‘Tis The Season For Giving Holiday Hampers From Park Street Gourmet

text Panchali Illankoon

Sri Lanka’s premier gourmet food and beverage store Park Street Gourmet is back for its third year with a fantastic range of holiday hampers to celebrate the season with your loved ones. These carefully curated hampers from Park Street Gourmet are now a coveted seasonal gift and makes for a thoughtful festive offering for family, friends and colleagues. Always well prepared and stocked for the season, Park Street Gourmet has a large selection of Christmas goodies imported from various countries. Customers can choose from a range of international festive goodies such as Christmas themed chocolates, candy canes, DIY gingerbread man and houses, Christmas spiced marmalades and preserves, Christmas teas, Turkish Delight and more. Christmas foods such as Christmas pudding, rich cake, love cake, breudher and panettone are also available at the store. Known for having some of the best cuts and selections of imported meats, seafood, cold cuts, condiments, dressings and ingredients along with the perfect holiday spice rubs and sauces, Park Street Gourmet will also position itself as a one-stop shopping store for your Christmas table requirements.  Retailing over 40 local brands through their Love Local initiative, many of the local retailers are also offering their own festive edition items on the shelves. 

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All these seasonal treats and more can be found neatly wrapped in a Park Street Gourmet premium Christmas hamper range. This year, Park Street Gourmet has curated hampers that are distinctively food or beverage only or a combination of both food and beverages. Pre-arranged hampers are available for quick purchase or customers can pick and choose off the shelves of Park Street Gourmet for a customised and personalised holiday hamper of their own.

Each hamper is packed with an array of thoughtfully curated premium items to delight the senses. These fixed hamper range start from Rs. 10,000 onwards and includes several gourmet sweet and savoury food items along with alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages. Their largest hamper, The Festive Entertainer, is their grandest hamper with over 30 gourmet food and drink items. Customers can also opt for add-ons such as Christmas love cake, Christmas Cookies and more to these hampers. All hampers are delicately arranged in a festive hamper box of choice and artfully wrapped and packed, ready for immediate gifting. For those who want to personalise their hampers, or even substitute certain goods in the fixed hamper range can do so with ease – the keen staff at the Park Street Gourmet is ever ready to help customise hampers to suit the budget and preferences.  

Park Street Gourmet is also open for international orders where those living abroad can place orders for seasonal gift hampers for their loved ones in Sri Lanka.    
“This year has been a busy year and we are thrilled by all the inquiries and orders for our seasonal hampers by customers, corporates and the international community. Despite the difficult economic situation and currency crunch, we are happy to see a lot of our repeat customers placing orders with us and coming by to curate their own hampers for all their special occasions. We’ve hit record hamper sale numbers every time!” shared Director and Head of Retail,  Johanne De Zilwa. “Park Street Gourmet is fully stocked and geared to cater to every need of our customers this holiday season and we look forward to being a part of their holiday celebrations.”

Aside from their Christmas range of items, Park Street Gourmet continues to offer their customers access to a wide variety of gourmet foods, drinks and ingredients of both international and local repute. Since its establishment in 2016, Park Street Gourmet has become a one-stop destination for local connoisseurs of fine food and luxury beverages. The store offers quality imports of all kinds of food products and houses an impressive beverage corner that has become a regular joint for those who are looking for a cross selection of international drinks. Their dedicated Ready-Made section is increasingly a popular corner of the store as it offers a range of vendors of various cuisines including Dolce Italia, Hungry Dumpling and Sri Lankan Catering with ready-to-eat meals that can be purchased on-the-go.  Park Street Gourmet has outlets in Colombo (next to the Parkland building), Negombo and Galle.