19 best Christmas dinner boxes 2026: Hassle-free kits to try this year

It’s not hard to see the appeal of a Christmas dinner in a box. Even without contemplating your Christmas catering, there's enough to keep us busy when festivities roll around - from wrapping gifts and hosting guests to rustling up some decorations in time for the big day. On top of all of this, facing the queues at the supermarket or trying to wrangle one of the hallowed home delivery slots isn’t exactly going to make anyone feel jolly, so the trick - we think - is to get someone else to do the hard work for you.

After careful consideration, we’ve decided that this year we’ll be handing over all responsibility for our most important meal to the creators of some of the UK’s best Christmas dinner boxes. It’s a no-brainer. The clever people at companies like M&S and Gousto have gone to great lengths to carefully craft the perfect ready-made Christmas dinners for us all, and who are we to deny their merits? In most cases, you’ll receive all the ingredients and recipe cards for starters, mains and desserts, and if you want to take all the credit and ‘forget’ to mention how everything came to be, then this is a safe space – nobody needs to know a thing.

While each of the Christmas recipe boxes below offer something unique, they all have a few things in common. Most have size options (so you can pick the perfect one for your party), there are veggie recipe choices for mixed groups, and all give you the chance to try something new. There’s no need to do the same thing every year anymore, because professional recipe developers and chefs are carefully putting together interesting twists on classics.

We're still a little early in the year for restaurants and meal kit brands to release their festive offering, so below you’ll find notes on menus, pricing and more from last year's best Christmas delivery boxes. And if previous years are anything to go by, we're expecting more delicious things for 2026!

Cook Christmas Dinner for 8

Why: With quite enough to do around the festivities before even considering the Christmas dinner, Cook offers a solution for busy households. With all the elements ready-made, all you have to do is remember to defrost the food in time to heat and eat. Serving eight hungry people, each box includes a stuffed turkey crown, roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, sprouts, pigs in blankets, pork and apricot stuffing and the all-important gravy. Plus, once you've defrosted the turkey, the whole thing can be on the table in three and a half hours. 
How much: £147.50 - serves 8
Buy it: Cook Christmas Dinner for 8

Abel & Cole The Turkey Christmas Feast Recipe Box

Why: Loyal fans of Abel & Cole will already know that its Christmas dinner delivery comes with some serious kudos. With recipes refined down to the nth degree, they offer festive feast boxes that are expertly pulled together, easy to put into practice and, if quality means a lot to you, are completely organic. The star of the show is the award-winning KellyBronze® organic turkey centrepiece, while sides include a classic collection of roast potatoes, honey and mustard parsnips, sprouts with hazelnut butter, spiced red cabbage and glazed carrots. Deliveries are available from Sunday 20 December 2026.
How much: £240 - serves 8
Buy it: Abel & Cole Turkey Christmas Feast 

Gousto One Hour Christmas Dinner

Why: Gousto is a household favourite for its easy-to-make recipe kits, offering everything from family favourites to lighter meals. Last year, the Gousto Christmas box took the form of a one hour Christmas dinner kit. In under one hour, you could chef up a whole festive spread, including turkey, pigs in blankets, roasties, stuffing, and proper gravy - easy! For any vegans around the table, there was a nut roast available too, made with mushroom, pistachio, and cranberry loaf - yum!
How much: Subscriptions from £20.49 per box
Buy it: Gousto One Hour Christmas Dinner

Cinnamon Collection Christmas Feast at Home Kit

Why: We all know and love The Cinnamon Club (London's fine-dining Indian restaurant) but did you know that The Cinnamon Collection also has an online shop? The team always offer a spectacular Christmas feast at home kit, so your festive dinner arrives right at your door. Implementing The Cinnamon Club's signature style, the menu has previously featured Indian-inspired dishes with a festive twist - think roast Kentish lamb with rogan josh sauce, and garam masala Christmas pudding with nutmeg custard. Keep your eyes peeled for another cracking box this year.
How much: £150 - serves 2 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: Cinnamon Collection Christmas Feast at Home Kit

Hello Fresh Build-Your-Own Christmas Feast

Why: Hello Fresh pulled out all the stops last year, with 16 brand-new seasonal dishes in 2025, including a build-your-own Christmas feast. As part of a regular subscription, Hello Fresh customers can usually choose between customisable starters, mains, sides and desserts, from rosemary roast chicken to bacon-wrapped turkey to sides such as pigs in blankets, roast potatoes and nutty bacon sprouts. We love the fact that ingredients are pre-portioned when they arrive so you don't have to faff about with measuring - perfect for a novice cook, or a seasoned chef that needs a helping hand during the busiest time of year. If you needed more convincing, last year our team tested the crispy rosemary chicken schnitzel with roast potatoes and a cheesy leek sauce, plus an indulgent caramelised onion brussels sprout mac and cheese. Portions were hearty, which is exactly what you want as the weather starts to turn cold, and everything came wrapped in recyclable packaging. There's a reason these guys are consistently highly rated!
How much: Subscriptions from £27.99 a week
Buy it: Hello Fresh Festive Flavours range

Made in Oldstead Christmas Boxes

Why: As well as supplying two outstanding restaurants (The Black Swan and Roots York), Tommy Banks’ farm also supplies most of the produce for his gourmet delivery boxes. And the team has released a dizzying line-up of showstopping Christmas meal kits for 2026, from a Christmas Porchetta Box to a Winter Pie Box, to a Beef Wellington Menu for the big day. Veggie options are available too, and you can even order a slap-up Oldstead breakfast kit to have on standby for the inevitable Boxing Day hangover. These guys really have thought of everything.
How much: £149 for the Christmas Day Turkey Menu - serves 2
Buy it: Made in Oldstead Christmas Range

M&S Turkey and Trimmings

Why: OK, this one's not technically an M&S Christmas dinner box, but we can't ignore how good their selection of festive food is. You can easily order your turkey centrepiece, alongside a bunch of seasonal sides, for a deliciously straightforward Christmas dinner. While the full M&S 2026 range hasn't been released yet, last year featured a brilliant slow-cooked Oakham™ turkey joint, plus a classic vegetable collection including goose fat roast potatoes, braised red cabbage, cauliflower cheese, and honey and mustard parsnips. Just bung them both in your basket, and you're half-way to a full Christmas feast.
How much: £34 for turkey joint - serves 4 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: M&S Christmas Food

FieldGoods Christmas Feast Bundle

Why: If you're after a bit of a steal, one of our favourites from last year was FieldGoods' Christmas dinner box for two. For £35, you got a whole turkey and ham hock pie, three delicious sides (sprouts, chestnuts and lardons, as well as goose fat roast potatoes and braised red cabbage) and to top it all off, a spiced apple crumble for dessert. Each bundle came with a pot of Hawkshead cranberry sauce too. It was perfect for those looking to have a quiet Christmas, or as a gift for a loved one that might not have a big festive table to join. 
How much: £35 - serves 2 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: FieldGoods Christmas Feast Bundle

Cote At Home Festive Chateaubriand Feast

Why: Cote At Home is the online shop from the well-known Cote Brasserie, who year-round offer some of the best at-home meal kits for every occasion, from date night steak menus to luxury seafood boxes. Every Christmas, we look forward to the release of their festive range, which last year featured a tremendous Chateaubriand feast, complete with honey glazed pigs in blankets, apricot and mustard carrots, and roast miso parsnips. We're anticipating something equally as special to be announced very soon.
How much: £164.95 - serves 6 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: Cote At Home

Cornish Food Box Christmas Dinner Box

Why: Originally launching in 2010, Cornish Food Box is a food box delivery company that makes buying amazing Cornish produce easy, and at Christmas time, it's no different. Their Christmas dinner box features free range turkey breast, streaky bacon, cocktail sausages, Christmas pudding, and more. Everything is carefully sourced from some of Cornwall's best farmers and butchers, before being packaged up in one convenient box. Plus, if you're a local, you can order for collection and receive a free Christmas veg box! Don't worry if you're from further afield though - this one's available for UK-wide delivery. 
How much: From £129 (serves 6-8)
Buy it: Cornish Food Box Christmas Dinner Box

Applebee's Salmon En Croute

Why: Long-standing seafood restaurant Applebee's got involved with the meal kit madness last year, selling a hearty, ready-to-cook batch of salmon en croute. Handmade by executive chef Frankie, Scottish salmon fillet was wrapped in golden puff pastry and served with a chive and white wine sauce. The glistening centrepiece could be collected from both the Borough Market and Southbank sites on 23 or 24 December, so fingers crossed they bring it back for 2026.
How much: From £80 - serves 4 to 8 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: Applebee's

Donald Russell Traditional Chateaubriand Box

Why: Donald Russell's Christmas dinner boxes deal in premium ingredients, from a British roast sirloin box that's won a Great Taste award, to a whole British free-range Bronze turkey with all the trimmings. The one we always look out for is the Chateaubriand box, which last year featured a boneless 500g Chateaubriand matured for at least 28 days, served with pigs in blankets, goose fat roasties, sprouts with walnuts and cranberries, and more. It even included two individual white chocolate and pistachio cheesecakes for dessert. For now, you can order just their signature Chateaubriand at the link below, but we'll update the details here as soon as the team announce their festive line-up.
How much: £70 - serves 2 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: Donald Russell Chateaubriand Box

Dishpatch Beef Wellington Banquet by Michel Roux Jr

Why: Dishpatch is our go-to for celebratory meal kits designed by some of the best chefs in the game. Their Christmas range hasn't yet been released, but we'll let you in on our favourite from last year. Acclaimed chef Michel Roux Jr whipped up a stonking festive feast featuring a handmade beef Wellington with a rich mushroom duxelles. It was a six-course extravaganza, including sourdough with butter, and chicken liver parfait with brioche to start, followed by Champagne and saffron soup with scallops, then fluffy brioche bread and butter pudding to finish, paired with mulled wine-poached pears. We’re drooling just thinking about it.
How much: £130 - serves 2 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: Dishpatch Meal Kits

Sainsbury's Christmas Dinner in a Box

Why: Save yourself some time and head to your local Sainsbury's for the essential elements you'll need to make a cracking turkey dinner. You can feed a family of four for £50 with its all-in-one box, which includes a slow cooked British turkey breast with pork, chestnut and thyme stuffing, beef fat roast potatoes, parsnips and carrots in honey, sausages wrapped in bacon, and turkey and chicken gravy. Perfect as it is, or as a base to which you can add extra sides, this is a solid option for your Christmas Day lunch. Boxes are available to collect on 22, 23 and 24 December. 
How much: £50 - serves 4
Buy it: Sainsbury's Christmas Dinner in a Box

Roast in a Box

Why: All in a Box usually launches a seasonal special called - you guessed it - Christmas in a box! This box is fully customisable, from the number of people you’re serving to how many courses you’d like to include, and has previously included the likes of gin and beetroot cured salmon gravlax to start, a classic Christmas feast for the main event, and homemade Christmas pudding brownie. Details about this year's offering are still under wraps, but for now, you can order their cracking Roast in a Box for just £50, which includes all the trimmings, plus an optional apple crumble for pud.
How much: £50 for Roast in a Box - serves 2
Buy it: Roast in a Box

Simon Rogan Christmas 'At Home' Menu

Why: Without a doubt one of the best premium at-home meal kits out there, Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan (L'Enclume, Rogan & Co and Aulis) offers an impeccable 'At Home' range. No doubt he'll launch another festive offering to elevate your Christmas to new gastronomic heights. Last year, he created a six-course showstopper, featuring juniper smoked trout, English grain ragout, and braised short rib. They sell out fast, so stay tuned to get your order in as soon as they launch!
How much: From £95 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: Simon Rogan 'At Home'

Eversfield Organic Christmas Roast Beef Box

Why: Eversfield Organic sells some of the best quality birds around, so you can guarantee that your Christmas dinner is sourced from some of the UK's most ethical farmers and producers. Keep your eyes peeled for their signature festive centrepieces, including an organic Christmas roast beef box, complete with pork chipolatas, sage and onion sausagemeat, and beef gravy. If you're all about quality produce, delicious ingredients, and simple home cooking, this is the Christmas dinner box for you.
How much: £149 - serves 6-8 (2025 pricing)
Buy it: Eversfield Organic Christmas Roast Beef Box

Portobello Mushroom Wellington Experience

Why: Christmas time calls for Wellington, and Cookaway has three to choose from. With beef, chicken and mushroom Wellington options, you really can please everyone this Christmas Day. Each kit comes with everything you need to make a Wellington from scratch, making the cooking process easy peasy, while you still get to take all the glory! The boxes also come with two delicious sides - Savoy cabbage, sweet leeks and pancetta, as well as crispy smashed potatoes with fresh thyme. Save yourself the shopping, and enjoy a hassle-free day in the kitchen this Christmas.
How much: From £55 (serves 2-3)
Buy it: Cookaway Wellington Experience

Fortnum & Mason The Christmas Day Hamper

Why: We've saved the most luxurious one for last. Fortnum & Mason has curated a fabulous Christmas Day Hamper filled with a 23-strong line-up of festive treats. For a taste of what to expect: Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne, marmalade glazed ham, fig and fennel chutney, traditional panettone, mini toy soldier crackers and Cognac butter. All wrapped up in one of its signature woven baskets, of course.
How much: £500
Buy it: Fortnum & Mason The Christmas Day Hamper

Can't wait until Christmas Day to get your festive food fix? Check out 2026's best advent calendars for food and drinks lovers. And if you love a ready-made gift just as much as a ready-made festive feast, then take a look at the best Christmas hampers to buy this year.