Wagyu pie, curry sandwich, and a yule lodge: Waitrose reveals Christmas 2025 bakery range

Waitrose has offered an early look at its Christmas food range, which includes some spectacular festive treats.

Mince pies get a trendy update with a splash of limoncello, meat-lovers can tuck into a wagyu beef pie, and there are dishes for specialist diets. Among the highlights is a sandwich inspired by Christmas leftovers, which was created by a Waitrose customer.

Here’s a selection of innovative dishes being rolled out by the retailer over the coming months.

No.1 Wagyu Beef Pie

This crisp, buttery puff pastry pie is filled with slow-cooked wagyu beef in a wagyu bone marrow and ruby port sauce. The sauce is made with onions sautéed in beef dripping and the pastry is finished with a pastry cow’s head decoration. Waitrose wagyu beef comes from cattle sired by registered pedigree wagyu bulls, a breed renowned for meat that’s naturally marbled with fat, making it succulent with a distinctive rich, savoury flavour.

Price: £40

No.1 Mushroom, Malbec & Port Wellington

This main course is made with a mix of chestnut, portobello and pulled shiitake mushroom in a Malbec and port sauce, wrapped in a spinach roti and light, flaky vegan puff pastry.

Price: £8.50/500g and £14/800g

No.1 Salmon Roulade Wellington

Inside a crisp, buttery puff pastry is a filling of fresh Scottish salmon layered with creamy ricotta, spinach and pine nuts, seasoned for a rich, savoury flavour.

Price: £40

No.1 Cauliflower Cheese Galette Crown

Inside a crown of buttery pastry, the cauliflower cheese is made with Barber’s Mature and Vintage Cheddars, and is finished with a crisp Cheddar crumb.

“This rustic, hand-crimped centrepiece is crafted by a Cornish bakery with over 125 years of proudly making quality food,” says Waitrose chilled vegetarian and vegan buyer Emily Quinn. “Delicious served on Christmas Day with all the trimmings, or with a crisp green salad for easy entertaining.”

Price: £14

Festive Turkey Curry Sandwich

Last Christmas Waitrose challenged its customers to dream up their ultimate festive sandwich - promising to make the winning creation a Waitrose showstopper for 2025.

The result is the Festive Turkey Curry Sandwich. Inspired by festive leftovers, it features succulent turkey in a lightly spiced curry sauce, layered with crumbled onion and cranberry bhajis.

Price: £4.50

No.1 New York Deli Toasties

These bite-sized toasties are soft mini pretzels, filled with British salt beef, tangy pickled gherkin and Emmental cheese in a velvety béchamel sauce made with a dash of American-style mustard.

Price: £8

Festive breads

Waitrose is launching two festive loaves: a Cinnamon and Date Snowflake Tear & Share Bread (£3) and a crusty Christmas Bloomer made with sage, onion and crunchy pumpkin seeds (£3.40).

“We know that during the busy Christmas period, our customers appreciate the convenience and experience of picking up fresh, quality items from our in-store bakery,” says in-store bakery product developer Elizabeth Greenman. “This year, we are delighted to be elevating our in-store bakery offering, designed to bring joy to every food lover.”

No.1 The Nutcracker

The festive showstopper is made of creamy milk and dark chocolate mousse with a rich hazelnut and chocolate praline, complemented by a crunchy chocolate feuilletine base with nuts and sea salt. The Nutcracker is finished with a shimmering bronze lustre.

Price: £20

No.1 Sticky Toffee Yule Lodge

A playful festive take on sticky toffee pudding, this comes with a caramel sauce and a sachet of sugar snow for dusting. The warmed sauce is poured into the chimney at the table, and cascades over the buttery sticky toffee sponge, before the snow falls.

Price: £16

No.1 Triple Chocolate Snowflakes

Made of creamy white chocolate mousse with milk chocolate sauce inside, on a crunchy base of dark chocolate and feuilletine. The snowflakes are finished with a sugar dusting.

Price: £15

No.1 Golden Mince Pies with Limoncello

Described by Waitrose as a ‘delicious twist on tradition’, these are filled with mincemeat made with golden raisins, golden cherries and apricots, and finished with a generous splash of zesty limoncello. The buttery pastry is infused with lemon.

“Get ready for a flavour sensation this Christmas,” says Waitrose senior innovation chef Will Torrent. “With social buzz around limoncello soaring by 23% during the festive season, it’s clear this vibrant and refreshing profile is a firm favourite.”

Price: £4

No.1 Brandy Buttercream Mince Pies

These pies are made with brown butter pastry, and filled with a mincemeat made with Amarena cherries and a splash of Cognac. But the special touch is the velvety brandy buttercream on top, says Waitrose.

Price: £4

No.1 Pistachio & Cherry Stollen Wreath

Described as the perfect centrepiece for a Christmas tea, this is packed with cranberries, glacé and sour cherries, and dipped in cherry brandy. Sweet pistachio marzipan hides inside.

Price: £14

No.1 Cranberry & Orange Florentines

Produced by a Dorset bakery founded in 1916, these are made with creamy, orange-flavoured milk chocolate and topped with almonds and cranberries in smooth caramel.

Price: £4.50

No.1 Party Polar Bao Buns

These handmade bao buns make a great talking point at a Christmas party, says Waitrose. Soft and pillowy with cute polar bear faces, they’re filled with shredded vegetables and a sweet, sticky hoisin sauce.

Price: £8

No.1 Hazelnut Crème Panettone

This bread is filled with a rich and velvety hazelnut crème, speckled with dark chocolate chips and finished with dark chocolate and roasted Italian hazelnuts on top. It’s  made in a family-run bakery in Piedmont, Italy, where each panettone takes over 24 hours to produce.

Price: £20

No.1 Mini Sicilian Orange Nocciolato Panettone

Described by Waitrose as a perfect gift, this rich and buttery sweet bread, made with candied Sicilian orange peel and candied Arancia Rossa di Sicilia IGP Sicilian blood orange paste. Produced in an Italian bakery, it is topped with a crunchy, crackled hazelnut frosting and sugar strands.

Price: £5

Free-from treats

Waitrose is rolling out three free-from festive treats this Christmas.

• Cranberry & Orange Blondies: Buttery gluten-free blondies made with a layer of white chocolate, hand-finished with tangy cranberries and candied orange peel. Price: £3.75
• Salted Caramel Hazelnut Brownies: Rich and fudgy gluten-free brownies crowned with a layer of golden salted caramel, scattered with hazelnuts and hand-drizzled with white chocolate. Price: £3.75
• Cranberry & Sicilian Orange All Butter Shortbread: Buttery gluten-free shortbread made with dried chopped cranberries and Sicilian orange paste for bursts of flavour. Price: £2