45 Cooking Gifts That'll Impress Any 'Foodie'

More from Brightland because we literally can't resist this mini assortment of olive oils.

Nothing runs perfectly warm bread like waiting on cold butter. Straight out of the fridge, no good. Those spreadable plastic tubs my parents always have, also no good. This old-world invention lets you keep butter at room temperature without it going rancid.

If they're a regular at Michelin-star restaurants, then they've surely tasted the top-notch quality that is Snake River Farm's wagyu beef. This starter pack will have them cooking up five-star (we hope) creations in their own home.

The Murray’s MVP platter is just that: a spread of the most valuable players to ever grace the charcuterie board field. You can’t go wrong with a Murray’s gift if they love cheese.

As a Georgia Boy, I can make decent biscuits, but once every few months I get a deep craving for the biscuits from this roadside joint where my girlfriend went to school. (I'd do a lot for a chicken biscuit right now...) Thankfully, they ship on Goldbelly now. If your foodie is from the South, get them biscuits. If they've never had good biscuits, get them biscuits.

If they're a foodie, they know what this popular Our Place pan is all about. If not, we'll break it down. It can be used as a frying pan, saute pan, steamer, skillet, saucier, saucepan, nonstick pan, and as a spoon rest.

This sleek, futuristic oven will have them making pizzeria-brick-oven-level pies from the comfort of their own backyard.

Help them do a little traveling at home, in between trips, with an international food box. This is one of the best, filled with candies and snacks made and sold in Japan.

How about some fancy Western-inspired napkins for their table?

If they're the one throwing the holiday party (they probably are), tell them you've got a charcuterie surprise and have this whole leg of Jamón delivered before the event.

Everyone likes caviar, but even foodies rarely get a chance to taste caviar. Outside of restaurant menus, where they use caviar to just increase price, you rarely get to eat caviar.So, any foodie would love The Caviar Co. twice yearly subscription. Every May and November, they'll get a special shipment of 3-4 ounces of caviar and caviar-adjacent items.

If you want to give them a little taster on Valentine's Day, the wild harvested Hackleback is phenomenally fishy, or the farmed White Sturgeon is so smooth you could eat it by the spoon.

A fancy olive oil in a tin beautiful yellow tin. It's gonna be front and center the next time they post a tablescape on Instagram.

Technically, they will never be able to call these San Marzanos. That's a legally guarded distinction that requires the tomatoes to be grown in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius... But! They can grow the world's most famous tomato in their backyard, and they'll almost taste the same.

This is the best balsamic vinegar I have tasted in my entire life. If they're older and more traveled than me, it'll have competition, but it's up to the challenge. It's perfect in oil with bread, and it's phenomenal in a homemade vinaigrette.

That said, a more confident foodie might want some more challenging recipes. No one does veg as good as Yotam Ottolenghi and crew. The ingredients lists are long and the recipes are sometimes quite complex. It's exactly what a foodie will love.

A fancy Instagramable olive oil that comes in a chef-style squirt bottle. Perfect for a final drizzle over any of their high concept dishes.

For the foodie with a sweet tooth, a dessert treat is never a bad way to go. Everyone deserves these famed monstrous cookies in their kitchen.

This collapsible tapas board is for big entertainers. They can use it for cheese nights, appetizers, desserts, and more.

Hear us out... the best gifts are the ones you don't want to buy for yourself, like for example: food storage. But this set from Caraway is stylish, space-saving, and will make any serious cook very happy.

Maybe they are always whipping up their own charcuterie boards. In that case, these are literally the best crisps on the market. Oh yeah, umami crisps exist.