THE ULTIMATE AT-HOME COCKTAIL AND CUISINE KIT FOR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS WITH FRIENDS
- Available every “Friendsmas Friday” from Nov 27 through Dec 11
- All proceeds will support the hospitality industry via Hospitality Action
- Featured GREY GOOSE® Cocktails: Candy Cane Lane Peppermint espresso martini cocktail + Spiced Gingerbread Man Highball cocktail. Three course vodka-infused festive menu including: Christmas Turkey Tower, Tater Tots & Pigs in Blanket Poutine, and Deep-Fried Mince Pies
- Kits will be available for £65 for a two-person kit and £100 for a four-person kit to be purchased at https://greygoosefriendsmaskit.eventbrite.com
- Give the #GiftOfGoose and send a kit to a friend to create the ultimate virtual dinner party
Foodie friendship duo Gizzi Erskine and Stephen Manderson, aka Giz ‘n’ Green, have partnered with GREY GOOSE® vodka to ensure that Christmas celebrations with friends this season don’t skip a beat – even in lockdown.
Almost a third (29%) of Brits claim they won’t be hosting a ‘traditional’ Christmas Turkey meal this year and 1 in 5 of us are planning a virtual cocktail party*, so there really is no better time to embrace new traditions, get creative with a fresh new take on the festive feast and celebrate with only the best.
Building on the popularity of last year’s GREY GOOSE® Friendsmas dinner series – that celebrated the annual festive get together with friends – the vodka brand has teamed up with Giz ‘n’ Green to make sure this eagerly anticipated Holiday occasion can still be memorable, in spite of current restrictions.
The GREY GOOSE® x Giz ‘n’ Green Friendsmas Feast delivery kit is the perfect way to celebrate new traditions with friends this year, with 25% of us planning to spend the “big day” with our friends locally rather than with family in 2020 – providing the ideal opportunity to not only shake up old traditions, but cocktails as well. The kit highlights include:
- Giz ‘n’ Green curated three-course GREY GOOSE®vodka-infused Christmas Menu, a new take on an old tradition
- GREY GOOSE®Christmas Crackers
- A bottle of GREY GOOSE®vodka and cocktail ingredients to shake n sip your own Instagrammable cocktails
- Interactive Friendsmas activities to be enjoyed with friends, including personalisation kits for a gingerbread man cocktail garnish, plus a create-your-own candy cane espresso martini cocktail rim
All proceeds from the Friendsmas Feast kits will be donated to Hospitality Action, a charity that supports a range of services to help hospitality workers get back on their feet during challenging times.
“Friendsmas is our favourite occasion of the season and this year it’s an opportunity to totally rip up the rulebook. We have curated an exclusive menu infused with GREY GOOSE® vodka, inspired by some our Christmas favourites, but with a unique Giz ‘n’ Green twist to ‘shake up’ old traditions and invent new ones”, say Gizzi Erskine and Stephen Manderson, Giz ‘n’ Green
The menu features fresh, locally sourced ingredients, with carefully crafted finishing touches at the heart of each festive dish.
Each kit will also include an exclusive Giz ‘n’ Green video in which they will guide you through the steps for making your Friendsmas Feast at home.
Ideal for sharing with friends both physically and virtually, the Friendsmas Feast kit is perfect to enjoy both with your household or with loved ones further afield. Give the #GiftOfGoose this Christmas and treat those you can’t be with in person to their very own Friendsmas Feast and enjoy together virtually.
Friendsmas Feast kits will be available to order in London zones 1&2 from 19th November for £65 for a two-person kit and £100 for a four-person kit which can be purchased at https://greygoosefriendsmaskit.eventbrite.com
The menu features:
Full Festive Feasting Menu
- First Course: Tater Tots & Pigs in Blanket Poutine
- Pigs in blankets, Tater tots, Turkey gravy, GREY GOOSE® vodka cranberry sauce, bread sauce and chives
- Veggie options includes brussels sprouts & chestnuts
- Main: The Christmas Turkey Tower
- Southern fried Turkey fillet, sage and onion sausage patty, GREY GOOSE® vodka cranberry sauce, bread sauce mayo, cheese, brussels sprout slaw, served in a Brioche bun
- Veggie option includes Hen-of-the-wood alternative
- Pudding: Deep Fried Mince Pies with Marmalade and GREY GOOSE® vodka Chantilly Cream
- Pastry filled with mincemeat, deep fried and dusted with icing sugar. Topped with Marmalade and GREY GOOSE®vodka Chantilly cream
Shake up GREY GOOSE® showstopping seasonal cocktails with the bottle of GREY GOOSE vodka and festive decoration to make them your own
- GREY GOOSE® Candy Cane Lane:
- Take a trip down ‘Candy Cane Lane’ with a Christmas twist on the firm favourite espresso martini cocktail finished with a crushed peppermint candy cane rim
- GREY GOOSE® ‘Spiced Gingerbread Man’:
- A warming cocktail of spiced gingerbread and maple soda. Finish with a gingerbread man cocktail garnish decorated by you
**Vegetarian kit options available
“Every holiday season, we gather to celebrate traditions old and new. This year we want to encourage you to embrace the different. Whether you’re re-imagining old traditions, or leaving a few in the past, this holiday season let’s celebrate with only the best!”, says Joe McCanta, Head of Mixology and Education at Bacardi LTD.
Get your Friendsmas date in the diary and get ordering – limited delivery kits available.
Kit ordering details and T&Cs:
- Consumers must be 18+ to order
- Friendsmas Feast kits available to purchase for 2 persons (RRP £65) and 4 persons (RRP £100) + delivery costs
- Pre orders must be placed before 4pm on Thursday prior for Friday delivery
- Limited kits available each week across London zones 1&2 only
*Bacardi Holiday Survey 2020
About GREY GOOSE® Vodka
Made without compromise, GREY GOOSE® is made with the highest-quality ingredients and has a 100% traceable production process, from crop to cork. Every aspect of the creation of GREY GOOSE® is focused on crafting vodka of unmatched quality. Each bottle of GREY GOOSE® is distilled and bottled in France, with a recipe and process that remains unchanged since inception, using just two ingredients – single origin Picardie wheat and spring water from our natural limestone well in Gensac-la-Pallue. A one distillation process brings out the true essence of these ingredients.
The expertise of the GREY GOOSE Cellar Master, François Thibault, ensures an unparalleled smoothness and exceptional taste. The GREY GOOSE portfolio is comprised of GREY GOOSE® Vodka, GREY GOOSE® La Poire, GREY GOOSE® L’Orange and GREY GOOSE® Le Citron Flavored Vodkas.
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ABOUT GIZ ‘N’ GREEN:
Born out of a frustration of not being able to buy some of the nation’s most loved takeaway food during lockdown, with Gizzi isolating in East London and Professor Green shielding in Morocco, they started a weekly Instagram live series ‘Giz ‘n’ Green’s Monday Night Fakeaway’ where Gizzi talked through recipes step-by-step allowing Stephen and both of their many followers to recreate their favourite fast food at home.
Following the success of the series, over the Summer the pair opened a sell-out Giz ‘n’ Green pop-up restaurant at Passo restaurant in Old Street. The aim was to encourage customers back to local businesses and its supply chains, with a ‘back-to-work’ scheme
Professor Green is an award-winning musician, documentary maker, and patron of charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).
Gizzi is an award-winning food writer, author and chef, most recently taking over the restaurant at St. Martin’s Lane Hotel with her concept ‘The Nitery’. Her seventh cookery book ‘Restore’ (Harper Collins) will be out nationwide at the end of November.