A beautiful cookbook inspires a future feast, a great ingredient raises tonight's dinner game, and a well-chosen gadget just makes cooking more fun. These are the tasty treats to lavish upon your paterfamilias this Father’s Day.
Foodie Fathers: Gifts He'll Actually Use
Delicious, useful and genuinely enjoyable gifts for fathers who'd rather be in the kitchen than opening another pair of socks.
The conundrum of what to buy for Father's Day is real for many of us – whether that's because he's not an acquisitive type or because he genuinely seems to have everything he needs. Foodie gifts have a useful advantage: they can be wholly indulgent, or they can be practical, thus nailing that sweet spot for the father who professes he needs nothing. Yet, even with that kind of stoic mentality, few are the fathers who could resist gobbling their way through a packet of Betty’s Fat Rascals.
A beautiful cookbook inspires a future feast, a great ingredient raises tonight's dinner game, and a well-chosen gadget just makes cooking more fun. These are the tasty treats to lavish upon your paterfamilias this Father’s Day.
A beautiful cookbook inspires a future feast, a great ingredient raises tonight's dinner game, and a well-chosen gadget just makes cooking more fun. These are the tasty treats to lavish upon your paterfamilias this Father’s Day.
Scoff: The Edible Treats
These gourmet Father's Day food gifts range from exceptional cheese and artisan olive oil to Yorkshire treats and Spanish ham.
Quaff: The Drinks
Whether he prefers a perfectly mixed Negroni, a smoky whisky or a celebratory glass of English sparkling wine, these Father's Day drinks gifts are guaranteed to raise a toast.
Inspire: The Cookbooks
From fire-cooked feasts and countryside suppers to beautifully produced food writing, these cookbooks offer inspiration a-plenty – even better, the bestower of this gift will also, doubtless, be its beneficiary. Win win.
Create: The Kitchen Gadget
For dads who are happiest at the chopping board, barbecue or coffee station, these clever kitchen gadgets make cooking easier, more enjoyable and, in some cases, noticeably better.
By
Nancy Alsop
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Published June 2026
Nancy is a magpie for the best in design and culture.
