinegar person, wanted to drink the dressing!
Coffee, Tea, or Honey
No Best Gift for Foodies list would be complete without these!
Tchibo Coffee: Perfect for coffee lovers! Now available in the U.S.—ground coffee beans from Europe’s number one coffee house! Your coffee-snob will love the rich taste. And you can feel good knowing 100% of Tchibo’s coffee is from Rainforest Alliance certified farms!
Wissotsky Magic Tea Chest: Know someone who swoons when the server brings them the tea chest? Now they can have their own chest of assorted flavors. Different woods and tea assortments available.
Manukora Honey: From New Zealand’s prized honey producing region, the Golden Triangle, comes this honey prized for its natural Methylglyoxal, said to be the health promoting property in honey.
Locca Premium Boba Tea Kit: This DIY kit provides the teas, tapioca pearls, and straws needed to make 24 yummy bubble tea drinks.
Cheese Please!
Whatever the occasion, cheese lovers crave cheese! If your foodie is like me, they are obsessed with making beautiful cheese boards and igourmet has top-quality gift baskets that I bet your foodie will love! Try one of these awesome cheese gift boxes for foodies:
Sweet Gifts for Foodies
Good Stuff Comes in CarameL
Weather it’s candy, ice cream, popcorn, or latte, dreamy creamy caramel is my go-to flavor.
Béquet Celtic Sea Salt Caramels: I am forever searching for delicious caramels and this year I found the award-winning Béquet Celtic Sea Salt Caramels. Like to support small businesses? A gift bag of these tasty treats are made in small batches with all natural ingredients from a small business in MT.
McCrea’s Flavor Family Caramels Box: With unique flavors like “Single Malt Scotch” and “Tapped Maple Syrup” this variety pack is for those who love anything caramel. They are sure to get a lick out of these new flavors.
Fisher's Caramel Popcorn: I literally tasted every caramel popcorn on the Ocean City boardwalk in MD, and Fisher’s Caramel Popcorn was my hands down favorite! I have subsequently received it as a gift many years, and it’s always delivered fresh and delicious!
Copious Amounts of CandY
Let’s face it, for those with a sweet tooth, you can never have enough.
Gourmet Licorice Gift Box by Licorice.com: Choice of 10 gift boxes each with three different flavors. From laces, to shorties, to sours, there’s bound to be a combo for your favorite foodie.
Ferrero Premium Gourmet Chocolates: This one is obviously for chocolate lovers. Includes an assortment: of traditional Ferrero hazelnut milk chocolates, dark chocolates, and coconut creams.
Decadent Desserts
I bet the dessert lover on your list won’t make these for themselves!
Smith Island Cake: When we visit Berlin and Ocean City, MD, my sister-in-law treats us to a Smith Island Cake for whatever special occasion we’re celebrating. I usually am not a cake fan, but I eat this one and enjoy every bite. I’ve tried many flavors and red velvet continues to be my favorite followed by banana.
NoBaked Cookie Dough: A 4-pack of dough specially made to be eaten raw: cookies and cream, brownie batter, confetti sugar, and, of course, chocolate chip.
Thoughtful Gifts for Foodies
Hot BookS
Chef memoirs, cookbooks, and beautiful food coffee-table books, all make wonderful gifts any time of year!
Yes Chef: For anyone aspiring to become a professional cook or chef, this memoir by celebrity chef, Marcus Samuelson is a must read! One of my favorite books of all time.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking: There’s one recipe book that stands the test of time—the classic by the one and only Julia Child. A great way to learn about the famous foods of France.
Wine Country Table: A lovely coffee table book for oenophiles and foodies with recipes highlighting California’s wine regions. The photos in this book are absolutely stunning!
Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy’s Food Culture: Matt Goulding takes a trip through Italy’s rich cuisine and country.
Friuli Food and Wine: For Italian food lovers. A gorgeous book by the master sommelier and James Beard Award-winning chef of one of the best restaurants in Boulder, CO, Frasca. Includes 80 of the chef’s favorite recipes.
Kitchen Must Haves
For those who love to cook, some things they’ll use over and over again.
Kuma Knives: I’ve just discovered this brand, and they have knives for cooks at every level. Perfect for the aspiring chef, or home cook, this 8 inch Chef Knife is a great starter knife for the price. For the more serious chef, try the Kuma Professional Damascus Chef Knife.
Cast Iron Grill Pan: This is one of my most used pans. Similar to a fry pan with ridges. It’s what you get when you combine a cast iron pan with a grill. Perfect for a meat lover—steaks, chicken, burgers turn out fabulous. But so do fish and vegetables!
Stoneware Pinch Bowls: As you can see from my blog, I use these pinch bowls every day for prepping ingredients and serving! The fun mix of colors makes great photos and adds a little fun to cooking and plating! Even for those with a small kitchen, they stack so they take up almost no space.
Ceramic Spoon Rest: Functional and decorative you can always use more than one! Wether you’re cooking an easy meal or gourmet fare you need one! I put spoon rests on buffet tables, dinner tables, and of course, by the stove.
UniquE Gifts for Foodies
Foodie Socks
Not just socks—fun, high-performance socks with food designs!
SockGuy socks are specially designed for moisture control, durability, comfort, and coolness! Socks make
Pineapple Crew Cuff Socks: I am allergic to pineapple, but I think these socks are so cute!
Classic Cupcake Socks: I can’t decide which are cuter, cupcakes or pineapple. Maybe the deciding question is long or short.
Sporty Spicy Socks: Does your foodie like it hot? Then these are the clear choice! And besides, black goes with everything !
Cooler Bags
Wine lovers love taking these cool gifts to cool places!
2 Bottle Wine Cooler: Made from durable distressed waxed cotton, this is one smart looking cooler bag! Traditional open design is perfect for transporting wine to a restaurant or wherever your foodie is going. For the ultimate gift, stuff it with a bottle of wine or 2, and turn it into a pretty amazing gift basket!
Insulated Wine & Cheese Bag: This comfortable to carry cooler bag holds 2 bottles of wine with some extra room for cheese. Or one bottle and lots of cheese (of course, this is my preference). It includes helpful picnic items like: a small cutting board, cheese knife, and corkscrew.
A Taste of Travel
Transport your foodie to a land they love!
Japanese Snack & Candy Subscription: Does your foodie yearn for Japan and the specialties of Japanese cuisine? Bokksu has the answer for you! A big orange box full of authentic Japanese snacks and candies. They are so authentic that unless you can read Japanese, you need to look at the enclosed brochure to tell what they are. Please note, this is a monthly subscription, that can be cancelled at any time.
Stocking Stuffers
When you just need a little something, or a little something extra for your foodie!
Egg peeler, one of the Best Gifts for Foodies.
Mighty Sesame TahiniBars: These little Halva bars are addictive! This variety pack of 18 bars has 3 delicious flavors: vanilla, pistachio, and cocoa nibs.
The Negg Boiled Egg Peeler: I admit, I was a little skeptical about this, but it really works! Such a handy tool when making deviled eggs or egg salad. One of the best gadgets that will get used!
Coconut Chews with Chocolate: Know any chocolate lovers? These went fast at our house! Each yummy coconut chews comes individually wrapped for freshness, so you can give a bag, or just a few.
Kirk’s Ordor Neutralizing Hand Soap: This hydrating hand soap neutralizes the odor from even the most smelly ingredients like garlic and fish with the scents of lemon and eucalyptus.
So, there you have the top gifts for foodies! I hope these foodie gift ideas were helpful and that you’ve found a great gift for the foodie on your list! Or perhaps you’ve found a food gift for yourself? Please let me know in the comments!
