The upper echelons of society used to be found at debutante balls and charity polo matches. Now, you need only venture to your local Waitrose.
And as summer approaches, the supermarket is catering for the beau monde with a new summer range of 148 delightfully unnecessary but divine-sounding food offerings.
Perhaps the most notable is its Tipple Toppers, for the wine you’ll be sipping as you lounge on your John Lewis garden furniture.
The packet contains pitted green and black olives, dry cured pork salami, Ibérico cheese, pickled gherkins and tomato and herb baked bruschetta, all designed to be balanced on top of a glass.
God forbid you mistake it for bog standard antipasti…
New Waitrose items for Summer 2025
‘Pour a chilled glass of your favourite wine and pop your mini grazing board on top,’ the supermarket says. Plates are clearly not à la mode anymore.
It comes with an £8 price tag, although there’s an introductory offer of £6.40.
In the pudding aisle, you’ll find Peach Melba Jelly for a humble £4.95. The peach jelly with raspberries and peach pieces is a nod to the dessert invented back in 1892 by French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel.
Apparently a ‘taste of sunshine in every spoonful’, the dessert has an introductory offer price of £3.70, and there’s a Peach Melba Ice Cream available too.
If you’re attending a rip-roaring summer bash with the upper crust, you’ll want to avoid whipping out a bottle of Sprite for a mixer. God no.
Instead, pick yourself up a bottle of Waitrose Blood Orange & Pink Grapefruit Still Lemonade – if it’s effervescent, you’ll be turned away at the door (unless it’s champagne).
It’s also completely unacceptable to get a ham and cheese meal deal. Instead you should spend £4.95 on the Waitrose No. 1 Mortadella & Ricotta Sandwich – we doubt we’d be disappointed though.
The supermarket does do picky bits brilliantly, and there’s no shortage of options to make the ultimate grazing board. From Raw Red Shrimp & Monkfish with Pil Pil Butter (£10) to a Calabrian Charcuterie & Parmigiano Reggiano Platter (£6) – you’re sorted.
Or why not opt for the No.1 Egyptian Monastery Olives and the Caramelised Onion Pork Cocktail Sausages?
Yes, we’re drooling too, but get your handkerchief, wipe it away and tell us which sumptuous offerings will you be putting in your basket.
Waitrose shoppers’ upper-middle-class tastes…
While these offerings all sound amazing (and posh), the supermarket knows its shoppers.
At the end of last year, Waitrose revealed its customers’ favourite purchases by month, with bone broth (made trendy by Gwyneth Paltrow) and Pomegranate, Rose & Preserved Lemon Harissa sauce being popular buys.
Sake, the ancient Japanese rice wine, was the most searched for item in May, while June saw pickle juice flying off the shelves.
Bacchus wine, spotted dick and blackberry cobbler were also popular with the elite’s taste buds.
This, my friends, is how the other half live.
The full list of the Waitrose summer collection:
- Waitrose Hot Honey Halloumi Kebabs
- Waitrose No.1 Raw Red Shrimp & Monkfish with Pil Pil Butter
- Waitrose Soy & Tamarind Chicken Kebabs
- Waitrose King Prawn Kebabs
- Waitrose Greek Style Pork Kebabs
- Waitrose Pork, Chorizo & Manchego Burgers
- Waitrose No.1 Slow Cooked Hickory Smoked Memphis Pork Ribs
- Waitrose 2 Fresh Pesto Filled Scottish Salmon Fillets
- Waitrose 2 Hot Smoked Bbq Salmon Fillets
- Waitrose Responsibly Sourced Scottish Sweetcure Hot Smoked Mackerel
- Waitrose Responsibly Sourced 2 Scottish Hot Smoked Trout Fillets
- Waitrose Smoky King Prawn Pil Pil
- Waitrose Mexican Style Corn & Rice Salad
- Waitrose Sweetcorn with Garlic Butter
- Waitrose Diced Balsamic Beetroot
- Waitrose No.1 Calabrian Charcuterie & Parmigiano Reggiano Platter
- Waitrose No.1 Fennel Salami
- Waitrose No.1 Paleta de Cebo de Campo Ibérica 50% Raza Ibérica
- Waitrose No.1 Prosciutto Arrosto
- Waitrose Spanish Salchinon & Iberico Cheese Platter
- Waitrose Spanish Seranno & Iberico Cheese Platter
- Waitrose Spanish Chorizo and Cheese
- Waitrose No.1 Italian Grazing Platter
- Waitrose Tipple Toppers
- Waitrose No.1 Charred Padron Peppers with Romesco Style Sauce
- Waitrose No.1 Egyptian Monastery Olives
- Waitrose No.1 Greek Bird’s Eye Chilli Halkidiki Olives
- Waitrose Mediterranean Marinated Olive Trio
- Waitrose No.1 Sicilian Giarraffa Olives
- Waitrose Spanish Lemon & Basil Olives
- Waitrose Chicken Souvlaki Pastries
- Waitrose Feta & Honey Filo Rolls
- Waitrose Sweetcorn Fritters
- Waitrose ‘Nduja & Mozzarella Arancini
- Waitrose Baharat Spiced Chicken Pastries
- Waitrose Basil, Spinach & Burratta Arancini
- Waitrose Sweet Potato Empanadas
- Waitrose Beef Koftas
- Waitrose Spiced Halloumi Sticks
- Waitrose ‘Nduja & Red Pepper Frittata
- Waitrose Cheese & Chive Frittata
- Waitrose No.1 Herby Pork & Apple Pie
- Waitrose Caramelised Onion Pork Cocktail Sausages
- Waitrose No.1 Baba Ganoush
- Waitrose Greek Inspired Dip Trio
- Waitrose Caesar Dip
- Waitrose Triple Layer Tex Mex Dip
- Waitrose Chimichurri Marinade & Dip
- Waitrose House BBQ Marinade & Dip
- Waitrose Korean Style BBQ Marinade & Dip
- Waitrose 12 Mini Pittas
- Waitrose 2 Hot Honey Flatbreads
- Waitrose 8 Corn Tortillas
- Waitrose Key Lime Pie
- Waitrose Peach Melba Jelly
- Waitrose Double Chocolate Brownie Sundae
- Waitrose Sticky Toffee Sundae
- Waitrose No.1 Belgian Dark Chocolate & Sour Cherry Ice Cream
- Waitrose Peach Melba Ice Cream
- Waitrose Cinnamon Bun Ice Cream
- Waitrose Millionaire’s Shortbread Ice Cream
- Waitrose No.1 Mango & Passion Fruit Curd
- Waitrose Blood Orange & Pink Grapefruit Still Lemonade
- Waitrose No.1 Mortadella & Ricotta Sandwich
- Waitrose American Style BBQ Chicken & Slaw Sandwich
- Waitrose Chargrilled Vegetable & Feta Wrap
- Waitrose Tuna Niçoise wrap
- Waitrose Ham & Egg Sub Roll
- Waitrose Free From Double Cheese & Onion Sandwich
- Waitrose Roast Chicken Salad
- Waitrose Antipasti Snacking Platter
- Waitrose Pimento Stuffed Olives with Gouda
- Waitrose Caramelised Onion Cocktail Sausages
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