I’m here to help you source the best Christmas Food in Kenya. Now, I know that Kenya has a diverse population, some people don’t celebrate Christmas at all. Most enjoy a day of Nyama Choma, some the traditional British meal of turkey with trimmings (or meat and potatoes) as my daughter likes to call it.
I’ve been hunting for the best Christmas food in Kenya, be it Kenyan, European or other. The only requirements are that they should be primarily handmade, locally sourced, and ideally from organic and sustainable sources. There is a crossover with this blog https://theexpatmummy.com/shopping-list-locally-sourced-organic-foods-kenya/ so check it out if you are interested in finding sustainable and locally sourced products in Kenya. Most of the products listed below you can buy by ordering online.
Christmas Food in Kenya
SWEET TREATS AND DELICIOUS MORSELS
Simply Chocolates
Chocolate houses, chocolate bombs, chocolate Christmas slabs and more chocolate from Simply Chocolates.
Order online: https://web.facebook.com/simplearch/
Crumbs and Nibble
Yummy, yummy my fat tummy, cakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, macarons from a food blogger whose food tastes as good as the pictures on her instagram page.
Order online: https://web.facebook.com/crumbsandnibble
Sweet Art Creations
Hand crafted premium chocolate treats made in Kenya by a trained chocolatier. Chocolates, chocolate fountains & dessert buffets and lots of Christmas themed choices, like their amazing apricot and ginger caramel.
Order online: https://sweetart.dpo.store/
Choco Bot
Choco Bot makes the coolest hot cocoa bombs, chocolate spoons, chocolate bark, and advent calendars with artisanal handcrafted chocolates. They are so pretty; they look almost too good to eat.
The German Bakehouse
Christmas Stollen, perhaps the most christmassy of all treats, is available from The German Bakehouse along with pretzels and bagels, perfect for Christmas morning.
FRESH ORGANIC FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Even the most carnivorous meat eater needs a few vegetables over the Christmas season. Find the best, freshest and only organic vegetables at these suppliers.
Kalimoni Greens
All food is organic, handpicked and in season. They do yummy fresh vegetables and fruits and dried items such as nut butters, Sirmon Cheeses, pastas and pet food.
Website: Order online here https://kalimonigreens.com
Ecoscapes Market Garden
Ecoscapes grow over 50 types of organic fruit and vegetables, from their farm in Naivasha,
Order online here: https://ecoscapeskenya.wordpress.com/ecoscapes-market-garden/
Sylvias Basket
Sylvias Basket is a small-scale farm based in Limuru. Fresh vegetables with limited use of certified, safe and biological pesticides.
Order online here: https://www.sylviasbasket.co.ke/
CHRISTMAS CHEESE & CONDIMENTS
Lekker Cheese
Kenyan made Gouda from Freisian heifers and great stroopwaffle and jams, preserves and wines.
Order online: https://www.lekker.co.ke/
Sirimon Cheese
Ethically farmed, meaning happy animals and a low carbon footprint, and there are no genetically modified, synthetic or artificial ingredients used in the products.
Order online: https://sirimon.co.ke/shop/
Browns Cheese
Brown’s sells more than just cheeses. They have the ever delicious Delia’s ice cream, the best baked goods from the cracker shack and even non dairy alternatives from Grove and Meadow. Check out Brown’s website for more information on their range.
Buy online: https://store.brownsfoodco.com/
Jars of Goodness
The name says it all: they are little jars of loveliness, n artisanal selection of gourmet condiments from vinaigrettes to chutneys, locally sourced and made
Order online: https://www.jarsofgoodness.co.ke/contact/
or through Greenspoon, Sirimon and local supermarkets
CHRISTMAS MEATS
Maggies Meats (All meats, including turkey and baked hams)
This is one of the best places to buy your turkey and baked ham – two (British) traditional favourites for Christmas. Maggie’s food is responsibly sourced and always delicious.
Facebook page is here https://web.facebook.com/maggiesbutcherbaker/?_rdc=1&_rdr
Prime Cuts (All meats & fish)
The best butchery shop that I’ve seen in Kenya, sadly their only shop is now in The Village Market and the Karen one closed down, but you can order online and they deliver really quickly. Prime Cuts sell meat from all the suppliers below.
Order online: https://primecuts.co.ke/
Morendat (Beef)
Head over to Morendat Farm for your roast beef. Ethically treated, grass-fed cows give you the juiciest beef for your Christmas table.
Order online: https://leleshwa.com/cellar-doors/morendat-beef-2/
Well Hung Butcher (Beef and Lamb)
The Well Hung Butcher uses steers and lamb that are holistically raised and 100% grass fed, hung in the cold room for 28 days and lamb for 5 days.
Order online: https://www.whb.co.ke/
or through large and small supermarkets throughout Kenya
Highland Castle Farms (Pork)
Highland Castle Farms rears pigs’ houses in spacious pens on an organic diet, no use of growth hormones or other drugs and the meat isn’t injected with brine, additives or chemicals. Perfect roast pork for Christmas Day with stacks of flavour and less guilt.
You can buy Highland Castle Farm pork products throughout Kenya, in good quality stores or online via Greenspoon
Farmer Max (Chicken)
Farmer Max offers raises free-range chickens, fed on a natural diet of insects, seeds and grasses is supplemented by grain, with no antibiotics, hormones, steroids or arsenic. Great big, plump chickens fat enough to rival turkey.
Order online: https://www.farmermax.co.ke/oder-now
Norweigan suppliers (Fish)
They have an enormous selection of fish from fresh and smoked salmon, mussels, haddock, monkfish and caviar. Locally sourced turbot, prawns, snapper and kingfish.
Order online: https://www.norsupplies.com
Kentuna (Fish)
Kentuna only sell line-caught fish from small boats along the Kenyan Coast. They supply the freshest tuna loins, Kingfish, Wahoo, Snapper Dorado and Crustaceans.
Order online: https://www.kentuna.com/shop
CHRISTMAS MARKETS IN NAIROBI
In December, the weekly Farmer’s Markets get all christmassy and are great places to pick up stollen, gingerbread houses and mince pies. The best of them are below:
Organic Food Market at KSPCA
Organic food market at the KSPCA
in Karen every Saturdays 9 – 5
Shamba Farmers Market
Shamba Farmers Market in Loresho i. Saturdays and Sunday 9 – 4 Loresho Ridge.
CHRISTMAS FOOD CATERERS
Don’t spend Christmas Day slaving away at the stove, get someone to take the hard work out of making the Christmas food in Kenya.
Lime Catering
Lime delivers stuffed roast turkeys, honey glazed hams, sides & desserts – hot & ready to serve on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. They also do Christmas cakes with gluten-free/ vegan options.
ONLINE STORES & DELIVERIES
Greenspoon
Greenspoon focuses on organic and ethically farmed produce delivered directly to you.
They stock the best stuff from local artisans in Kenya. From beeswax food wraps made by a local schoolboy to Brown’s crackers, Morendat Beef, Molo Lamb, Delia Ice Cream, Grounded home products. The list is endless. Many of the suppliers you have read about so far are available through Greenspoon.
Go online and check them out. https://greenspoon.co.ke/
Olkerri Farm
Olkerri Farm’s delicious jams, chutneys, & honey are homemade from organically grown fresh produce.
Online shop is here https://olkerii.com/
CHRISTMAS DRINKS
The below are excellent quality wine suppliers to make your Christmas Day go with a fizz and a pop.
Solovino
Solovino stocks wine from all the world and you’ll find it in the best restaurants, camps and lodges in Kenya.
Order online: https://solovino.biz/
Dion Wines
Dion Wines sells exceptional quality wines from all over the world.
Order online: https://www.dionwinesea.com/about-2/
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