21 of the tastiest Christmas boxes from restaurants to cook at home this Christmas
This year, too, we’ll have to celebrate the holidays at home. Unfortunately, that means no extensive, luxurious Christmas dinners at your favorite restaurant, but instead getting to work yourself at home with prawn cocktails and tiramisu. OR you can happily skip all that hard work and leave the cooking of a fantastic dinner to the very best chefs in our country.
Many of us have regularly ordered a festive dinner to enjoy at home this year, and there will be plenty of delicious options to choose from at Christmas, too. Whether you opt for a luxury box from a Michelin-starred chef, a chic sausage-roll box or one filled with the most delicious cocktails, it promises to be a delectable Christmas! We’ve listed the coolest, tastiest and most original Christmas boxes for you, and above all wish you a loving and merry Christmas!
At home with Daalder
Christmas with Daalder turns the holy night into a wonderfully culinary night with a completely new six-course menu developed by Dennis Huwaë and his team. Including wine, a cheese board and a chat from the hostess. Under the guidance of star chef Dennis Huwaë, this box lets you serve six culinary and festive courses at the table during Christmas. And it’s anything but complicated. Whether it’s scallops with beurre blanc or a vegetarian ravioli with pumpkin and ricotta, all the dishes are on the table in no time. With Dennis’s instructions, you step into your own kitchen for a few minutes for each course. Are you not the greatest home cook? Don’t worry. The chef has already done most of the work for you. Anyone who can turn on an oven, distribute a little cress here and there and boil a pan of water can join Daalder’s kitchen team for an evening. With Daalder’s tarte tatin as the perfect finale. Divine! Christmas with Daalder costs €77.50 for six courses and can be ordered now via ThuismetDaalder.nl, for dinners from 15 to 31 December. And… would you rather stay at the table uninterrupted with friends and family? Have Daalder do the cooking. This year, all menus can be reserved with a chef included. One of Daalder’s regular chefs will finish the dishes for you and serve the plates.
Sausage rolls from star chefs
This Christmas, Houben Worstenbrood is joining forces with the four two-Michelin-starred restaurants in our country: Pure C**, De Lindehof**, FG Restaurant** and De Treeswijkhoeve**. For this box, the four star chefs have translated their signature dish into a surprising sausage-roll recipe. In the Sterrenbox, you’ll find, among other things, a sausage roll with an Asian twist featuring ginger and lemongrass, a high-end version with chicken and lobster, and of course Houben’s own classic: the vegetarian sausage roll. Real Brabant sausage rolls, both ordinary and haute cuisine! The Sterrenbox can now be ordered for €32.50 from Houben Worstenbrood, HANOS and various Houben Worstenbrood outlets.
A merry and stress-free Christmas from Celia
Celia Amsterdam is also going all out this Christmas with a festive box. It contains a three-course, family-style menu prepared by the chefs and easy to finish at home. The menu includes burrata, truffle soup, sea bass à la plancha and chocolate cake with passion fruit. Doesn’t that immediately make your mouth water? The boxes can be ordered online for €42 per person.
Cook Like a Chef
Would you like to cook up a storm during the holidays? With Cook Like a Chef’s elegant Christmas box, you prepare a star-studded menu from De Librije***, Parkheuvel**, Aan de Poel** or De Kromme Watergang** together with your family. With this box, you won’t spend hours in the kitchen, but simply add the finishing touch. Easy and absolutely delicious! Order the Christmas box from €74.50 per person online on the website.
A Caron Christmas dinner
Have dinner à table at home and imagine yourself in the restaurants of chef Alain Caron and his sons Tom and David. With the boxes from Lindenhoff and Alain, you put together your own three-, four- or five-course menu and create a French Christmas dinner featuring classics from the chef’s bistros. Order your desired Christmas menu by 19 December and have the groceries and recipe cards delivered to your home on 23 or 24 December. That way, you’ll have all the ingredients at home to get cooking together in your own kitchen. Bon appétit et un très joyeux Noël! The boxes are available from €89.95. You can find more information about the Christmas menu or the boxes here.
Custom-made menu
In addition to Alain’s French Christmas menu, Lindenhoff has even more dishes that you can order for your custom-made Christmas menu, created in collaboration with chefs such as Joris Bijdendijk of RIJKS, Luuk Langendijk of Restaurant As and Leonardo Pacenti of restaurant Toscanini. In the generator, select your favorite starter, main course, side dishes and dessert, order the products with one click and voilà, dinner is served!
Shake it till you make it
Shake up your own cocktails during the holidays with The Holiday Edition from De Thuisborrel Club. Without much effort, you can quickly make eight festive cocktails from renowned bars throughout the Netherlands at your own kitchen table. Would you rather have the cocktails ready to serve? This year, De Thuisborrel Club has also added ready-to-drink cocktail boxes to its range. Even easier and just as delicious. For the true finishing touch, personalize your cocktails with your own logo or name! Order the Christmas box here.
Sweet Christmas
Relais & Châteaux Weeshuis Gouda has everything your Christmas heart desires. During the holidays, you can order a real WSHS winter celebration cake from this beautiful boutique hotel. The cake is made with a light vanilla sponge, white chocolate and cherries, and finished with fondant, macarons, meringue, glitter and gingerbread. Ideal as a dessert or with Christmas coffee. The WSHS Christmas Gateau can be ordered for €35 via the WSHS website. In addition to the cake, you can also order a delicious Christmas box filled with treats for just
€12.50 per person.
NENI is always a good idea
This Christmas, NENI is bringing Eastern Mediterranean dishes to your plates. On 24, 25 and 26 December, you can collect your Holiday Box from NENI in Amsterdam. For two people, it costs €85, and if you’d also like cocktails and wine, it will cost €105 for two people. Expect a Christmas featuring the most delicious labneh, caramelized eggplant and NENI’s famous hummus. If you don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve yet, the meal box will also be available on 31 December. Both boxes can be ordered on the website.
LIEMÈS Food District at home
The recently opened LIEMÈS Food District in Utrecht is a true food paradise and perfectly reflects the Christmas spirit: it’s a place where different paths cross, quite literally. Its name is derived from the Latin limes, meaning border. Here, the best of a food hall and a restaurant come together in one space. On 26 December, you can have a four- or five-course shared-dining menu delivered to your home, including dumplings, sushi and scroppino. To order a box, email info@liemes.nl
Turkey for a good cause
Qalkoen also has a delicious box this year featuring… a turkey! And with this box, you’re not only giving yourself a festive Christmas, but someone else too. For every Qalkoen sold, €10 is donated to the foundations of the four largest specialized children’s hospitals in the Netherlands. These foundations do everything they can to make the stay of children and parents as pleasant as possible, including at Christmas. You can order the various Qalkoen boxes here online.
A fairytale Christmas
For the first time, it’s possible to serve the dishes from Michelin-starred restaurant THE DUCHESS at home. On both 25 and 26 December, you can order a Christmas Box here featuring, among other things, one of DUCHESS’s most popular dishes: Beef Wellington, mashed potatoes with truffle, asparagus and a Christmas dessert. THE DUCHESS has also selected a wine menu, so you can serve a matching wine too. Ideal! You can order a box here.
A steakhouse, but at home
Would you rather spend as long as possible dining during the Christmas holidays, with the finest bottles of wine being poured? For the first time in six years, you can also bring MR PORTER to your own kitchen table during the Christmas holidays. On both 25 and 26 December, you can order a box from this Amsterdam hotspot that lets you serve a culinary dinner in no time. The chefs have created a menu for you featuring roast aged ribeye on the bone (1.2 kg), salted roasted sweet potato, broccoli and Yorkshire pudding. Add a suitable wine and you’ll have an ultimate Christmas dinner on the table. Want to order? You can do so via the website or by calling +31 20 811 3399.
Top-level sushi
With the IZAKAYA Sushi Case or IZAKAYA Sushi & Sashimi Case, you’re guaranteed to serve a delicious Christmas dinner for the whole family. The box contains the sushi and/or sashimi classics from this Japanese hotspot, freshly prepared for you by the chefs. Salmon Aburi Nigiri, Salmon & avocado uramaki, Toro Sashimi and many other fish dishes are prepared for the holidays, so you don’t have to do anything yourself. To order a box, call +31 20 305 3090 or visit the website.
The Burger Box
Burger bar THE BUTCHER has also put together a box for you that serves a complete dinner. Think burgers, drinks, fries and, as the cherry on top, THE BUTCHER sauce. Everything is already prepared, so you’ll have a delicious Christmas dinner à la minute. To complete it, order a ‘Red Velvet Milkshake’, specially added to the menu for Christmas. Place an order via UberEats or visit one of the locations.
Signature dishes from MOMO
Is MOMO one of your favorite restaurants in Amsterdam, but have you decided to celebrate Christmas dinner at home this year? With the ‘Signature MOMO Box’, you’ll have all the classics from this hotspot served at home, delivered in the festive style we’ve come to expect. Ceviche, sushi, tacos and many other dishes create a top-level Christmas menu in no time. You can order a box on the website.
Pizza!
Perfect in the days leading up to Christmas to get into the festive spirit, and during Christmas dinner itself. Toni Loco’s pizzas are always a good idea, and they’ve even prepared something extra for Christmas. Between 17 and 27 December, you can order not just any pizza here, but one in the shape of a Christmas tree. This Christmas pizza consists of toppings such as mozzarella, marinated turkey, bell pepper and tomato sauce. Order the special pizza via UberEats or stop by Toni Loco.
Christmas classics
Serve real Christmas classics at the table in no time; BUNK’s Christmas box makes it possible. BUNK is known for serving the tastiest classics, and they do so at Christmas too. The four-course menu includes, among other things, a prawn cocktail, Beef Wellington and baked Alaska for dessert. So get out your finest crockery, cutlery and decorations and order the box for €42.50 per person on BUNK’s website.
RIJKS at home
The RIJKS make-away is back! This Christmas, star restaurant RIJKS, led by chef Joris Bijdendijk, has also prepared a box to help you finish the dishes step by step at home and serve them on the Christmas table. Choose a five-course menu with beef roulade, a delicious selection of cheeses, orange crémeux and fudge to enjoy with coffee as the finale. The RIJKS at home Box can be ordered via the website.
Restaurant FRED
Anyone who has ever eaten at star restaurant FRED in Rotterdam can confirm it: it’s always top-notch. Take FRED’s famous carpaccio, for example, about which Fred Mustert himself says: “Often imitated, never equaled!” And of course, this starter is included in the Christmax Box, which can still be ordered until 22 December via Restaurant Fred. A vegetarian box is also available, and both boxes cost €89 per person. They contain five stunning dishes with which, guided by the masterclass with Fred himself, you can prepare an unforgettable Christmas meal in a culinary way.
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