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Saturday, 24 October 2026

The Boxing Day Taste Test: Chilli No. 5 Brings Heat to Christmas Leftovers

The turkey's back on the table, the sandwiches are being assembled and someone claims they can handle anything spicy. Enter Chilli No. 5's World Hot Sauce Challenger Gift Set.

Featuring 12 gourmet sauces inspired by Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, the £40 gift set turns Christmas leftovers into a tasting challenge, with the heat building as you work your way through the collection.

Dip leftover turkey into a new flavour, give your Boxing Day sandwich a spicy upgrade or gather friends around a tasting plate to compare favourites. From mild and aromatic to intensely fiery, each sauce brings something different to the table.

For food lovers who take an interest in what goes into their food, there's an ingredient story to explore too. Chilli No. 5 crafts its sauces in small batches using fruits, vegetables, herbs, superfoods and chilli peppers. 

Across the wider range, recipes feature ingredients such as guarana, maca, inulin, Korean ginseng and fenugreek, reflecting the founders' interest in both flavour and wellbeing.

The set makes a gift for the enthusiastic home cook, the adventurous foodie or the friend who always orders extra chilli. Bring it out over Christmas for a little friendly competition, then keep discovering ways to use the sauces long after the leftovers have gone.

The World Hot Sauce Challenger Gift Set contains 12 x 25ml sauce tubes and is available from Fortnum & Mason, Selfridges and Chilli No. 5 directly, priced at £40.

Also available this Christmas:

Mini Hot Sauce Gift Set | £20

A stocking filler for food lovers, the Mini Hot Sauce Gift Set brings together five of Chilli No. 5's Great Taste Award-winning sauces in pocket-sized, reusable glass bottles. With five flavours to explore, it's a little introduction to the range, ready to add a finishing touch to festive snacks, sandwiches and suppers.

Contains 5 x 15ml bottles. Available from Selfridges and Chilli No. 5 directly.

Hot Sauce & Spice Advent Calendar | £125

Start the festive taste test early with 24 days of hot sauces, spice rubs, chilli flakes and gourmet drizzles. Chilli No. 5's Hot Sauce & Spice Advent Calendar takes food lovers on a journey through globally inspired flavours, with the heat rising throughout the countdown.

Discover favourites including Chinese Hot & Sour Sauce, Wicked Wasabi Sauce and Heavenly Harissa Sauce, alongside Carolina Reaper Flakes and the limited-edition Pure Ghost, Scorpion & Reaper Sauce. The products featured have collectively been awarded 30 Great Taste stars.

Available from Selfridges, priced at £125.

About Chilli No. 5

Chilli No. 5 was founded by Rumble Romagnoli and classically trained Scottish chef Colin, united by a passion for bold flavour and a lifelong love of food. Their global travels inspired a simple idea: to create hot sauces as exciting and adventurous as the dishes they enhance.

Developed with support from Michelin-starred chefs, the small-batch range combines fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices and chilli peppers, with selected recipes incorporating ingredients such as guarana, maca, inulin, Korean ginseng, fenugreek and L-arginine.

From gourmet hot sauces and spice rubs to tasting challenges and advent calendars, Chilli No. 5 encourages food lovers to discover new flavours and share the experience around the table.

https://chilli-no5.com/

https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/

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If you try them please let us know how you got on in the comments!