In our final festive blog of 2018, we focus on our top picks for last minute food in Cannes for Christmas and our guide to dressing your table for Christmas day. Enjoy!

1. Roasting Chestnuts on an Open Fire

Sings Bing Crosby so memorably in the song White Christmas. I’m dreaming of these roasting alongside my Christmas dinner. (see how I get on in the second part of this blog!).

Botanic: 999 Chemin des Gourettes, 06370 Mouans-Sartoux

2. Pain d’Epice

It’s simple ingredients of rye flour, honey and spices make this famous spice cake a true French classic at Christmas.

Botanic: 999 Chemin des Gourettes, 06370 Mouans-Sartoux

3. Hat’s off

Almost too beautiful to eat. Well…almost. These adorable chocolate hats and Christmas tree are the perfect festive dessert whatever your age.

Patisserie Denis Fetisson: 66 Avenue de Tournamy, 06250 Mougins

4. No Ordinary Yule Log

These yule log offerings from chocolate connoisseur Jean Luc Pele are extra-ordinary. An essential food destination before the big day for all your sweet tooth desires.

Jean Luc Pele: 36-38 Rue Meynadier 06400 Cannes

5. A Gift from Santa

You will be thanking lePère Noël for this organic herbal Christmas tea. Packed with ginger, cocoa bark, cinnamon and turmeric. This tea helps aid your digestive system once after your Christmas day feast. A true gift.

Botanic: 999 Chemin des Gourettes, 06370 Mouans-Sartoux

Our Guide to Dressing your Table for Christmas Day

When it comes to dressing your table on Christmas day, (just like your decorations), go with what suits you and your home.

Be it traditional, Scandi-style or a flamboyant display for the big day the most important thing is to have fun. Whichever table style floats your gravy boat, I find a glass of champagne always helps!

My four top tips for setting the Christmas table

1. Keep a limited colour theme

By keeping the colour on your Christmas day table limited to just a few, the setting will feel spacious and leave the food to do the talking. I find laying a white table cloth like a blank canvas. Perfect for building up the setting, layer by layer.

2. Add a touch of vintage classic design

Place a beautiful vintage plate on the table this Christmas day for the decoration alone. Almost too beautiful to cover with food, these classic French plates from Creil-Montereau are sure to be a conversation starter.

3. Add edible décor

These biscuit decorations didn’t hang around too long on my table thanks to my guests! – I made mine with holes in the top so I could hang some on my tree too.

4. Don’t forget the Roast!

Et Voila! – time to dress your table with the star attraction. The nuts I bought earlier from Botanic were the perfect partner to the Capon. Bon appetit!

I hope you found our last-minute Christmas food in Cannes & table setting guide useful…don’t forget to have fun!

Happy Christmas to all of you and have a wonderful new year everyone!

Til’ next year! (2019)

Pia & Geraldine xx