Treat Your Friends in Quarantine to These Gourmet Hampers

Quarantine is a real challenge. If you haven’t endured two weeks in a hotel room alone—or worse, with a partner and kids—you probably don’t understand.

It has the potential to turn grown adults into whinging babies or bored dancers into superstars in their own bathroom. It can even be a nice break, allowing for plenty of time for reflection, meditation, yoga, reading, Netflix, snoozing… Anything you want as long as you don’t leave the confines of your room.

But one complaint that’s been fairly consistent across all reviews is that the food has been lacking somewhat. For the most part, it’s been plentiful and adequate but just… dull. Which isn't that surprising, considering that hotels are trying to cater three meals a day for large numbers of people efficiently and within a budget. Those constraints do not an epicurean experience make.

So you can probably safely assume that if you’ve got a friend in hotel quarantine in Australia, what they’re really craving is some gourmet treats to spice up life in isolation. Here are a few luxury hampers that are guaranteed to be a hit with your friends in quarantine. Keep in mind that many hotels have a limit on the amount of alcohol guests can have in their room at once, so anything alcohol-heavy may be split up and delivered separately.

The Best Luxury Hampers for Your Friends in Quarantine

Hampers For the Sweet Tooth

Indulge their love of the sweeter things in life with an assortment of biscuits, candies, chocolates and drinks. Diets don’t exist in quarantine!

For the chocolate lover:

sweet luxury hampers — The Hamper Emporium, Sweet Bites ($79)

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Includes Morgan's Crème Brûlée Roasted Peanuts, The Woods Farm Caramelised Peanut Brittle, Morgan's Maple Coconut Roasted Almonds, Ernest Hillier Milk Chocolate Scorched Almonds, Butlers Gold Box Chocolate Assortment and Black St. Gourmet Salted Caramel Sauce.

With a bit of bubbly:

Screen Shot 2021-02-09 at 2.26.42 pm.png — Bockers & Pony, Gratitude Luxury Hamper ($299)

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Includes Bizzari Dolci Langue de Chat, Nina's Turkish Delight Bar, Nina's 4p Fudge, Charlotte Piper Irish Cream Fudge, Nina's Belgian Chocolates, Circa Home Pear & Lime Candle and Veuve Clicquot.

So many cookies:

luxury hamper with cookies — Gourmet Basket, Cookie and Chocolates Galore ($174)

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Includes Organic Times Dark Chocolate Almonds, Whisk and Pin Milk Chocolate Rocky Road, Duck Creek Macadamias Obsessions Mint, Charlie’s Traditional Choc Salted Caramel Mini Melting Moments, Zokoko Goddess Dark Chocolate with Mint, Zokoko Goddess Dark Chocolate with Orange, Fudge by Rich Chocolate & Walnut, Chocolatier Pure Indulgence Milk Chocolate Assortment, Byron Bay Cookie Company Fig and Pecan Cookies and Byron Bay Cookie Company Milk Choc Chunk Cookies.

Hampers For Savoury Lovers

Add some flavour into isolation life with a delivery of salty, spicy and umami goodies for them to snack on during Netflix binges.

All kinds of crackers:

luxury hamper with savoury crackers and nuts — The Hamper Emporium, Moët & Gourmet Nibbles Hamper ($149)

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Includes Brewer's Nut Co. Classic Beer Nuts, L’Orto Di Franco Semi-Dried Tomato Halves, Kangaroo Island Olives Kalamata Olives, 'Most Oro' Cold-Pressed Olive Oil, Kangaroo Island Produce Co Artisan Crackers, Brewer's Nut Co. Savoury Nut Mix, Regimental Condiment Co Plain Crackers, Regimental Condiment Co Roasted Capsicum Tapenade, Luke Mangan Quince Paste and Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial NV Champagne

The deconstructed cheese board:

luxury cheese and wine hamper — Gourmet Basket, Cabernet Cheese Hamper ($129)

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Includes Pepperjack Cabernet Sauvignon Barossa, Maffra’s Cloth-Aged Cheddar, Woombye Triple Cream Brie, Maggie Beer Quince Paste, Falwasser Sesame Crispbread, Antipasto Olives and Port Willunga Boxed Salted Pistachios.

Wine and bites:

white wine luxury hamper — the hamper emporium, white wine & Nibbles Hamper ($99)

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Sweet and Savoury Hampers

They say variety is the spice of life so for those two weeks where every day is the same, add a bit of that spice with a mixed hamper of sweet and savoury treats.

A quirky mix:

luxury sweet and savoury hamper — BOCKERS & PONY, BANTER FOOD HAMPER ($89)

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Includes Nina’s Turkish Delight Bar, The Chocolate Pot Rocky Road,Rinaldi Almond Nougat, Brookfarm Entertainer Brothers Blend Nuts, Random Harvest Roasted Capsicum Tapenade and Simon Johnson Gordal Olives.

Something special:

Screen Shot 2021-02-09 at 2.43.28 pm.png — BOCKERS & PONY, SMALL TALK HAMPER ($159)

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Includes Tahbilk Shiraz, Bahen & Co House Blend Chocolate, Random Harvest Roasted Capsicum Tapenade, Nina's Freckles, Brookfarm Entertainers Brothers Blend Nuts, The Fine Cheese Co. Rosemary Crackers, Baylies White Chocolate & Cranberry Biscuits, Bizzarri Dolci Crack Tops and Simon Johnson Fig & Walnut Panforte.

For the gourmand:

luxury gourmet food hamper — Gourmet basket, gourmet hamper ($139)

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Includes Charlie’s Traditional Lemon Mini Melting Moments, Maggie Beer Quince Paste, Ogilvie Mixed Olives and Roasted Peppers Antipasto, Ogilvie Caramel Onion and Balsamic Relish, Port Willunga Salted Chilli Almonds, Rinaldi Artisan Crafted Soft Honey Nougat with Macadamias, Simon Johnson Wasabi Peanuts, Chocolatier Deliciously Indulgent Milk and Dark Chocolate Assortment, Asterisk Kitchen Rose Meringues, Bizzarri Dolci Handmade Peppery Cheddars, Fudge by Rich Divine Caramel 160g and Maya Sunny Honey 100% Raw Macadamia Crunch Honey.

Ultimate Luxury Hampers

To show your locked-up friend how much you miss them, send over a box of goodies that will (hopefully) last the whole fortnight.

The discerning palette:

luxury hamper with whisky and wine — Gourmet Basket,Chairman’s Selection Hamper ($699)

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Includes Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label, Henschke Keyneton Euphonium, Glen Fiddich 12-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch, Toby’s Estate Coffee, Random Harvest Chardonnay Lemon Dressing, Random Harvest Shiraz Mustard, Random Harvest Chardonnay Mustard, T2 All Sorts Tea, Tar 10 Cheeseboard Chutney, Bizzari Dolci Handmade Lavosh, Gumnut Raspberry & Pistachio White Chocolate Bark, Henry Langdon Chai Latte, Chocolatier Pure Indulgence Milk Chocolate Assortment, Zokoko Drinking Chocolate, Olsson’s Macrobiotic Sea Salt, Duck Creek Macadamias Obsessions Mint, Rolada Fig & Walnut Log, Maya Sunny Honey 100% Raw Macadamia Crunch Honey, Tetsuya’s Vinaigrette for Salads, Tetsuya’s Black Truffle Salsa for Butter, Pukara Estate Premium Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Rinaldi Artisan Crafted Soft Honey Nougat with Macadamias and The Aromatherapy Company Lemongrass, Lime & Bergamot Candle.

A luxury lover’s dream:

luxury drinks and food hamper — BOCKERS & PONY, LUXURY 500 HAMPER ($500)

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Includes Veuve Clicquot, Henschke Keyneton Euphonium, Random Harvest Roasted Capsicum Tapenade, Pukara Caramelised Onion Jam, Bizzarri Dolci Peppery Cheddars, The Fine Cheese Co. Rosemary Crackers, The Fine Cheese Company Quince Paste, Stubborn Olives Jar, Simon Johnson Joseph Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Bizzarri Dolci Langue De Chats, Maya Sunny Macadamia Crunch, Bahen & Co Almond & Sea Salt, Simon Johnson Fig & Walnut Panforte, Random Harvest Chutney & Mini Dish, Nina's Belgian Chocolates and Bizzarri Dolci Cracktops.

A taste of everything:

luxury gift hamper with everything — a little luxury, ultimate indulgence hamper ($349)

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Includes Chandon Brut NV Sparkling, Henschke Henry's Seven, Baylies Epicurean Delights Organic Rosemary Lavash, Paton's Cocoa Dusted Macadamia Nuts, Brookfarm Pink Salt Roasted Macadamias, Byron Bay Coffee Co Milk Chocolate Coated Coffee Beans, Byron Bay Cookies Rocky Road Cookies, Byron Bay Cookies White Choc Chunk & Macadamia Cookies, Chocolatier Pure Indulgence Share Box Milk, Guylian Belgian Master's Selection, Luken & May Almond & Vanilla Butterburst Biscuits, Maxwell Treats Red Wine Mustard, Morish Caramel Coated Pistachios, Ogilvie & Co Antipasto Olives Dipping Bowl Set, Ogilvie & Co Coconut Lime & Coriander Marinade, Ogilvie & Co Raspberry Sherbet Rock, Ogilvie & Co Spiced Tomato Relish, Paton's Dark Chocolate Cherry Canister, Random Harvest Roasted Capsicum Tapenade, Random Harvest Salted Caramel Peanut Brittle, T2 Sips Top Sips and Whisk & Pin Honeycomb Honey Crunch Rocks.

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