The olive oil gift
they'll actually use — every week for months.
A Sicilian gift set that lives on their kitchen counter long after the wrapping is thrown away. Single-estate Biancolilla olive oil from 900m altitude in central Sicily, paired with raw unheated honey from the same family estate. Gift-ready. UK-wide delivery. The kind of present that gets a thank-you text three weeks later.
Choose the gift
that matches the moment.
Every option comes from the same Sicilian family estate. Same olive oil, same honey, same quality — the only difference is scale. A small gesture, a dinner party thank-you, or a gift that says "you really matter to me". Pick the one that fits.
A 100ml bottle of single-estate Biancolilla EVOO. Perfect as a thank-you, a stocking filler, or a gift for a foodie friend you see once a month.
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Our signature gift set — 100ml Biancolilla EVOO, 100g raw Sicilian honey, and specialty coffee bags. Gift-ready in a premium box. Our most-ordered gift.
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The larger 500ml EVOO + 200g raw honey combination. For people who will actually cook with the oil and eat the honey by the spoon. The serious gift.
Shop 500ml →Ordering 10 or more gift sets? For corporate, wedding favours, or bulk orders — email us and we will come back with pricing and a delivery schedule the same day. See also our dedicated pages for wedding gifts and corporate gifting.
Four markers of a gift
worth actually sending.
Most "gourmet gift sets" sold in the UK are built around margin, not meaning. Supermarket hampers, generic chocolate boxes, and Amazon wine sets all fail the same test — they get opened, enjoyed for an hour, and forgotten. Here is what separates a real gift from a transactional one.
A good olive oil gets used for three months. A bottle of wine is gone in an evening. A box of chocolates in a week. Choose gifts that live on the counter longer than they live in memory.
One family. One estate. One harvest. A gift should have a story the recipient can tell — not a brand name they cannot place. Traceability is what elevates a present into a conversation.
Olive oil and honey work for every guest. No gluten concerns. No dairy. No alcohol restrictions. No sugar-free regrets. A real gift leaves nobody out — and that quiet inclusion matters.
Arrives in premium packaging designed to be given. No need to source a gift bag, write a card on the bus, or apologise for the wrapping. The box does the presentation work for you.
Why this matters: the best gifts are the ones people remember months later — when they reach for the oil on a Tuesday night and think of the person who sent it. That is the test. Everything else is decoration.
Five moments that deserve
a real gift, not a generic one.
Not every occasion calls for flowers or wine. Some moments deserve something more considered — something that shows you thought about the person, not just the moment. Here are five situations where a real olive oil gift set lands better than anything else.
The kitchen-warming gift they'll remember.
When someone moves house, what they actually need is to feel at home in their new kitchen. A single-estate olive oil and raw honey on the counter does that faster than any vase of flowers or scented candle. Every morning's toast, every weekend's roast, carries a small reminder of the person who welcomed them in.
Include a handwritten note: "For the first meal in your new kitchen."
A gift for the friend who already has everything.
The foodie friend who cooks every weekend, hosts dinner parties, and owns more kitchen equipment than they need — they do not want another gadget. They want an ingredient worth cooking with. A real Sicilian single-estate EVOO is the kind of birthday present that gets a proper thank-you, and ends up in the next dinner party they host.
Pair with a suggestion: "Try it on tomato bruschetta first. Then tell me what you think."
The thank-you gift that is not wine or chocolates.
When someone has genuinely helped you — a great host, a teacher who made the difference, a GP who listened — a bottle of wine or box of chocolates feels lazy. A considered Sicilian gift set says the same thing with more care. And crucially, it works regardless of whether they drink, have dietary issues, or are on call that evening.
For a teacher: send in a small card reading "For the kitchen, not the classroom. Thank you."
The Christmas gift that survives the post-Christmas cupboard.
Most Christmas gifts end up in drawers by February. A 500ml bottle of real olive oil lasts a family through January and beyond — and every time they reach for it, they remember who it came from. Works for Secret Santa budgets (£29.95) and family gifting. Beats the hamper for both taste and thoughtfulness.
For Christmas Day: arrives gift-ready. No last-minute wrapping panic.
The client gift that says "we care about quality — not margin".
Corporate gifting is a minefield: wine is exclusionary, chocolates are generic, branded merchandise is ignored. A Sicilian gift set says quality and thoughtfulness without saying "we chose the cheapest option in the corporate gifting catalogue". Works for client onboarding, deal closings, key account gestures, and year-end appreciation.
For corporate orders of 10+, see our dedicated corporate gifting page.
One gift set. Every occasion
worth a thoughtful present.
From birthdays to retirements — a real Sicilian gift set fits more occasions than most people realise. Here are the eight moments our customers most often order for.
Housewarming Gifts
A kitchen-warming present. Beats flowers. Lasts months. Shows you thought about how they live, not just that they moved.
Birthdays for Foodies
For the friend who cooks, hosts dinner parties, and already has every kitchen gadget. An ingredient, not another object.
Thank-You Gifts
For a host, a teacher, a doctor, a friend who helped. More considered than wine. Works for everyone. Lives on the counter for weeks.
Christmas & Secret Santa
Gift-ready packaging. Arrives in time. Survives the post-Christmas cupboard. Ideal for budgets from £8 to £45.
Mother's & Father's Day
Parents who already have everything appreciate a real ingredient more than another candle or gadget. Especially if they cook.
Retirements & Milestones
A thoughtful present for someone ending one chapter and starting another. Quiet, considered, and used every week.
Corporate Client Gifts
Onboarding, deal closings, key account appreciation. Premium without being extravagant. Dietary-safe for everyone.
Weddings & Bridal Gifts
Wedding favours, welcome packs for guests, gifts for the bridal party. See our dedicated wedding page for bulk orders.
Not a supermarket hamper.
Not a scented candle.
Something from Sicily that keeps giving.
A good gift is remembered. A great gift is used. The difference is the difference between a hamper that sits on a shelf and an olive oil that becomes part of someone's Tuesday-night cooking for the next two months. This is the second kind of gift.
Traceable Single-Estate Origin
One family estate in central Sicily. Every ingredient — EVOO, honey — comes from the same hillside. A gift with a story the recipient can tell, not a brand name they cannot place.
Gift-Ready, Premium Packaging
Arrives in a premium presentation box designed to be given. No need for wrapping paper, gift bags, or last-minute stress. Open, read the card, done.
No Dietary Issues — Works for Everyone
No gluten, no dairy, no alcohol, no nuts, no sugar-free regrets. The kind of gift that leaves nobody out of the dinner table conversation — and that quiet inclusion is part of the thoughtfulness.
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| The Usual Gift | LAVERDE Gift Set |
|---|---|
| Wine — not everyone drinks. Gone in one evening. | Olive oil — everyone cooks. Lasts three months. |
| Chocolate box — dietary issues, diets, sugar avoidance. | Raw honey — natural, universal, functional. |
| Supermarket hamper — generic, mass-produced, no story. | Single-estate Sicilian — traceable, personal, specific. |
| Flowers — beautiful for three days, then gone. | An ingredient they use for weeks — not an afternoon. |
| Scented candle — left on a shelf, rarely lit. | On the kitchen counter — used, shared, remembered. |
| Gift card — cold, forgetful, no thought. | Gift-ready Sicilian box — considered, warm, specific. |
Olive oil and honey.
A Sicilian gift tradition.
In Sicily, the gifts that matter are not bought in shops — they are the things a family produces on its own land. Olive oil pressed from the trees behind the house. Honey from the hives on the hillside. A jar of each, given together, is the most considered gift a Sicilian family can send.
We have taken that tradition and made it giftable in the UK. A single-estate Biancolilla olive oil and a jar of raw Sicilian honey, from the same family estate in central Sicily, arrive on your recipient's doorstep in a premium presentation box — ready to be given, or kept. Either way, used for months.
What UK gift buyers
want to know first.
UK Gift Delivery — Fast, Gift-Ready, Nationwide
Standard UK delivery within 48–72 hours. Free over £40. Same-day London via Deliveroo in central zones. Every gift arrives in premium packaging with optional handwritten card. Direct-to-recipient delivery available.
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Send a gift that lasts
longer than the flowers.
One gift. Three months of Tuesday-night cooking. A small reminder, every week, of the person who sent it. Gift-ready, UK-wide delivery, direct-to-recipient available.