How to choose a hamper for someone you don't know well

Not every gift goes to someone you know intimately — a new colleague, a client, a landlord, a neighbour. The instinct is to play it safe with something generic, which is exactly how you end up with a hamper nobody remembers.

A better approach: anchor the choice to the occasion rather than the person. A New Arrival gift for a colleague's new baby doesn't need you to know their taste in wine; it needs to be warm and well-made. For genuine unknowns, food and drink that's broadly crowd-pleasing — good olive oil, proper biscuits, something to open rather than something to wear — travels further than anything personal-feeling you'd have to guess at.

If the relationship is closer than “stranger” but you're still short on specifics, a short brief is faster than guessing: tell us the occasion, a rough budget, and anything you do know (dietary needs are the one thing worth asking about directly), and we'll compose something properly rather than picking from a fixed list.

For gifting at scale — the same situation but twenty times over for a client list or a team — see how we handle corporate gifting.