This is how you can get the finest food delivered to your door while restaurants are shut

But one of the region’s most acclaimed kitchens is offering the next best thing while lockdown restrictions continue to affect some sectors.

Fischer's Baslow Hall – which had a Michelin star for 25 years until 2019 – has organised a food and wine delivery service, allowing customers to choose from a selection of prepared meals, ingredients and drinks which they can either collect or have dispatched to their door.

“We understand that at this uncertain time you may not be able or might not want to visit the supermarkets," executive chef Max Fischer said.

“As part of our pledge to help the local community, we have taken the decision to offer food parcels to try to help bridge the gap. Food parcels have been formulated using our own produce – Baslow beef, vegetables from our gardens, and stock directly from regional farms and producers.”

An extensive order list features beef bourguignon, fish pie, chilli and cottage pie, as well as punnets of berries, fresh apples, speciality cheeses and huge pork pies.

Premium meat cuts are also available, ranging from whole chickens to fillet steak.

Michelin say: "A fine Edwardian manor house with a classic country house feel and impressive formal grounds plays host to two dining rooms with lovely ornate ceilings. Menus offer a mix of classic and more original modern dishes; sit at the ‘Kitchen Tasting Bench’ to be part of the action. Bedrooms are charming."

“We breed our own beasts, farmed on the hills surrounding Baslow – 100 per cent grass fed, then finished on the highest-grade barley,” the restaurant says of its own beef.

A list of ‘quaffable wines and premium mixed cases’ includes red, white, rose and sparkling varieties.

Customers should order before midday for next day delivery. Boxes are sent out on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and payment is by card over the phone. Opening hours are Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.

Orders can be collected from Fischer’s between midday and 4pm. Delivery is free within a six-mile radius of Baslow – those living six to 10 miles away are entitled to free delivery for orders over £45.

Max Fischer's beef bourguignon. Picture: Fischer's Baslow Hall.

There is a minimum value of £20 on all orders. Call 01246 583259.

Despite losing its star Fischer’s still has three AA rosettes, an accolade awarded to ‘outstanding restaurants'.

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