World-Famous Restaurant The Fat Duck Reveals Spectacular, Theatrical Christmas Menu

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Posted on October 1, 2025

Bookings are open for the three-Michelin-star restaurant’s ten-course feast.

Venison, edible baubles and an advent-calendar menu feature on this year’s Fat Duck ten-course Christmas tasting menu, which will be available from 18^th November until 21^st December.

Heston’s style of culinary showmanship is very suited to the festive season. Last year The Fat Duck was a sell-out in the run-up to Christmas, and it’s anticipated that, as the three-Michelin-star restaurant celebrates its 30^th birthday, demand is likely to be even higher, so bookings are already open for diners to share in what promises to be a highlight of the festive season.

Famous for creating seasonal surprises, The Fat Duck’s menu this year will be even more special, starting with Christmas tipples before going on a magical gastronomic journey that includes The King’s Venison and Heston’s indulgent, history-inspired take on the mince pie, featuring diced Wagyu short rib and lardo di colonnata topped with caviar. This sumptuous menu finishes with Botrytis Cinerea, which is, famously, the most complicated dessert in the world – so much so that it once provided the challenge for contestants in the finale of MasterChef Australia.

The Fat Duck founder Heston Blumenthal OBE said: “With its shared rituals, surprises, food focus and human connectivity, Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year. So as part of the celebrations for The Fat Duck’s 30^th birthday, what better way to finish than with the perfect Christmas dinner. Yuletide is always incredibly inspiring for me and the team (believe it or not, we’re already working on the development this year’s hidden citrus Christmas puddings). It gives us the opportunity to combine creativity and theatre in a way that taps into the deep nostalgia everybody feels about the festive season. This year promises to be exceptional for The Fat Duck, with a venison dish in which you get to eat humble pie (and discover it’s delicious), golden carrots, breakfast baubles and the world’s most complex dessert. Nobody wants to miss out at Christmas and, at that time of year, tickets at the Duck go quick, so if you want to be part of the fun, I’d book sooner rather than later, even if Santa and snow seem a long way off. It’ll be crackers and, yes, there’ll be crackers. We can’t wait to see you there.”

To reserve your place at the festive table and enjoy the culinary carousal that is the Yuletide menu, visit https://thefatduck.co.uk/book-your-ticket