Waitrose has announced its 2025 Christmas range, with new launches in its premium No.1 range. The lineup is heavy on wow-factor centrepieces – from the hand-crafted free range turkey bauble with a jewelled stuffing centre and cranberry & orange glaze, to the market-first stuffed Scottish salmon with cod, prawns & salsa verde.
“Our delicious No.1 Turkey Bauble is a handcrafted delight that reimagines a classic festive favourite,” says senior brand development chef Paul Gamble.
”Encased in the iconic bauble shape, this centrepiece features tender, free-range turkey breast wrapped in our No.1 Dry-cured Beechwood Smoked Bacon. The true surprise lies within – a hidden, jewelled stuffing centre, accompanied with a vibrant cranberry and orange glaze, the perfect finishing touch to drizzle over!”
Vegetarians are well catered for with new mains including mushroom, malbec & port wellington and a cauliflower cheese galette crown. Desserts bring theatrics with highlights including a sticky toffee yule lodge with chimney sauce, a shimmering nutcracker mousse, and Italian-made pistachio meringata.
And just when you thought you’d seen every mince pie variation possible, Waitrose has launched new innovation: golden mince pies with limoncello and brandy buttercream mince pies.
Starters and sides
No.1 Vintage Cheddar Bake with Turkey, Bacon and Sage
£5.50/180g or £11/300g
Made with Barber’s 1833 Cheddar, crème fraîche, pieces of turkey thigh and a splash of white wine. Topped with crispy bacon and a sage and onion crumb.
Pigs in Blankets Scotch Eggs
£3.50/260g
Made using whole, free-range eggs encased in seasoned pork and smoked bacon sausagemeat. Coated in sage and onion breadcrumbs.
Pigs in Blankets Quiche
£4/400g
Made with Beechwood smoked bacon lardons and topped with a herby pork sausage stuffing crumb. Baked with double cream and free-range eggs in a crisp shortcrust pastry. Extra mature cheddar cheese, cranberries and herbs.
No.1 Partridge in a Pear Pâté
£TBC/100g
Partridge pâté is made with butter and cream, and stirred through with pieces of roasted pear and oak smoked chestnut. Hand-finished with a pear glaze and bay leaves.
No.1 Wagyu Beef Dripping Yorkshire Puddings
£3/200g
Serves four
Made with British wagyu beef dripping,
No.1 Stuffing Balls with Bacon, Smoked Chestnuts and Sage
£8/535g
Sage and onion stuffing balls made with free-range pork are topped with caramelised red onion wedges, smoked chestnuts, chunky smoked bacon lardons and fresh sage leaves, and finished with a crunchy sage and onion crumb.
Mains
No.1 Free Range Turkey Bauble
£50/1.3kg
Serves six
Boneless turkey breast with festive stuffing, jewelled with cranberries, wrapped in dry cured beechwood smoked bacon. It comes with a fresh herb and candied orange garnish and a sachet of cranberry and orange glaze.
No.1 Wagyu Beef Pie
£40/1.4kg
Crisp, buttery puff pastry filled with slow-cooked wagyu beef in a wagyu bone marrow and ruby port sauce. The sauce is made with onions sautéed in beef dripping and the pastry is finished with a cow’s head decoration,
The wagyu beef comes from cattle sired by registered pedigree wagyu bulls.
No.1 Cauliflower Cheese Galette Crown
£14/600g
Inside a hand-crimped, rustic crown of buttery pastry, the cauliflower cheese is made with Barber’s mature and vintage cheddars, and it’s finished with a crisp cheddar crumb.
No.1 Salmon Roulade Wellington
£40/1.145kg
Inside the buttery puff pastry is a filling of fresh Scottish salmon layered with creamy ricotta, spinach and pine nuts, seasoned for a rich, savoury flavour.
No.1 Stuffed Scottish Salmon with Cod, Prawns & Salsa Verde Drizzle
£40/1.08kg or £50/1.432kg
A take on the Italian dish porchetta – but with fish. Salmon fillet is filled with a cod and prawn stuffing with fried onion, capers, chilli, fennel and breadcrumbs, ready to roast in the oven for crispy skin. It comes with a zingy salsa verde to drizzle on top.
No.1 Mushroom, Malbec & Port Wellington
£8.50/500g or £14/800g
Made with a mix of chestnut, portobello and pulled shiitake mushroom by Fable in a malbec and port sauce, wrapped in a spinach roti and light, flaky vegan puff pastry.
Sweet Cured Gammon with Black Cherry Glaze
£19/1.3kg
A fragrantly spiced, sweet cured gammon joint with an extra-fruity cherry glaze. British gammon, from pigs born outside, then housed in airy, straw-bedded barns.
No.1 Slow Cooked British Beef Shin with Bone Marrow
£22/1.432kg
The beef shin is slow cooked for eight hours and comes with its rich, buttery marrow to scoop from the bone, and a merlot and shallot jus. Beef from British farms, chosen for their high animal welfare standards and commitment to sustainable farming with their cattle reared on grass, grain and forage.
Party food
No.1 New York Deli Toasties
£8/234g
Serves nine
Soft mini pretzels, filled with British salt beef, pickled gherkin and emmental cheese in a béchamel sauce made with a dash of American-style mustard. The whole Waitrose party food range cooks in the oven at the same temperature.
No.1 Lobster & Prawn Vol au Vents
£8/124g
Serves eight
Inspired by the classic French dish, lobster thermidor. Buttery pastry cases filled with king prawns in a sauce made with cream, white wine, Parmigiano Reggiano DOP and a dash of cognac. Each one is topped with a piece of lobster.
No.1 Party Polar Bao Buns
£8/280g
Serves eight
Handmade soft polar bear faces, filled with shredded vegetables and a sweet, sticky hoisin sauce.
Bakery
Christmas Bloomer
£3.40/800g
Crusty bread made with sage, onion and crunchy pumpkin seeds.
Cinnamon and Date Snowflake Tear & Share Bread
£3/350g
The taste of Christmas in a festive shape.
Food to go
Roast Chicken with All The Trimmings Sandwich
£3.90
Slices of chicken paired with roasted vegetables (including brussels sprouts). Topped with a fruity cranberry and redcurrant chutney, and a sage and black pepper mayonnaise.
Vegetable Festive Feast Sandwich
£3.75
Plant-based sandwich with nut roast, butternut squash, chestnuts and cranberries, paired with braised red cabbage and vegan mayonnaise.
No.1 Chargrilled Chicken, Emmental Cheese & Truffle Sandwich
£4.95
Chicken and emmental cheese with cream cheese, truffle mayonnaise, apollo lettuce and spinach on dark rye bread.
Festive Turkey Curry Sandwich
£4.50
Turkey with tangy cranberry onion bhaji in a mint yoghurt dressing.
Gluten Free Turkey Feast Sandwich
£4.50
Cranberry and redcurrant chutney and smooth sage and black pepper mayonnaise.
Panettone
No.1 Mini Sicilian Orange Nocciolato Panettone
£5/100g
Made with candied Sicilian orange peel and candied Arancia Rossa di Sicilia IGP Sicilian blood orange paste IGP. It’s topped with a crunchy, crackled hazelnut frosting and sugar strands. It’s made in a family-run bakery in Piedmont, Italy, where each panettone takes over 24 hours to make.
No.1 Hazelnut Crème Panettone
£20/750g
Filled with hazelnut crème, speckled with dark chocolate chips and finished with dark chocolate and roasted Italian hazelnuts on top.
Desserts
No.1 Cranberry & Orange Florentines
£4.50/172g
Made with creamy, orange-flavoured milk chocolate and topped with almonds and cranberries in smooth caramel. Fairtrade sourced cocoa.
Rudolph’s Noses
£4.50/85g
Milk chocolate shell (in Rudolph’s red) with a smooth and creamy chocolate ganache centre. Fairtrade sourced cocoa.
Chocolate Knots
£2.25/150g
Serves nine
All-butter chocolate knots are crunchy and chocolatey with cocoa-enriched dough.
No.1 Chocolate Nutcrackers
£8/97g
Serves four
Made of solid Belgian milk chocolate with Piedmont hazelnut paste and finished with a bronze shimmer.
No.1 Cranberry & Clementine Stollen Bites
£4
Serves nine
Made with cranberries, sultanas and clementine marzipan, dipped in zesty orange liqueur.
No.1 Pistachio & Cherry Stollen Wreath
£14/600g
Serves 10
Made with sultanas, cranberries, glacé and sour cherries, dipped in cherry brandy and sweet pistachio marzipan inside.
Tiramisu Torta
£8/500g
Serves eight
Panettone meets Tiramisu, made with sweet mascarpone sauce, coffee and marsala, and coffee-flavoured cocoa to dust. Made in a third generation family-run bakery in Piedmont, Italy.
Chocolate and Orange Tarts
£3
Serves four
All-butter pastry with Belgian chocolate sauce, fudgy chocolate and orange brownie and chocolatey fondant icing. Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa.
No.1 Brandy Buttercream Mince Pies
£4
Serves four
Made with brown butter pastry, and filled with a rich mincemeat made with amarena cherries and a splash of cognac. Topped with a velvety brandy buttercream.
No.1 Golden Mince Pies with Limoncello
£4
Serves four
Mincemeat made with juicy golden raisins, golden cherries and apricots, and finished with a splash of zesty limoncello. The buttery pastry is infused with lemon to complement the mincemeat.
No.1 Triple Chocolate Snowflakes
£15/350g
Serves six
Made of white chocolate mousse with milk chocolate sauce hiding inside, on a crunchy base of dark chocolate and feuilletine with the silky mousse on top. Finished with a sugar dusting.
No.1 Pistachio Meringata Dessert
£6.25
Serves six
Meringue is layered with pistachio paste and velvety pistachio semifreddo, and finished with crunchy pistachio nibs.
No.1 Sticky Toffee Yule Lodge
£16/920g
Serves eight
Comes with a silky caramel sauce and a sachet of sugar snow for dusting. Pour the warmed sauce into the chimney at the table, and watch it pour over the sticky toffee sponge.
No.1 The Nutcracker
£20/760g
Serves 10
Made from milk and dark chocolate mousse with a hazelnut and chocolate praline hiding inside, crunchy chocolate feuilletine base with nuts and a hint of sea salt. Finished with a bronze lustre.
Free From
FreeFrom Cranberry & Sicilian Orange All Butter Shortbread
£2.95/150g
Buttery gluten-free shortbread made with dried chopped cranberries and zesty Sicilian orange paste.
Free-from Cranberry & Orange Blondies
£3.75
Serves four
Buttery gluten-free blondies made with a layer of creamy white chocolate, hand-finished with tangy cranberries and candied orange peel. Made with Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa.
Free-from Salted Caramel Hazelnut Brownies
£3.75
Serves four
Fudgy gluten-free brownies, with a layer of golden salted caramel. Scattered with hazelnuts and hand-drizzled with white chocolate. Made with Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa.
Drinks
Mulled Rosé
£6/75cl or 2 for £11
Pale pink-coloured blend with notes of red fruit, lemon zest and clementine, with specially selected mulled spice flavours and hints of baked apple.
Gifts and snacks
No.1 Blonde & Milk Chocolate Caramelised Almonds
£5.50/165g
Sweet and crunchy nuts covered in milk chocolate and blonde chocolate with rich caramel notes.
No.1 Chocolate Covered Cherries and Nuts
£5.50/150g
Crunchy almonds with a fine layer of white chocolate and coated in dark chocolate with a raspberry dusting, cherries in dark chocolate, and pistachios in velvety milk chocolate.
No.1 Cocoa Dusted Chocolate Pecans with Gianduja
£5.50/140g
Sweet and crunchy caramelised nuts are coated in milk chocolate blended with a rich hazelnut and chocolate paste.
Christmas Cheddar with Candied Jalapeños
£2.75/150g
Made with Davidstow mature cheddar with jalapenos.
Christmas Gouda and Cider Bake
£4.50/150g
A creamy cheese bake made with gouda and a splash of cider.
No.1 Goat’s Cheeses with Hot Honey Drizzle
£5.50/325g
Goats cheese with hot honey drizzle.
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