Blog

$200, 15 Minutes – Gourmet Christmas Lunch Challenge

Posted on October 31, 2016 / Christmas / No comments

The ultimate Australian gourmet Christmas lunch for six adults! We challenge you to make it happen with just 15 minutes and $200 to spend. Spend Christmas cool by the pool side or on the patio with an Australian fusion menu that will impress guests and get you in the spirit of Christmas! Ready?

Gourmet Christmas Sample Menu

Starters

Savoury platter including:

Cheese
Gourmet fig jam
Natural Almonds and Cashews
Goji Berries and Cacao Nibs
Tomato and red capsicum salsa dip
Crackers
Artisan bread

Main

1 x cooked chicken, divided into pieces
1 x kg prawns
300 grams ham off the bone
1 x ready made salad
Artisan bread
Chardonnay and sage creamy mustard
Mango and apple chutney

Dessert

Steamed pudding
Custard

Sweet platter including:

Italian chocolate hazelnut biscotti
Traditional hard almond nougat
Buttery short bread
Luxury chocolates
Strawberries with rich chocolate dipping sauce

Budget Christmas Lunch

Can it be done for under $200?

Here’s your shopping list for the ultimate gourmet Christmas lunch:

$87 worth of groceries

Strawberries $4
Custard: $4
Ready made salad $8
Chicken: $12
Prawns: $30
Ham: $10
Your preferred artisan bread: $4
Nice cheese $12
Crackers: $3

And… one Premium Gourmet Christmas Hamper – $89.95

Image of the Premium Gourmet Christmas Hamper

Premium Gourmet Christmas Hamper

So, what about the other $23?

Your gourmet Christmas lunch is ready – in about 15 minutes! Doesn’t that deserve a nice glass of wine? We’ve left you $23 in the budget for a little drop of white to help you get festive this Christmas. After all, you spent 15 minutes and a quick dash to the shop slaving over this meal! Merry Christmas to you, you deserve it!

Such prompt and efficient service makes Corporate Gift Shopping for Christmas a breeze.

Jessica Barbara – Aged Care Services Australia Group (Melbourne)

Great service. Excellent product.

Alan Henderson – Henderson Financial (Sydney)

Fantastic Service! We have used them for 2 years to send a large number of client gifts at Christmas and the fact that they deliver to any address in Australia is very convenient.

Cathy Williams – Lewis Prior (Adelaide)

We were very grateful for the well presented gifts that were provided through your firm this year and the feedback from clients has been appreciative. Furthermore I was most impressed with your eagerness to help us in providing an additional couple of last minute extra hampers and the direct mailing of these hampers to our clients to ensure they received them prior to Christmas.

Bruce – PWA Financial Group (Brisbane)

We would recommend Australian Gourmet Gifts to all. We cannot advertise Australian Gourmet Gifts enough! … extremely helpful and went above and beyond expectations, delivering beautifully presented hampers, full of divine products.

Sharon – Eni Australia Limited (Perth)

We were very impressed with your hampers and quick turnaround especially at Christmas and with such short notice. The hampers were beautifully presented and were all received by our clients. Also the service you provided us with was exceptional, very happy!

Daphne – Northern Territory News (Darwin)

We at Brady Constructions (Vic) Pty Ltd highly recommend Australian Gourmet Gifts to all prospective businesses or companies looking for the very best hampers. This company is first class and we will be using Australian Gourmet Gifts as our supplier of hampers in the future.

Franca – Brady Group (Melbourne)

Thanks for sending the fantastic hamper for us. Here’s the thank you we received: Hello David & Heather, Just a brief note to say a big thank you for the fantastic Xmas hamper we received today. It is without doubt the best we have ever received.

Heather – Prosper Wealth Solutions (Sydney)