25 Of The Best Food Delivery Boxes For Fine Dining At Home This Autumn

Do you miss the experience of sitting down to eat a five-course meal in a fancy restaurant? The fine dining feel of tucking into small plates and sharing exciting culinary experiences with friends over a bottle (or two) of wine? Well, you're in luck. Amid the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, several of our favourite UK eateries have taken their best selling dishes and made them part of carefully curated food boxes, designed for you to finish cooking at home with ease.

Forget your usual takeaway or Deliveroo, and enjoy the utter freshness of Michelin-star food with British chef Tom Aikens' seven-hour shoulder of lamb with sides of spring onion mash. Or perhaps you'd rather a food box offering a taste of Spain with Nieves Barragan's Sabor? A trip to Italy with Bocca di Lupo or the Scottish Highlands with Home by Nico? Maybe a hearty helping of Padella pasta will do?

From tapas to Italian, meaty curries to vegan veg, we've selected the best fine dining food boxes for every mood. Expect an evening of faff-free food fun.

Here is a list of the best food delivery boxes:

The people behind the nutritionally and morally sound Mindful Chef have teamed up with London's go-to swanky steak restaurant, Hawksmoor, for the ultimate dinner date at home meal kit. For just two weeks only (13-26 June) you can have a Hawksmoor feast delivered to your door.

Choose between a sirloin medallion with jersey royals, asparagus, heritage tomato salad and peppercorn sauce or Rump steak and eggs with roasted garlic and thyme, sweet potato and lemon spinach, or go for both and recreate the full Hawksmoor experience in your own kitchen.

The best bit? For every Mindful Chef x Hawksmoor meal you buy, another meal will be donated to a child living in poverty through the One Feeds Two charity. Which means you can treat yourself to a delicious steak dinner and give back.

Price: From £6.50 per person

Available nationwide

Order here

Eat like the Italians, with this Soho restaurant’s monthly-changing regional food box and allow yourself to be transported from Tuscany to Veneto.

Choose between ‘Campo’ (vegetarian), ‘Maccellaio’ (meat), and ‘Mare’ (sea) three-course menus. In February, boxes will be a hearty fare for one of the coldest months of the year. Expect baked scallops with parmesan, lemon, thyme and pumpkin ‘in saor’ to start, followed by warming mains of Maiale al latte – a signature northern Veneto dish where pork shoulder is cooked long and slow in milk and spices. For the veggies, there’s the restaurant favourite spinach and ricotta malfatti with brown butter and sage. To finish, a generous portion of Tiramisu, a household favourite and a dessert said to have originated in the Venetian city of Treviso.

Price: £49

Available nationwide

Order here

Given the shocker of a Christmas most of us had last year, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, we're looking forward to tucking into a feast with loved ones this festive season.

Fortunately, the team at Côte are encouraging us to spend more time with the family, and less hours cooped up in the kitchen, with its nifty Côte at Home Christmas box, which takes less than 30 minutes to prepare for up to six people.

Côte’s executive chef has curated the Christmas box to include a turkey roulade with chestnut and cranberry stuffing, braised spiced red cabbage, herb and garlic brussels sprouts and mini-Toulouse sausages wrapped in streaky bacon. Veggies, meanwhile, can choose from a menu including the likes of mushroom tarts made with Portobello, oyster, shiitake, and black trompette mushrooms, and side orders.

You can even add more dishes, such as crayfish cocktails, roasted monkfish, butternut squash en croute and layered Meringue Torte with praline cream and chocolate sauce.

Prices: From £84.99 (meat box), from £49.95 (veggie), for four to six people.

Available: Nationwide. Boxes are on sale from October 19. Delivery available from November 22 - December 23.

Order here.

Support the UK's fisherman and indulge in Lobster Inc’s fine dining box for two. Each food box includes two whole lobsters, served with a Vietnamese dressing plus two side dishes including a warm parmentier potato salad and Asian style noodle salad with cucumber, chilli and coriander. A bottle of Montresor Prosecco Millesimato Extra Dry pairs perfectly and the menu gets a new lobster twist every month.

Price: £85

Available nationwide

Order here

Exploring a different city through experimental and unpredictable dishes every month, award-winning Six By Nico will satisfy your fancy six-course dinner dreams. In February, it looks to the Scottish Hebrides in a nod to the chef’s Scottish roots.

A starter of Isle of Harris gin Cured smoked salmon is served with cucumber, apple chutney and dill crème fraîche, followed by an explosively tasty main course of Stornoway black pudding & pork belly pressé with Scotch broth and white bean ragu. For sides, warm potato salad and shellfish rouille along with salt baked beetroot with Hebridean blue cheese and walnut dressing will have you tasting the fresh sea air. And for pudding? It’s the Tipsy Laird Trifle with stem ginger jelly, sea buckthorn and vanilla cream, followed by Mull cheddar cheese with relish and water crackers. A bottle of Séptimo Sentido Verdejo from Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, will wash it down perfectly. Veggie option also available.

Price: £60

Available nationwide

Order here

You might not get the theatrical ambiance of professional chefs preparing the dishes in front of you, like in their Covent Garden venue, but you will get an Italian feast to remember. Focusing on small plates known as cicchetti, seasonality is key for La Goccia's ever-changing menus.

For March, burrata is served with squash and cauliflower with sundried tomato ailoli. Share slow-cooked beef ragù rigatoni and wood-fired chicken between two, along with the potato and bortlotti bean sides. For the veggies, it's fresh spaghetti with wild mushrooms and leek gratinato. The tiramasu will be the lightest you've ever tasted.

Price: From £80

Available nationwide

Order here

For those missing a slice of Portugal, rustic Bar Douro draws inspiration from traditional Portugese cuisine. From croquetes de alheira (smoked Portuguese sausage) to bacalhau a bras (salt cod hash), the feast box is a rotating selection of favourites from every section of the restaurant's small-plate led menu. The bread and Bar Douro olive oil to start is almost as delicious as the main event and for pudding, it’s traditional Portuguese Toucinho do Ceu, a rich and decadent yolk almond cake made with pork fat, served with orange créme fraîche.

Price: £60

Available nationwide

Order here

For a fuss-free Michelin-starred three course meal in a food box, Galvin La Chapelle will help you recreate their signature flavours of France in 15 minutes, with step-by-step videos and clear instructions. With a weekly changing menu, dishes include baked rosemary focaccia & Nocellara olives followed by ravioli of Dorset blue lobster, lobster bisque or salad of candy beetroot, Saint-Maure de Touraine with apple and coriander. To follow, you can choose between Supreme of Landaise chicken, truffle bouillon & dumplings with baby leeks or miso glazed aubergine, pea shoots & vinaigrette of shiitake mushrooms before tucking into pear tarte Tatin with Normandy creme fraiche to finish.

Price: £50

Available across London

Order here

Chelsea’s swanky Japanese spot Dinings SW3 let's you make restaurant quality sushi at home. Using the finest, sustainable fish and seafood, nori sheets and sushi rice, learn how to make your own tuna, salmon, lobster and scallop temaki.

If you'd rather sit back and relax, their nationwide Dinner Kit includes wagyu beef carpaccio, salmon teriyaki cavolo nero and white chocolate mochi for desert.

For their Susuru series, Chef Masaki Sugisaki celebrates the Japanese ritual of the slurp in the form of a comforting duck udon noodle dish, Kamo-Nanbam. Expect Udon hand-crafted udon noodles with an umami-rich dashi and Cornish-reared duck breast.

Make Your Own Temaki Handroll
Price:£135

Kamo-Nanbam Udon
Price: £18pp

Available across London

Order here

Dinner Kit (serves 1)
Price: £75

Available nationwide

Order here

Ex-Barrafina head chef Nieves Barragan created one of the most buzzing restaurants in central London with Michelin-starred Sabor. Now, she’s bringing the Spanish feast to your doorstep in the form of this food box.

The regular Sabor En Casa Box serves two to three people and includes signature dishes such as their tortilla and pulpo a la gallega (Galician style octopus). Melt-in-your-mouth ham croquettes are joined by sizzling gambas al ajillo. In their feast for four, you get a , succulent tuna empanada and in the St Valentine's box expect the best caviar, foie gras, and truffle, sourced from Spain.

They also sell bottled cocktails, including the renowned sangria and fino negroni.

Sabor En Casa box
Price: £90

Feast menu for 4
Price: £220

Available nationwide

Order here

Consider your conscience cleared. For a more sustainable, ethical and healthier dinner twist, this eight-course sharing vegan food delivery box proves how tasty vegan food can really be. From orzo puttanesca with sun-dried tomatoes, pesto and cavolo nero to okra pakora with lime pickle, celeriac, boondi chaat and jaggery goor dressing, get ready to try veg you’ve never even heard of. Also includes a bottle of Bodegas Alceño Barinas Sauvignon Blanc.

Get hooked on a healthier carb with buckwheat noodles and chilli oil or patatas a lo pobre, with crispy onions, roasted garlic and green pepper relish. The vegan chocolate cake with cookie dough will blow your vegan expectations out the water.

Price: £55

Available nationwide

Order here

For an unusual twist on dry-aged chateaubriand, try this treacle cured chateaubriand which has been marinated for 48 hours. The subtle cure allows the steak to take in the depth and smokiness of the treacle - making the meat succulent and the caramelisation process even easier to achieve at home. The sides won’t let you down either with colcannon potatoes and four cheese macaroni & cheese with smoked bone marrow crumb. If you have room, there’s a light and fluffy Tiramisu for dessert. A full-bodied Montresor ‘Urban Park’ Appassimento wine from Veneto, Italy, will help pull through the unmissable flavours of every course.

Price: From £70

Available nationwide

Order here

Head to South America for a four-course Peruvian feast with Mayfair’s COYA food box. The feast for two will begin with corn tortillas, shrimp crackers and guacamole, followed by fresh ceviche options including Ceviche Criollo (sea bream with red onion, sweet potato and aji Amarillo), Salmon Pepino (salmon, jalapenos, cucumber and coriander) and Pez Limon (yellowtail with green chilli and radish). For mains, choose from lamb rump with aji panka and salmon fillet with stir-fried quinoa, soy and green vegetables. The rich and creamy Chocolate and orange tart with crème fraîche twill add a zing.

Feeling thirsty? Add ready-to-pour cocktails to your order, including Negroni Time (thyme infused gin, sweet vermouth, Campari and COYA bitters), Claro Margarita (Reposado Tequila, agave, jalapeno and vanilla) and the Maracuya Martini (vanilla infused vodka, passion fruit and citrus).

Price: £110

Available across London

Order here

Authentic flavours of Sri Lanka run wild in meat and vegan feasting boxes from Soho’s Kolamba. A simple reheating will draw out the flavours of island classics classics like ceylon chicken curry, dhal, green bean and coconut curry and fiery Pol Sambols for two.

Price: From £36

Available nationwide

Order here

Bringing you a taste of Hong Kong, the wife and husband baozi masters behind London Chinatown’s Bun House and Soho’s Wun’s Tea Room are celebrating the Year of the Ox.

Offering fortune cookie shaped dumplings and steamed buns (two beef brisket, two filled with oozing mandarin and dark chocolate), the Dai Ghut Bun Set delivers nationwide.

For Londoner’s only, the Chinese New Year Feasting Kit features eight indulgent sharing plates for two. The feast includes a traditional dish of Lo Hey Luck Toss to invite in prosperity; a salad of osmanthus oolong cured salmon with pomelo, crispy rice, crunchy fried roots, seasonal pickles and a ginger yuzu vinaigrette. To follow there’s Hainan poached chicken thigh with Canton salsa and fragrant rice, Wun’s signature sugar skin iberico fatty char siu, wind shelter corn ribs, wok fried beef ho fun with bone marrow and frisée & baby gem lettuce salad drizzled with a spicy mala ponzu tahini dressing. For dessert, a refreshing and creamy mango sago panna cotta and assorted traditional sweet treats.

Bun House Dai Ghut Bun Set
Price: £18.99
Available nationwide

Order here

Wun’s CNY Feasting Kit
Price: £88.88
Available across London

Order here

For vegetarian and vegan meal boxes, Ravinder Bhogal’s award-winning Jikoni has six different boxes on a weekly rotation, inspired by ‘immigrant cuisine’ and shared flavours across parts of South Asia and the Far East, the Middle East, East Africa and Britain. Crowd pleasers include sweetcorn, lime leaf & lemongrass fritters, with Chilli Dipping sauce, and crispy aubergine in Sichuan caramel.

Price: From £22

Available in London (nationwide coming soon)

Order here

British chef Tom Aikens knows a thing or two about Michelin-starred cooking – he was youngest chef to be awarded two Michelin stars at the age of just 26. Now, he’s put together a food delivery box of his most-celebrated dishes to bring a taste of true fine dining at home.

For two people, you can choose a seven-hour shoulder of lamb with sides of spring onion mash, Balsamic onions & French beans with confit garlic & shallots. Or there's a three-course menu of house-made ricotta with pickled wild mushrooms & mushroom vinaigrette, 24-hour braised short rib with miso & honey, served with individual onion tatins and salt baked beets.

For a decadent finish on both the menus, it's Tom's signature dark chocolate mousse with chantilly and caramelised pistachio.

Price: From £70

Available nationwide

Order here

Padella has become synonymous with the best fresh pasta in London, with the queues nearly as legendary as the pasta itself. Now, the expert pasta makers have designed pasta food delivery boxes that take a mere five minutes to prepare at home.

Pasta is hand rolled fresh each day and sauces, including their renowned eight-hour Dexter beef shin ragu, are simmered slowly to ensure maximum flavour. Your Padella Pasta Kit will arrive with pasta, sauce and garnish ready-to-go.

Price: From £14

Available nationwide

Order here

From breakfast in bed to wholesome speedy lunches, Yotam’s meal kits are effortless, with their Ottolenghi Ready food box helping you pull off a nutritious dinner by simply reheating in the saucepan, available nationwide. Choose from beef and ricotta meatballs; spicy confit tandoori chickpeas; spiced lamb ragu with harissa, apricots and green olives; or braised spinach and herbs with paneer and lime.

Miss going out for brunch? The Shakshuka meal kit includes the Ottolenghi Ready Shakshuka sauce, labneh, coriander cress, four Clarence Court eggs, Dusty Knuckle focaccia and freshly squeezed orange juice.

Price: From £25.50

Available nationwide

Order here

For fans of Bristol’s Michelin-starred Paco Tapas, chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias brings us 13 of his most-loved dishes. Nibble on Manzanilla olives for that full restaurant experience, followed by Chorizo Iberico de Bellota to satisfy your cold meats craving. Other finish-at-home classics include Jamón Croqueta, Gambas Al Ajillo and Stuffed Quail and chocolate mousse for dessert.

Drinks additions include sherry, wine and Negroni or Sherry Manhattan cocktails.

Price: From £100

Available nationwide

Order here

Serving Persian passion, Michelin plate awarded Nutshell offers vegetarian, halibut and lamb feasting options, featuring their most popular dishes.

Dip their Bazaar bread in olive tapenade with walnut, pomegranate & radishes, before tucking into flavoursome mushroom croquettes. For mains, choose from roast lamb rump with apricot relish, jackfruit and butternut squash herbed rice balls or a yoghurt baked halibut fillet with quince & pear puree.

Their many cocktails will add an extra 'oomph' to your evening, from Negroni Irani (sour cherry wine, spiced campari & saffron gin) to Mexican in Tehran (limoo infused tequila, apricot & lime sumac salt).

Price: From £55

Available nationwide

Order here

Two chefs from Newington Green’s hugely hyped Primeur are using their N5 kitchen to create first class comfort food. The finest ingredients, like Yorkshire-based Swaledale beef ragu, level up the simple menu of home-made focaccia, lasagne (with an aubergine veggie option) and tiramisu.

A sell-out every week, be prepared to order from midday every Wednesday, for collection or delivery within a 5 mile radius of the restaurant. When it arrives – delivered by a team of furloughed hospitality workers – reheat or freeze for later.

Price: From £8

Available in north and east London

Order here

Known recently for their stylish lockdown wine deliveries, Top Cuvée's DIY food boxes are just as exciting.

This month, try their confit chicken and braised lentils, with a side of kale with fennel and aioli. Or for the veggies, it's chard and Berkswell gratin, braised lentils and kale with chilli and fennel.

Price: From £19

Available across London

Order here

A celebrated street food brand may not scream 'fine dining', but such intense and delicate flavours are worthy of respect. Delivering chilled curry puffs, curries, sauces and laksa noodle meal kits, street food restaurant Old Chang Kee offer a taste of Singapore.

With their Laksa Meal Kit, expect rice noodles, beansprouts, prawns and tofu in a light but fragrant broth that’s made from dried shrimp, spices and coconut milk.

Chilled curries
Price: From £11

Singapore Laksa Meal Kit
Price:£28

Available nationwide

Order here