2025 Christmas Categories

FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 4 JULY 2025

Please note that categories have been grouped by A-Z. Category definitions have been provided to help you select the right place for your product to be entered.
To enter, click on the category that is the best fit for your product and you will be taken to the online entry form. You will be able to enter multiple categories within one entry.


We have created a helpful step by step guide to entering which can be downloaded using the button below.

Standard entry fee per product: £449 Early Bird / £469 normal price

Small Producer entry fee (for businesses with fewer than 10 staff and annual sales under £1million): £79 per entry

Medium Producer entry fee (for businesses with annual sales over £1million and under £3million): £189+VAT

(Christmas) Canapés and Party Food

Savoury bite sized or sharing party nibbles that are ready to serve, cooked from chilled or frozen e.g. sausage rolls, blinis, dim sum, sliders. For vegan items – see Vegan. For pigs in blankets – see ‘Pigs in Blankets’. For larger pastry-based items– see Deli

Dropdown options:

  • Meat and Fish
  • Vegetarian
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(Christmas) Cheese

Includes cheese products such as individual Christmas style cheeses, cheeses to be baked, or products such as cheese with tear-and-share bread, whole cheeseboards

Dropdown Options:

  • Baked Cheese
  • Cheese
  • Whole Cheeseboards (sold together as one product e.g. slate with 5 cheeses)
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(Christmas) Chocolate

Chocolate of a premium nature sold specifically as a Christmas offering e.g. chocolate bars, boxes, sharing bags. For gifting selections or novelty items – see ‘Novelty and Gifting’

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(Christmas) Chutneys, Gravy and Sauces

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

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(Christmas) Confectionery

Confectionery of a premium nature sold specifically as a Christmas offering e.g. nougat, premium marshmallows, macarons. For novelty items or gift sets see ‘Novelty and Gifting’

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(Christmas) Crisps, Nuts and Snacks

Any crisps, nuts or snacks marketed specifically for the festive period e.g. pigs in blankets flavour crisps, chocolate covered almonds

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(Christmas) Dairy

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

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(Christmas) Deli

Products that are sold on the delicatessen shelves or counter specifically for Christmas e.g. pâté, charcuterie, olives, large pork pie, sausage rolls. For bitesize sharing pastries, see ‘Canapés and Party Food’.

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(Christmas) Desserts and Puddings Categories

Mince pies, Traditional Christmas Cake, Christmas Puddings, Panettone and Stollen, centrepiece desserts, and festive desserts

(Christmas) Fish Categories

Fish centrepieces and any smoked salmon. For fish starters – see ‘Starters’

(Christmas) Food to Go

Food to Go items limited to Christmas e.g. Turkey and brie sandwiches, festive vegan wraps, festive meal deal side

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(Christmas) Free From Savoury

Any savoury festive free from item specifically created and marketed to exclude at least one of the following allergens: celery; crustaceans; eggs; gluten; fish; lupin; milk; mustard; molluscs; nuts; peanuts; sesame; soya; sulphates e.g. gluten free stuffing, blini base

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(Christmas) Free From Sweet

Any sweet festive free from item specifically created and marketed to exclude at least one of the following allergens: celery; crustaceans; eggs; gluten; fish; lupin; milk; mustard; molluscs; nuts; peanuts; sesame; soya; sulphates e.g. gluten free sponge pudding, dairy and gluten free biscuits, gluten free mince pies

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(Christmas) Novelty and Gifting

All food and drink novelty or gift items including ‘build your own’ gingerbread houses, chocolate characters, hot chocolate sets, gifting chocolate, hampers (can include alcoholic items when accompanied by food)
Subcategory Options:

  • Novelty
  • Gifting
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(Christmas) Meat Categories

Further categories include turkey, beef, lamb, pork, goose, duck, three bird roast and pigs in blankets

(Christmas) Savoury Biscuits and Crackers

Any savoury biscuit or cracker e.g. biscuits for cheese, breadsticks etc

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(Christmas) Sweet Biscuits and Crackers

Any sweet biscuit e.g. speculoos biscuits, cookies, Florentines etc

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(Christmas) Starters

Any meat, fish or vegetarian item aimed as a starter e.g. fish gratin, duck rillettes, red onion tartlet. For smoked salmon – see ‘Smoked Salmon’, for Pâté see ‘Deli’

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(Christmas) Sides

Includes stuffing, vegetables and Yorkshire puddings etc. For pigs in blankets – see ‘Pigs in Blankets’ category in Meat

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(Christmas) Vegan Desserts and Sweet Items

Any vegan sweet items e.g. desserts, cakes, chocolate, brandy cream, biscuits and confectionery

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(Christmas) Vegan Canapés and Savoury Items

Any vegan savoury item ready to serve or cooked e.g. vegan sausage rolls, dim sum, crackers, vegan cheeses

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(Christmas) Vegan Meal Options

Any vegan item aimed at the Christmas dinner e.g. vegan nut roast, vegan pigs in blankets, cashew cauliflower cheese, gravy, bread sauce etc

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(Christmas) Vegetarian Main Course

Products specifically created and marketed as alternatives to meat-containing products and served as the main element to a main course (can be individual or sharing) e.g. vegetarian nut roast

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