Digital gift card for a foodie?!

[name6785]

I want to buy my mentor a gift card to thank him for his support in me getting a promotion. I don't know his address so I need to be able send it via email. I know he's a foodie and likes alcohol (!) any suggestions, I'm struggling.

Not sure what your actual question is, but I hate getting gift cards. I'd much prefer something tangible.

Well I've just said it needs to be sent digitally, so tangible is out.

Do you know his favourite restaurant? Lots of larger restaurants will do e-gift vouchers - Dishoom for example do. I would steer away from the food experiences though - afternoon tea etc. Through like Virgin etc. as usually the places doing them aren’t the sort of places “foodies” would usually go…

I bet you could find his address quite easily if you wanted to.

@MrsFin I don't want to, we work in data protection, it somewhat defeats the point of him helping me get promoted in data protection if I then contravene it to get his address...and I don't want to ask him for it as frankly I don't need to know it. A digital gift card is a perfectly nice and suitable gesture, even if you wouldn't like it!

I've asked a simple question! Thanks to the others who have answered it

Amazon have all sorts of gourmet food available, I’d send an Amazon e-voucher, and say in your message that you hope he spends it on a food treat.
While restaurant vouchers are lovely, an Amazon voucher would be more flexible, especially as you can’t be sure of his personal circumstances.

Good luck in your new job! 🥂 🍾

This is a great idea. I'm a massive foodie and would love this. I'd love any of the following:

a hamper of goodies from Waitrose, Harvey Nicks etc (not sure how easy to do this at this time of year, as it's perhaps more a Christmas thing)

a voucher for a lunch/afternoon tea/dinner at a good restaurant (not necessarily Michelin star but a nice gastropub or similar, not a chain). As a PP said, buy direct, not through any of the crap Virgin/Groupon places

possibly a voucher for somewhere like SousChef - if he also likes cooking there are loads of brilliant, slightly niche ingredients there

a voucher for a dining-at-home experience from a nice restaurant - some have stopped doing this now that restaurants are open again but plenty are still doing weekly deliveries - or look at a site like Dishpatch which has various restaurants to choose from. A voucher for there would be brilliant.

if he likes alcohol, maybe a day on a wine course kind of thing, although those might still be a bit restricted.

I didn't mean by illegal means!

I bet someone you work with will know where he lives. Or ask him under the guise of something else.
Or there's always the phone book.

Fortnum & Mason's do egift cards, from £50 to silly money, and can be sent digitally.

Thanks everyone, some really good ideas! Didn't know Amazon did gourmet food (don't know why, they do everything else!)

@MrsFin

What is wrong with you? OP isn't interested in sending a present. OP wants to send a digital food voucher. It's not too difficult to understand, is it?

Home-X do some great things and deliver nationwide.

How much are you looking to spend?

@MrsFin

I didn't mean by illegal means!

I bet someone you work with will know where he lives. Or ask him under the guise of something else.
Or there's always the phone book.

Sharing a colleague's home address without asking them for their permission would be breaking data protection rules, as would obtaining information for one purpose and using it for another.

I'd second dishoom - we've had some lovely meals from there with gift cards from my mum. There's quite a few different restaurants on their so should be something he fancies.

A meal delivery from a decent restaurant- like aktar at home (Michelin star Indian restaurant, delivers uk wide- I had their curry box and it's amazing), Steins at home (Rick Stein) etc.

The aktar one you can get an e-voucher delivered to your mentor's work email.

I'd go Waitrose if he's in England: they are the best for unusual spice mixes and less common wines and are ubiquitous.
More specialist suppliers are more expensive than them so a voucher will get him more of what he likes!

I second someone's previous suggestion of Sous-Chef voucher - they have some really unusual ingredients and it would look like you've really thought about getting something personal (without actually getting something personal!).

Perhaps a membership to taste card or gourmet society. Depends on their area as to if its any good but you dont need a full address to check, just a rough area.

That way you're not tying them to a particular restaurant or having to worry the place might go bust. But if they like trying new, different restaurants then it could easily be a gift that keeps giving.

@name6785 I highly recommend a gift card for Field & Flower. Their steaks and other meats are good quality. www.fieldandflower.co.uk/