Finding the right gift for a foodie can often be tricky. For the meat lover, and curious foodie, the ultimate choice is good quality, interesting meat that is full of flavour.

Heritage butchers, Farmsion & Co. offer a range of gift vouchers available from £25 to £250, as well as a selection of hampers and meat boxes.  It is a chance for the true foodie to be introduced to heritage meat, experience new flavours and cuts of meat that may change the way they eat meat forever.

Lucky recipients of a Farmison & Co. voucher (valid for 1 year) will be able to 'build-their-own' boxes. Selecting different cuts, breeds, maturity and quantity of meat, to suit their needs and taste.  Customers can also choose a selection of condiments and sauces from Farmison & Co's pantry to complement their meat, such as Mrs Bridges Horseradish, fleur de sel or rich beef stock. 

Alternatively, Farmison & Co.'s pre-packed hamper of meats are a simple and easy way of introducing foodies to the delights of heritage meat. Best sellers include the 'The Full English Breakfast Box' and 'New York City Rib Chop and Chips Box', each box comes with all the ingredients needed for a full meal, as well as a useful cooking guide.

Heritage meat are meats from lesser known breeds such as the Belted Galloway cow, the Swaledale sheep and the Oxford Sandy Back pig. Each breed has its own characteristic flavour that cannot be found on most supermarket or butcher's shelves. John Pallagi, Managing Director of Farmison & Co. comments “We encourage people to eat better meat and become meat connoisseurs”

With all these options available, any true foodie in the family will thrilled to receive a Farmison & Co. voucher or hamper and will be kept busy experimenting in the kitchen for some time.

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For more information on Farmison & Co's  Gift selections and hampers please visit https://www.farmison.com/gifts.  For delivery times for Christmas 2016, please visit www.farmison.com. For media enquiries, please contact Doune Mackenzie 077737 96725 doune@farmison.com

Notes to Editor

New York Rib Chop and Chips Box £29.95 Serves 2 - Box contains: 32 Day Dry-aged New York Rib Chop, Portabello Mushrooms, Cusaks Smooth Beer Mustard, Beef Tomato, Watercress, Banana Shallots, Maris Piper Potatoes.

The Full English Breakfast Box £18.95 Serves 2 - Box contains: Doreens Black Pudding, The Nidderdale Classic Pork Thins, Ripon Cathedral Air Dried Back Bacon, Farmison & Co. Bake at Home Ciabatta Loaf, Breakfast Mushrooms, Vine Tomatoes

Farmison Vouchers: Available as £25, £75, £100, £125, £150, £200 and £250 in value. Gift Cards are emailed as a PDF.  THe recipient will be able to spend their Gift Card online or over the phone, they can add to the amount if they wish and are valid for 12 months from purchase. What's more, they don't have to spend it all in one go, the remaining balance remains until the full value of the Gift Card has been spent. 

Supplier to some of the UK's leading chefs including Andrew Pern (The Star Inn, Harome) and Tommy Banks (The Black Swan, Oldstead) alongside Michelin star restaurant House of Tides, London's Tate Modern, Restaurant 34, Bocca di Lupo and Ducksoup, Farmison & Co ensures the best quality meat is available beyond top restaurants and directly into peoples' kitchens through its online UK wide delivery service.

With an unrivalled range of British heritage meat to choose from, Farmison & Co allows the home customer to choose not only by cut, but also by breed and maturity. These include some of Britain's favourite native breeds such as Aberdeen Angus, Galloway and Old Spot Gloucestershire alongside the lesser known Dexter, White Park, Swaledale and Herdwick to name but a few.

With the largest selection of English cuts of steak online, Farmison & Co also provides exclusive and difficult to source products and unrivalled lengths of dry-ageing on the bone. Farmison & Co's master butchers cut to order, delivering an entirely personal service to meet the customer's taste and deliver fresh, not frozen in under 24 hours.

Alongside its extensive range of cuts, Farmison & Co also offers over 20 different types of meat box, boasting the best of British artisan butchery, either for gifting, feasting, or stocking the freezer alongside its Monthy Meat Box – a subscription service expertly curated each month offering an outstanding seasonal selection direct from the butcher's block.

From the dales to your door, all Farmison & Co's products are traceable back to their farms and its longstanding relationships with its farmers, ensure its standards of traditional husbandry – feeding natural produce with space to roam and time to grow at their own pace – are unequivocally met.

“The Hereford Steaks are the best I have ever tasted.”

Andrew Pern, Chef and Director of the award-winning Star Inn at Harome.

The pub, which won back its Michelin star in 2014, is renowned for its extensive use of local seasonal produce.

“The care and attention which Farmison & Co place in sourcing and aging Britain's wonderful beef delivers taste you never forget.”

Tommy Banks, Head Chef at the Michelin starred Black Swan at Oldstead.