Virtual Christmas Party Packages — Victoria Westminster BID

There is talk Christmas won’t be the same this year, but there’s still the opportunity to celebrate with colleagues and friends while supporting your local business community. The South Westminster BIDs have teamed up with local businesses to offer you virtual Christmas party packages. Whether you fancy a Michelin star bespoke dinner, a pamper evening, pizza making party or a wine tasting event, our businesses are on hand to help you turn work screen time into social screen time.

You can arrange for you and your colleagues to have kits delivered straight to your doors then join the partners’ event link or set up your own internal zoom, for your team to get creative or tuck into a feast.

Michelin Doorstep Dinner

Enjoy a virtual dining experience courtesy of Quilon. The South-west coastal Michelin Indian restaurant will help you design a menu of the finest quality Indian dishes and arrange delivery to your chosen guests at a date and time of your choosing. The perfect solution to hosting a Christmas dinner party or lunch meeting without leaving the comfort of your home. To discuss your bespoke menu and for further details call 020 7821 1899 or email dine@quilon.co.uk. Please note pricing is dependent on your menu choices.

Home Wine Tasting

Vagabond Wines have created a range of ‘out-there themed’ virtual wine tasting experiences. Get the tasting packs delivered to your door and pick a time that works for your party for an online guided session with one of their experts. In true Vagabond style, they don’t take themselves too seriously, they love good wine, good times and their tastings reflect this, with some expert wine knowledge thrown in.

Tasting pack includes:
6 x 125ml bottles of wine
Tasting Cards
A guided online session with a Vagabond expert (approx. 1.5hrs)

Different tasting experiences and pricing:

ACID PARTY – £50pp

Vagabond are bringing acid back… Learn how altitude, latitude and attitude influence a wine’s character. Cool climates create wines with lower alcohol and higher acidity; if you like your wines vibrant & fresh then this tasting is for you.

THE DONS THAT ARE VAGABOND WINES – £40pp

Wines made from Vagabond’s legendary in-house winemaker Gavin. From their 2018 English wines to a Chenin and Cinsault from South Africa, this tasting will give you the down-low on English wine with a few South African nuggets thrown in.

WIZARDS OF OZ – £50pp

Game-changer wines from down under. Three reds, three whites that articulate Australia through alternative grapes and styles. If you need to up your BBQ game next summer – this is the wine tasting for you!

STAYING LOCAL, THINKING COASTAL – £50pp

Summer holiday cancelled? Craving some beach life? This tasting will take you on a journey through wines that have a coastal vibe.

Terms and Conditions:

They require the sessions to be booked at least 3 working days in advance to ensure they can get the wines packed up and on their way to you in time.
They require a minimum of 8 packages to be purchased to run the online session.
Guests will be required to provide their own glasses to enjoy the wines during the tasting.

To book or enquire contact Phoebe@vagabondwines.co.uk or call 07494 211 056

Pizza Making

We all know about Pizza Pilgrims’ ‘Pizza by post’. If you don’t, where have you been hiding? The ‘Frying Pan Pizza by Post’ kits became a lockdown favourite, sparking homes around the nation to prepare Pizza Pilgrims signature Neapolitan pizza from two 48 hour proved dough balls, homemade tomato sauce, parmesan and fior de latte mozzarella plus extras with the most humble of cooking tools: the frying pan and a grill.

Pizza Pilgrims is now taking corporate and party orders for its DIY Pizza Kits. Available in the signature Neapolitan, but also: Classic Margherita, Nduja and for any colleagues with dietary requirements: Vegan and Gluten Free. The boxes provide enough ingredients to make two pizzas. They are perfect for virtual events, team building Zoom Cook-A-Longs, family dinner nights, date nights or just to send to your staff as a team morale boost!

Kit’s start from £15 + £5 postage and Pizza Pilgrims take care of delivery to UK Mainland (England, Wales and Scotland – excluding highlands) so wherever your team are – you can come together over pizza!

For more information visit www.pizzainthepost.co.uk or to make a team order, email sales@pizzapilgrims.co.uk

‘Hame’ Dinner

British chef and restauranteur, Adam Handling has created ‘Hame’ – the Scottish word for Home, to offer you and your colleagues a taste of his restaurant experience from the comfort of your homes. All components of the stunning dishes are prepared as much as possible by Adam’s chefs and then each dish is delivered, with a recipe card that details how to finish and serve the dish. Each recipe card also has a QR code that links to a video of Adam showing you how to finish and serve the dish.

Virtual Christmas Party Menu:

(Sample Menu)
STARTER
Crab, grapefruit, radish
‘Mother’ celeriac, date, green apple (£ supp.)
Salt-aged beef tartare, elderberries, mushroom
Lobster linguine, fresh basil

MAIN
Mushroom agnolotti, parsley, garlic
Cod, mussels, butter leaf
Beef Wellington, clotted cream mash, spring greens, roast carrots (£ supp.)
Hame’s take on Turkey & all the trimmings

DESSERT
Spiced Tarte Tatin
Marshmallow chocolate fondant
Hame Christmas pudding
Truffled Tunworth Whole Cheese,
apricot & apple chutney, fruit & nut loaf (£ supp.)

2 COURSES – £45
3 COURSES – £50
*Delivery charge not included. Menu subject to change.

For further details and to make a booking email Enquiries@adamhandling.co.uk or call 02071998370

Online Pamper Evening

Everyone needs to de-stress, right? Dial-in for a super mini-spa evening with Bijoux Medical and learn how to refresh your skin direct from the experts!

The tuition and support the team will give you will provide you with the skills to exfoliate, refresh and rejuvenate the skin in just 10 minutes. For those with another 20 minutes (and a bit more dexterity), Bijoux Medical can add a refreshing vitamin C mask to perfect your skin. You can also take the opportunity to speak directly to the skincare experts about all aspects concerning your face and body.

Packages:

Rapid glycolic facial – gentle cleansing AHA facial (10 minutes) *Not suitable for at-home treatment of skin of colour

For: oily skin, dull, lacklustre skin, mild acne, breakouts and open pores.

Consists of: Cleanse, mask exfoliation, application of soothing cream.

Cleanser individual sachet
Recovery cream individual sachet
Skin rejuvenation programme glycolic acid mask 10% sufficient for approx. 20 applications
Wooden spatulas x 2
Face flannel x 1

Cost £60 pp. (+£3 delivery)

Vitamin C add-on *Suitable for skin of all types and colours

Additional Vitamin C mask that can be used alone or immediately after the rapid glycolic acid facial.

Cleanser individual sachet
Vitamin C mask sufficient for approx. 20 applications
Wooden spatulas x 2
Face flannel x 1