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Evening Standard
National
Ben McCormack

The best Christmas meal kits, from Tom Kerridge to the Roux family

Happy Christmas to Roux: Michel and Emily have created a gourmet Christmas lunch with meal-kit specialists Dishpatch

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The first week of January is famously the busiest time of year for divorce lawyers: something to bear in mind before “forgetting” your other half loathes Brussels sprouts this Christmas Day. Alternatively, buy a Christmas meal kit and leave pretty much all the festive food choices to the professionals. Because what is the true spirit of Christmas if not having someone else to blame for things going wrong on the big day?

Not that this is likely from the kits we’ve selected below. All had availability at the time of publication, though a turkey shortage and the fact that we haven’t weaned ourselves off recipe kits since lockdown means they are likely to sell out faster than this year’s must-have toy in Hamleys.

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