The best food and drink gifts for Mother's Day

Ah, mum. It can seem impossible to know what to buy the matriarchs in our lives because they do so much for us. What gift says thank you for a lifetime of love and support? Well – the stomach is always a good place to start. And while nothing will ever quite feel good enough for thanking our mums for all the work they do, these food and drink gifts are a pretty good place to start.

From great bottles of whisky for her nighttime dram, to restaurant ingredients that will elevate every meal and cracking hampers, these gifts celebrate the delicious things in life.

DELLI Signature Curry Laksa Box curated by Sambal Shiok

Want to repay your mum for all the cooked meals she's rustled up for you over your lifetime? The Signature Curry Laksa Box, Curated by Sambal Shiok, is the perfect solution. As a best-selling dish at Sambal Shiok, this box lets you recreate the magic at home using the same paste as the restaurant (which they plough through 40kg of every week). Also filled with Thai chicken bone broth, coconut milk, red hot sambal and Poon's London rice noodles, all you need is to chuck in some prawns and hey presto, you’ve made your mum top-tier bowl of noodles with zero faff.

£36; delli.market

High West Campfire Whisky

High West whisky

OK, so whisky isn’t exactly an orthodox Mother’s Day gift, but the mums in our lives tend to like it, and High West Campfire Whisky isn’t your run-of-the-mill dram; it’s a taste of the frontier distilled into a glass. Distilled outside of Park City in Utah, this is a brazen blend of rye, bourbon and blended malt with noest of charred oak, vanilla and a spark of spice that tells a story of late-night campfires and outlaw adventures. It’s raw, unfiltered and defiantly original – a whisky that doesn’t just satisfy but challenges you to embrace its wild spirit. Its a great sipper to have around the house for special occasions, Mother’s Day included.

£90; masterofmalt.com

Freihof Mirtillo Blueberry Liqueur

Mirtillo Liqueur

A unique blend of handpicked blueberries, aromatic juniper, warming ginger, zesty lime, and Austria's pure alpine water, Mirtillo’s Blueberry Liqueuer is crafted without artificial flavours or colours. The perfect base for an elegant, refreshing, and effortlessly sophisticated spritz, Mirtillo is best enjoyed over ice, mixed with sparkling wine, or as a vibrant cocktail twist to deliver the true taste of summer. The best part? Convince her to crack open the bottle and whip up a cocktail on the day and it becomes a present for you both. Win win.

£27.44; masterofmalt.com

Rick Stein Mother's Day wine gift set

Rick Stein's Mother's Day wine gift set

Who needs chocolates and flowers when you can give three bottles of wine to your leading lady? The Rick Stein Mother’s Day Wine gift set contains three bottles chosen by their wine expert, Charlie Stein, which he loves to pour at home. The blancs de blancs champagne is the perfect pour for celebrations, while the crisp Galician white made with verdejo and vitura grapes is made for bountiful seafood spreads. Not to mention the rosé from Chateau Bauduc in Bordeaux, which has tuna nicoise in the sunshine written all over it.

£70; shop.rickstein.com

Le Cordon Bleu Confectionery School book

For any mum wanting to up their baking game, this book from internationally renowned culinary school Le Cordon Bleu is an absolute home run. Building on the school’s decades of teaching people how to cook at every level, the book has 90 recipes from confectioners and chocolate makers, alongside step-by-step guides to some of the more technical methods like tempering chocolate, making nut pastes and cooking sugar.

£35; grubstreet.co.uk

Casa Noble Reposado Tequila

Casa Noble Reposado Tequila

Warm and embracing just like a hug, Casa Noble Reposado is aged for exactly 364 day, just under the cut-off where it would legally be considered an anejo tequila. This craft spirit is made solely from organic blue weber agave plants matured in French white oak barrels which infuses the liquid with sweet, toasty lemongrass notes. With a full body and round, warming finish, it's just the gift to tell you mum that you love her. 

£77.50; thewhiskyexchange.com

Panzer’s La Vie en Rose Hamper

Panzer's La Vie en Rose hamper

While there’s no proven way to a person’s heart, bagels are a good place to start. Gift your mum the breakfast of dreams with this hamper from Panzer’s, packed with its famous smoked salmon, bagels, New York style cream cheese plus a bottle of one of Panzer’s favourite rosés – a blush-coloured Chateau Roubine full of fresh cherry, strawberry and peach on the nose and a dash of honeysuckle. Nom.

£65.00; panzers.co.uk

Prawn on the Lawn Crispy Chilli Oil

Prawn on the Lawn chilli oil

If your mum lacks a sweet tooth, why not go hard on the condiments this Mother’s Day with the Prawn on the Lawn Crispy Chilli Oil? Designed for those who like it hot, it’s perfect drizzled on eggs, noodles and even ice cream to turn up the heat. Made from black beans and chillies grown in their very own back garden in Cornwall and picked by their bare hands, this chilli crisp is no supermarket number.

£8.50; prawononthelawn.com

Brenne French Single Malt

Brenne whisky

Want to get your mother something out of the ordinary? Brenne French Single Malt Whisky is a masterclass in precision and innovation – produced in small batches from locally sourced malted barley, twice-distilled in traditional copper pot stills and matured for six years in hand-selected French Limousin oak and cognac casks. Bottled at 40% ABV, it delivers a balanced profile: on the nose, nuanced layers of vanilla, pear drops and dried mango, while the palate unfolds with notes of brandied cherry and red rope liquorice and a long, evolving finish. It’s a distinctive French single malt with exceptional depth and character, just like mum.

£65; masterofmalt.com