Picnic season: from Fortnum & Mason to Tommy Banks, the best summer hampers for an alfresco afternoon
There are hampers and there are Fortnum's hampers, and you don't get much more impressive than the King of Picnics, which would be just the thing for Glyndebourne. It's pretty well got everything: a substantial pork pie, Scotch eggs (theirs are runny inside), smoked salmon, stilton and rich Dorset brie, bread, a little charcuterie, nibbles, a big carton of crisps, teacakes…I mean, even for the greedy, there's enough for eight. There's a bottle of Provencal rose and a house champagne. And it all comes in that lovely F&M wicker hamper. Otherwise, you could always settle for the cream tea selection, at £50. There's also an enormous Ultimate Picnic Hamper for £1,000, but you probably need a couple of footmen for that.
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