All biscuits, crisps and crackers, sweet or savoury e.g. crackers for cheese, breadsticks, festive flavoured cookies, festive flavoured crisps

*please note category may split on entry depending on judging

Chocolate & Confectionery to be sold specifically as Christmas e.g. chocolate bars, boxes, sharing bags, and sweets.

For novelty items see 'Christmas Novelty'

*please note category may split on entry depending on judging

Novelty food items designed for Christmas e.g. fun chocolates, biscuits or cakes

All food gift items including ‘build your own’ gingerbread houses; hot chocolate sets; cheese & chutney sets (can include alcoholic items)

Includes all cheese products, whether individual Christmas style cheeses, Christmas cheese selections, or cheese with tear-and-share bread.

*Christmas Cheeseboards should be entered into the Christmas - Cheeseboards category.  

Any Christmas cheeseboard 

Any soft drink designed for and limited to sale during the festive period.

Savoury bite sized party nibbles that are ready to serve, cooked from chilled or frozen. For sweet items, see Mini Desserts

Products that are sold on the delicatessen shelves or counter for Christmas e.g. pate, charcuterie, olives

Any product created specifically for Christmas, either ambient or chilled e.g. bread sauce, cranberry sauce, gravy and gravy granules, jams, chutneys, sweet sauces, goose fat

Products to add to a traditional Christmas dinner such as roast potatoes, stuffing, brussels sprout dishes, red cabbage etc

Any seasonal dairy product used at Christmas e.g. brandy butter, spiced double cream. Excludes Cheese

Any Christmas product marketed at the allergen free market incorporating one or more of the 14 major allergens* and is specifically created to be free from those

*celery; crustaceans; eggs; gluten; fish; lupin; milk; mustard; molluscs; nuts; peanuts; sesame; soya; sulphites