How about taking it easy this Christmas and letting someone else do the cooking and going out for lunch? The number of Britons choosing to eat out on the big day has increased by more than 250% over the past 15 years, according to research by the restaurant booking site Bookatable (now The Fork).
Rich people are the most likely to dine out on Christmas Day, and of course spend the most money doing so. All of London’s most high-end restaurants are sold out for lunch on 25 December, despite charging as much as £600 a head. Some hotels have even converted function rooms into extra restaurant space in order to try to meet demand.
