Top Christmas menu essentials

Push the boat out with a showstopping seafood starter this Christmas.

• Order these sweet and juicy lobster tails, topped with a rich langoustine, herb and garlic butter and a sprinkle of fresh herbs.

• For a twist on a classic prawn cocktail, look to our new Collection Lobster, Salmon and Prawn Towers – layers of hot and cold smoked salmon, creamy garlic mousse, plump Honduran prawns and watercress mousse, topped with the finest lobster and king prawns.

• Love to share? Discover our collection of platters, like our Collection Scottish Oysters and Collection Ultimate Luxury Shellfish Platter, all loaded with the very best responsibly sourced seafood, vibrant garnishes and flavour-packed sauces.

Available exclusively via our restaurant-quality Christmas Food to Order service this year, professional chef Tom Kerridge has created a selection of luxury centrepieces that combine chef’s expertise with M&S wow factor. Discover unforgettable centrepieces, like our Collection Fillet of British Beef Wellington by Tom, with ultra-tender beef fillet encased in a rich mushroom duxelles and velvety chicken mousse, or our Collection Turkey and Stuffing Wellington by Tom, which combines succulent British turkey breast and rich stuffing, encased in golden pastry.

Feeling extra fancy and want to really impress your guests? Serve our incredible Collection 4 Bone Aberdeen Angus Rib of Beef. Matured for 28 days, this stunning centrepiece is all about richly flavoured, unctuous, tender meat.

Browse more impressive British Christmas centrepieces, from sticky glazed gammon to succulent slow-cooked lamb and rich easy-to-carve duck on Christmas Food to Order now.

Make the days around Christmas as stress-free as possible by having a few of our deep-filled, hand-finished pies on hand to keep hungry visitors happy.

Go full-on festive with our Collection Handcrafted Turkey and Stuffing Pie, packed with turkey in a creamy sauce with sage and onion stuffing, leeks and smoky bacon. The finishing touch? All-butter pastry and pigs in blankets, of course.

Alternatively, try our Collection Wagyu Beef Pie, packed with slow-cooked British wagyu beef with ale-caramelised onions and topped with golden all-butter puff pastry.

From the tastiest chocolate creations, like our outrageously chocolatey Our Best Ever Yule Log to twists on iconic faves, like our Handmade Passion Fruit and White Chocolate Pine Cones, there's something for everyone. This year, our pine cones have had a snowy makeover, combining passion fruit and white chocolate mousse with a tropical passion fruit curd centre, all finished with gold lustre.

Our top pick? It's got to be the Collection Dashing Through the Snow dessert. These dark and milk chocolate mousse reindeer are filled with salted caramel and perched on a white chocolate mousse base with cookie and wafer pieces – as picture-perfect as it is delicious.