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Christmas Gift Guide 2025: 50 Great Gift Ideas for Food-Lovers

There’s something for everyone in The Good Food Guide’s 2025 Christmas Gift Guide, from sweet treats and stocking fillers to subscriptions and experiences. The Petersham Nurseries’ limoncello glasses are particularly nice, hint hint.

The Good Food Guide

St. JOHN’s founders are stepping back. What comes next for the trailblazing nose-to-tail restaurant?

In this exclusive interview with Tim Hayward in FT Weekend, Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver announced that they have stepped back from day-to-day operations at St. JOHN, leaving it in the custodianship of new CEO Barry Milton-Cook and the head chefs at the three restaurants, all interviewed here.

FT Weekend

Hugh Corcoran’s Ten Commandments For Fine-Dining

We’ve missed The Yellow Bittern’s irascible chef patron since he quit Instagram, so it’s a treat to read his words in The Pass. Corcoran’s rules have been formulated “over years of drinking and eating across Europe”. We couldn’t agree more with number ten.

The Pass

“Why I host a supper club for sex workers”

HTSI’s annual ‘Celebration’ issue was packed with seasonal party wisdom, but this feature (and accompanying photography) with supper club host Paris Rosina stood out. As one guest puts it: “Paris’s supper club is a glittery space that allows for the more fantastical elements of our community to shine through.”

HTSI