Nikki Turner-Chaplin

Instead of a bouquet of flowers for mum this year, how about just four?  Four Roses’ Small Batch bourbon is the perfect gift to make mum feel special. Cotton Gin – a proper Yorkshire gin – the signature Gin from Otterbeck Distillery, first distilled in lockdown, has won its first award: gold at The Gin Masters 2020. Lovely Tea & Chocolate Gift Box, that’s perfect for tea lovers, it includes three different chocolate bars (Eton Mess Milk Chocolate, Dark Choc Chilli Chai Dark Chocolate and Earl Grey Creme Milk Chocolate as well as 6 gorgeous sounded tea bags. Milk bar with Love You Mum Gift sleeve alongside Green & Black’s classic organic dark, white and milk chocolate flavoured bars along side our Organic Treat Collection with a selection of mini bars.

From their website: “Here at Woodside Farm we offer a back to nature experience for young and old, as well as the opportunity to taste that fresh from the fields sensation. The farm is not a large, intensive operation supplying the supermarkets, but a small family run farm selling direct to the public and offering good old fashioned personal service.” Kemps Farm is in Horsforth so good for Leeds and strawberry picking near Bradford. We find that not only do the strawberries taste better this way, but think it is more fun for the kids to pick them like this, as they can rummage amongst the leaves trying to find the biggest sweetest strawberry. From their website: “Whirlow Hall Farm Trust is an educational trust that was established by Alan Aikin in 1979.

The current chapter of its history opened with the arrival of Chef/Patron, Andrew Pern in June 1996, since when it has been consistently rated as one of the UK’s top eateries, holding a Michelin star for a generous portion of Andrew’s tenure. Shaun opened his own highly-acclaimed restaurant, Ormer in 2013 in St Helier which was awarded its first Michelin star four months after opening, as well as receiving three AA rosettes a few months later. Following his success in Jersey, Shaun returned to London where he opened Ormer Mayfair, as well as the restaurant at 12 Hay Hill, also located in London’s Mayfair. Shaun has made numerous TV appearances including 2017 Masterchef UK when Ormer Mayfair was featured as a location for the programme.” As well as looking at our list of Michelin Star Restaurants Yorkshire – why not take a look at our list of the best restaurants in York.

Slow cooker/crockpot chocolate fudge Christmas Puddings. Chocolate fudge made in the crockpot/slow cooker, cut into circles and decorated as cute Christmas puddings. This stops condensation from forming in the crockpot, as the water isn’t good for the fudge. I think these would look great wrapped in a clear bag and decorated with a Christmas ribbon Or why not try these delicious sounding chocolate cookies, gluten free mince pies, Christmas rocky road, sticky gingerbread, chocolate flapjack, peanut butter chocolate balls, and chocolate espresso banana bread.