Box clever: 7 of the best food delivery box schemes

From exquisite quality Welsh lamb to the freshest Dorset seafood, you can get all manner of tasty British specialties delivered to your door these days! Here we pick seven of our favourites to ease you into the new season

Pembrokeshire Lamb The Lamb Taster Selection, £75-£80 

Pembrokeshire Lamb are a small family business producing extremely high welfare animals, and you can taste the quality in each morsel. This is lamb as it’s supposed to be; rich, robust and melt-in-the-mouth tender. The Lamb Taster Box contains a lovely mix of cuts, including a half shoulder, a half leg, chops, cutlets and (our favourite item) a boned and rolled breast. The company also sell taster boxes of delicious mutton and hogget if you’re after something a bit different. The meat arrives frozen, so make sure you have space in the freezer!

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Weyfish Fabulous Seafood Selection for Two, £50

This fabulous seafood selection from Dorset fishmonger Weyfish – located harbourside in Weymouth’s historic Old Fish Market - includes the very best of the daily catch, depending on the seasons, abundance and availability. Flavoursome fresh fish fillets, like magnificent turbot, sea bass, or brill, and tasty cod or hake, plus fabulous hand-dived Dorset scallops and locally-grown mussels. The contents may vary but the quality never will. A convenient way to plan ahead, your fish will arrive fully prepared and ready to cook or freeze. When ordering, be sure to add on a pot of Weyfish’s special Portland Crab Meat – it’s sensational!

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Abel & Cole Seasonal Meat & Fish Box, £19.50

Best known for their organic veg boxes, Abel & Cole also have a great selection of thoughtfully chosen meat and fish boxes bundles. Our pick is the Seasonal Meat & Fish Box, which contains two cuts of organic and free-range or sustainably wild meat, and one portion of sustainably-sourced fish. Each week’s box is curated to showcase the best of the season, from prime barbecue cuts in the summer months, to the best diced meat for creating hearty winter stews. If you struggle for inspiration when it comes to your weekday dinners, this box makes things simple and might introduce you to ingredinets you’d not normally buy, such as venison mince or chicken drumsticks.

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Earth & Wheat Wonky Bread Box, from £5.99

Reducing food waste is a big concern for many of us, and bread is one of the top offenders with 24 million pieces thrown away in the UK every day. Enter Earth & Wheat and their fantastic value Wonky Bread Boxes, packed with ultra-fresh surplus breads rescued at the point of production. Choose from the fantastic Essentials Box (£5.99), which contains 2-3kg of items ranging from crumpets to pitta and tortilla wraps, or the Variety Box (£8.99) for a more luxurious selection.

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Darts Farm Seasonal Vegetable Box, £11

If you appreciate great quality fruit and veg, it doesn’t get better than buying it directly from the source. Based in Topsham, Dorset, Darts Farm is an ldyllic farm shop specilising in lush fruit and veg and Ruby Red Devon Cattle, all of which is available to order online. The farm’s Seasonal Vegetable Box (great value at £11 for a massive box) is filled with six varieties of fresh seasonal veg which will always include potatoes, plus the whatever else is at its best at the time of ordering. We tested the box in the middle of winter and were wowed by the taste and quality of ordinary staples like brocolli and cauliflower.

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Wild & Game Monthly Game Meat Delivery Box, £49.99 

We were blown away by the quality and quantity of meat in this box. It contains a recipe booklet and all the game you need to make seven delicious recipes that are matched to the seasons. It’s the perfect way to discover new favourite ways to enjoy this lean and sustainable meat and shake up your weekday repertoire a bit in the process. Everything in the box we tried was accessible with very useful cooking instructions, ranging from venison mince and partridge fillets to delicious pheasant and venison sausages.

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Musclefood Mega Saver Box, £55

As the name suggests, this food company has a focus on meat and protein-rich meals. From grass-fed steaks to flavour-packed marinated chicken breasts and all kinds of healthy ready meals, one bumper delivery will fill the freezer for a good while. The Mega Saver Box is a great budget option for families, containing enough meat to make up to 84 meals. Inside you’ll find 2.5kg of chicken breast fillets, beef steak mince, sirloin steaks, diced beef and lots more.

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