Avoid the supermarket stockpiling chaos and support London's artisan makers and smaller businesses at the same time with our guide to the gourmet groceries and ingredients you can have delivered to your door.
Make staying in and cooking a more pleasurable experience by indulging in the finest fresh foods, which you can conjure up with just a few clicks.
You can eat your way around Borough Market's most delicious stalls without even leaving the house thanks to the online delivery service. Open to all within the M25 (though currently limited to more central areas due to demand) the site is like a virtual tour of London's most famous food market, allowing you to fill you virtual basket as you go. There are fresh fruit and veg hampers, delectable olives and deli options, freshly baked pies, cured meats, oysters, spices, fresh ravioli... everything you need to eat like an emperor at home.
Instead of stockpiling fish fingers in the freezer, boost your omegas the healthier and more delicious way with fresh fish delivered from Marylebone's Fishworks. The restaurant and fishmonger has freshly caught seafood daily straight from the coast. The emphasis is on sustainability and quality, with rod and line caught wild sea bass and hand-dived scallops. To order, call one of the three London branches to discuss availability and find out the catch of the day.
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Natoora supplies the finest, freshest, sustainably-sourced ingredients to chefs. To ensure broader access to fresh food during the coronavirus crisis, they have launched a new home delivery service covering zones 1-4 of London. Deliveries cost £6 and there is no minimum spend. It's already a firm favourite of the CW team thanks to the ease of securing a delivery slot (no more Ocado queues of 9000000) and the impeccable quality of ingredients.
London favourite the Ginger Pig Butcher helps you eat meat the responsible way, by using only the best ethically sourced British livestock in a range of cuts to maximise taste and tenderness. The delivery range is limited to ensure quality and consistency. Meat is hand-cut to order then delivered by an overnight courier – and you can add a cooked pie or the Ginger Pig’s signature sausage rolls.
If you can't happily while away time tasting samples and picking your favourite cheese at Covent Garden's Neal's Yard Dairy, the next best thing is browsing the website and ordering the most tempting options to be delivered in small amounts, or enough to stockpile. A vast variety of different artisanal British and Irish cheeses are available for next day or nominated-day delivery all around London. In response to the changing circumstances, they have reduced the minimum spend for free delivery to £30 and have added many more small pieces of cheese suitable suitable for families, rather than big events.
New Covent Garden Market supplies London's restaurants and cafes with the finest, freshest produce around. Normally deliveries are strictly wholesale only, but to increase access to fresh produce amidst stockpiling and empty shelves, they have started delivering fruit and veg boxes to individuals all across London. If it's good enough for professional chefs, it should be more than good enough for those of us working on our culinary skills at home.
Give us this day our daily bread – and make it a crusty sourdough or dark rye loaf from St John Bakery. Maybe throw in a butterscotch doughnut and batch of warm croissants, too. Baked goods don't get much more delectable that St John offering. Book a delivery via Deliveroo to recreate your dream brunch at home. There's also a selection of sandwiches and, crucially, a generous selection of champagne and wine, all of which can arrive within 10 to 20 minutes depending on your postcode.
Sustainability and convenience mean the old-fashioned milk float has had a resurgence. We recommend Parker Dairies, which delivers to east London, the City and the West End, for milk in glass bottles, eggs, yoghurt and fruit juice – plus oat and coconut milk. And Moreton Dairy is a reliable option that delivers all across London and surrounding areas.
Elevate your cuppa by brewing the finest loose-leaf tea. Culture Whisper favourite JING specialises in high-quality origin tea sourced in Asia, which can be delivered all across the UK. With a selection spanning fragrant herbal blends to classic Earl Grey, you can tailor your teas to complement moods and maximise self care.
Belgravia deli and restaurant Wild by Tart brings their hearty, heathy home-cooked fare to you with a new delivery service called Wild, which launches on Deliveroo from 23 March. Expect and emphasis on plant-based dishes, with a few meat and fish options, lots of flavoursome salads and freshly baked goodies.
Watch this space for more information on delivery from 23 March
Soho favourite Gelupo features in every 'best ice-cream in London' list and is our go-to for the creamiest, silkiest Italian gelato. Thanks to their same-day delivery service, you can chill with ice cream to sweeten the days stuck at home. Choose from seven core flavours in half-litre tubs (the pistachio is to die for), four seasonal specials, or combinations. Along with the gelato there is also a selection of foods from the Italian deli, including the most pungent black truffles to seriously elevate your home-cooked pasta.
The service runs from 11am to 10pm and delivers to nearly all London postcodes (check the full map here).
Mimic the buzz of Monmouth Coffee by ordering your favourite blend to make at home, because good coffee shouldn't be the sole preserve of baristas. From the smooth signature of Monmouth Espresso blend to the caramelised complexity of the Finca Waliki beans from Bolivia, there are enough coffee types to thrill even the most ardent aficionado.
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