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Christmas 2025 Gift Guide: The best cookbooks to give this year
by Rachel Deeley
published on 29 October 2025
With their beautiful designs, eye-catching photography, and luxurious feel, cookbooks can make the perfect thoughtful gift – whether you’re shopping for a kitchen novice, a budding baker, or an ambitious home cook who loves entertaining.
There’s no shortage of incredible new cookbooks to choose from this year, but here is our pick of 10 favourites for every kind of cook on your Christmas shopping list.
Dig in to Mary Berry’s best ever recipes and new dishes
A touching cookbook showcasing Mary’s culinary career
Find everything from party-worthy dishes to easy dinners to fan-favourite bakes
Mary 90: My Very Best Recipes
2025 has been a very special year for Mary Berry, as in March she celebrated her 90th birthday. Marking her incredible career to date as the nation’s favourite home cook and baker, Mary 90 features an array of fan-favourite classics and exciting new recipes – plus personal reflections, essays and photographs from her family archives.
Discover our 10 favourite recipes from the book .
Jamie Oliver shares his best quick and easy recipes for healthy eating
Over 120 dishes that are packed with nutritious ingredients and delicious flavours
Includes a 2-week meal plan to inspire your daily meals
Eat Yourself Healthy
With his first book focused exclusively on nurturing long-term health, Jamie Oliver shows us how to kickstart a manageable, sustainable healthy eating journey – without compromising on flavour. Expect meal plans, breakfast ideas, lunches, dinners, traybakes, sweet treats and more in this comprehensive yet accessible guide to eating well.
Read our selection of 12 must-try recipes.
Re-discover Christmas classics and find new inventive dishes
A diverse range of festive meals to bring friends and family together
From canapé starters to impressive desserts, have all your bases covered this Christmas
Rick Stein’s Christmas
In his first dedicated Christmas cookbook, Rick Stein shares all the classic recipes you need to have a truly special festive season – from impressive roast centrepieces to rich, indulgent mince pies. And with beautiful photography and personal essays woven throughout, Rick Stein’s Christmas is the perfect wintry read.
A vibrant and wholesome celebration of Palestinian cuisine
Meals filled with unique flavours that place vegetables centre-stage
Find creative sweet and savoury dishes that you will fall in love with
Boustany
Sami Tamimi, co-author of Falastin , Ottolenghi: The Cookbook , and Jerusalem , pays homage to the food and culture of his heritage with the beautiful collection of over 100 original vegetable-based Palestinian dishes.
Discover Sami’s perfect hosting menu featuring recipes from the book.
Something from Nothing
Alison Roman’s latest cookbook is an ode to the untapped potential of a well-stocked pantry. With these deceptively simple recipes, you’ll learn how to turn kitchen staples into smart, flavourful dishes that are equally perfect for weeknight suppers and effortless entertaining.
Bored of Lunch: Healthy Fakeaways
Nathan Anthony, aka Bored of Lunch, has become synonymous with easy, healthy recipes tailor-made for the air fryer and slow cooker. Now, with his latest cookbook featuring tasty calorie-counted recipes, you can use your trusty countertop appliances to recreate your favourite takeaway treats with minimal fuss and prep work.
Discover our roundup of 10 must-try recipes.
James Martin’s Saturday Morning Cookbook
From the host of beloved ITV programme James Martin’s Saturday Morning comes a collection of simple and failsafe yet elevated recipes that will have you cooking every day of the week – with contributions from beloved on-screen guests such as Si King and Asma Khan.
125 recipe from the best-selling author of Salt Fat Acid Heat
Flavourful dishes that celebrate the pleasure of cooking food and sharing meals
Discover versatile recipes that use pantry staples and seasonal produce
Good Things
From the bestselling author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat comes a beautiful collection of recipes that celebrates the joy of cooking. In addition to the 125 incredible recipes spanning everything from sauces to seasonal dishes to sweets, you’ll find indispensable tips on how to prep, cook and shop like a chef and stock your kitchen with the best staples.
Quick recipes using fridge and pantry staples
Delicious dinners that will fit your budget
Includes vegetarian meals and gluten-free options
Easy 10
Ideal for anyone who wants easy yet delicious midweek meal ideas, this cookbook from bestselling author Amy Sheppard will show you how to turn 10 weekly food shop staples into 100 failsafe dinners with these clever recipes.
Vibrant recipes inspired by Brazilian cuisine
Discover unique dishes alongside stunning photography
Find meals that are made for bringing people together
FUSÃO
With her latest cookbook, Mezcla author and Ottolenghi Test Kitchen cookbooks co-author Ixta Belfrage draws from her Brazilian heritage in this impeccably researched, beautifully photographed collection of fusion dishes.
Discover 12 must-try recipes from the book.
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