Outstanding “Christmas made simple” festive meal, delivered directly to your door (Image: Côte At Home)
Christmas is just around the corner and many of us will be stressing already about what to cook and how many are coming by for lunch or dinner. Well, I’ve just tried a delicious “Christmas made simple” festive meal, with everything you need delivered directly to your door ready for the oven – and it’s been created by Gordon Ramsay’s former Michelin-starred chef, Steve Allen.
The easy-to-cook Christmas dinner is a dream come true, bursting with French flavour and festive ease, with delicious dishes crafted by using the “finest seasonal ingredients”. As Côte At Home (by Côte Brasserie) launched their ever popular Christmas and New Year specials, I was one of the first in line for a taste. If you’re looking for home-cooked excellence, without the preparation drama, then I’d certainly recommend this luscious Christmas feast, it’s extremely enjoyable.
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The Christmas turkey crown from Côte At Home was absolutely delicious – and feeds six people easily (Image: Katie Oborn )
After opening the big Côte At Home delivery box, you’ll be greeted with a tasty selection of everything you need for your Christmas meal – and I really loved that all the packaging was easily recyclable.
The Festive Turkey Feast, which I tried, costs £134.95, but it serves six hungry people. Chef Steve Allen, whose Michelin-starred career spans Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Pétrus and Claridge’s – has created a line-up that’s “indulgent, elegant and unmistakably Côte”.
The Festive Turkey Feast stars a marinated British turkey breast from Larchwood Farm, surrounded by honey-glazed pigs in blankets, Brussels sprouts à la Française, apricot and mustard glazed Chantenay carrots, and roast miso parsnips with shallot and thyme jus.
All you need to do is unwrap the food and pop it into your oven – and there are detailed instructions as well as timings for everything making it remarkably stress free.
The stand-outs for me was the succulent turkey; it really was delicious. Equally, the pigs in blankets were stunning, the whole Christmas dinner is of a very high quality and well worth the money.
The Côte At Home Christmas dinner packages, just unwrap, put on baking trays, then into the oven (Image: Katie Oborn)
It was just me and my partner trying the whole meal – and it fed us for three days, there’s definitely enough for six people; the portions are generous.
The roast potatoes were also perfect, crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside just how everyone likes them. Personally I wasn’t as fond of the parsnips. I would add a little more butter to them if I was cooking this festive meal again.
The Brussels sprouts à la Française were really yummy and everything was full of delicious flavour, yet so simple to prepare, it left me wanting to try more Côte At Home food deliveries – and they are absolutely great for special occasions.
Celebrities such as Dame Judi Dench “can’t get enough”, she’s one of thousands “returning year after year” for these indulgent, easy-to-cook French feasts delivered straight to their doors.
The Côte At Home Christmas dinner plated up – so delicious (Image: Katie Oborn)
Every December, Côte at Home’s festive collection becomes something of a household ritual, it’s delicious, foolproof and “full of joie de vivre”.
If you are after something richer than the turkey feast, The Chateaubriand Feast (£164.95, serves six) reimagines the French classic with a succulent 1kg cut, “served beautifully, and surrounded by all the same trimmings”.
Vegetarians can also rejoice, the new Tartiflette Feast for four (£49.95) pairs molten Camembert and shredded Fable mushrooms with spiced braised red cabbage and golden roasted vegetables.
No celebration starts without a few nibbles and Côte also has this covered with deliveries of delicately smoked beetroot-cured salmon (£14.95), rich chicken liver pâté (£8.95), or silky Jerusalem artichoke soup (£6.95).
The Chateaubriand Feast is also available for delivery from Côte at Home’s festive collection (Image: Côte at Home)
Then there’s the dessert menu, with the Côte Christmas pudding (£14.95), mince pie pain perdu (£8.95), or golden brandy butter madeleines (£11.95).
For mornings-after and in-between moments, the Festive Breakfast Box (£67.95) delivers flaky croissants, jams, granola, sausages, bacon, eggs, fresh orange juice and Crémant de Bourgogne bubbles.
The Buffet Box (£76.95) is perfect for grazing, containing French cheeses, charcuterie, smoked salmon, potted crab and chicken liver parfait, with artisan breads and preserves – perfect for New Year’s Eve – or New Year’s Day.
And because every toast deserves the right bottle, Côte’s Festive Drinks Package (£79.95) has Christmas morning covered from Buck’s Fizz, Palooza Rouge for your main feast, to a bottle of Port for the cheese course.
The Brussels sprouts à la Française by Côte At Home were extremely tasty (Image: Katie Oborn )
To welcome 2026 in style, Côte’s New Year’s Eve Feast (£169.95 for six / £84.95 for two) begins with beetroot-cured salmon and horseradish cream, followed by British and Irish Côte de Boeuf with gratin dauphinois and black garlic jus, ending with a dark chocolate financier and cherry compote. Très chic.
Behind the “generous and joyful” menus is Steve Allen, Côte Brasserie’s executive chef. A Michelin-starred talent, Steve has honed his craft at top restaurants including Pétrus and Claridge’s, and brings years of fine-dining experience to every festive dish.
Côte at Home’s festive menus are available to order now, with nationwide delivery from December 18 to 23, but early booking is essential – these boxes tend to disappear faster than the last roast potato.
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