Experience the best that Belgium has to offer, visit the Galler UK online shop www.gallerchocolates.co.uk for luxury chocolate gifts from Galler delivered straight to your door.

Indulge in a spot of retail and chocolate therapy in one and treat yourself to cocoa coated truffles, wrapped dark hazelnut pralines, a white chocolate pistachio bar or a virtuous sugar free bar, to name but a few.

Alternatively give friends and loved ones the gift of chocolate; choose from fabulous hampers bursting with flavours, cheeky chocolate cat’s tongues complete with colourful tin and perfect for kids and adults alike, and innovative chocolate collections such as the Elements “Air-Water-Fire” gift range.

To discover further chocolate delights and indulge your passion for luxury, order Galler chocolate online at www.gallerchocolates.co.uk, call 0207 351 1668 to order over the phone or visit the Galler retail outlet at Harrods.

“Jean Galler and the chocolate development team at Galler chocolates are continually developing new blends of chocolate, experimenting with taste and flavours to concoct chocolate miracles and lead in the evolution of new and exciting ranges of chocolate gifts. The exquisite range of chocolate gifts created by Galler chocolates includes the subtle and enticing Les Florales, the unique and original Les Marines, the sumptuous Les Volaniques, as well as an extensive range of luxury Belgian chocolate bars.”

Krispy Kreme are running a weeklong, online-only series of promotions aimed at getting people to ‘Take A Spring Break From Your Desk’.

Each day, a voucher is being made available form their website from 11.30 AM until 3 PM, which can be downloaded and redeemed at any participating Krispy Kreme store for something awesome.

All you need to do is visit our website from 11.30am each day for news of the daily offer. When you see the Hotlight on our homepage the promotion is live, and you can download your voucher.

The deals will get ‘sweeter’ (pardon the pun) as the week goes on, too.

Now entering its eleventh year, National Honey Week runs from 4 to 10 May, 2009.

Lesley Waters, loved for her infectious enthusiasm and down-to-earth cooking style, will support and launch Little Honey Chefs, a free family cookery guide packed full of delicious honey-based recipes, basic cooking tips and fun activities. Little Honey Chefs aims to inspire adults and children to spend time cooking together this spring.

Naturally sweet and endlessly versatile, honey is a fantastic cooking ingredient and a great way of getting kids buzzing in the kitchen. Lesley, who is a huge fan of using honey as an ingredient in her own cooking, will highlight how easy it is for children to learn important basic cooking skills that will set them on the path to becoming budding little honey chefs.

Little Honey Chefs will be available during National Honey Week from the Honey Association. Consumers can download a copy for free by clicking here.

Butter-Fingers is a small company producing a range of speciality butters which are made to a high standard and hand wrapped.

“Butter-Fingers speciality butters add instant excitement to almost any food, creating wonderful bursts of flavour in a wide variety of dishes. This one hundred per cent natural, hand-made, artisan product can be used in a wide range of everyday, convenient dishes and in only minutes it transforms people’s perception of cooking. Butter-Fingers show people how easy it is to create a gourmet, cordon-bleu taste effortlessly.

The basic building block of the Butter-Fingers product range is a 100g single finger that combines the finest fresh herbs blended with premium farmhouse butter. A portion of the finger is added as a ‘drop-in’ ingredient to almost any dish, from the humble tin of baked beans to home-made casseroles and beyond. Time conscious cooks & chefs will have the satisfaction of creating delicious meals without the hassle of searching for exotic ingredients and spending hours preparing and cooking.”

There is a whole host of shops in the north east where you can buy these products. Online turn to FoodLocalFood.com or phone 01388 776186.

Food lovers from around the world have been given the chance to bid on eBay for unique meals and experiences at many of the internationally renowned restaurants featured in this year’s S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, with all proceeds going to the event’s official charity partner, humanitarian aid agency Action Against Hunger.

The charity meal auction was announced by Raymond Blanc, OBE and Ambassador for the charity at a recent prestigious S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony in London.

Each of the participating restaurants has generously donated a meal for two or more people.

In London, top restaurants Hakkasan, Nobu and St John have all created special offers for lucky bidders, including a bespoke menu and matching wines from Alan Yau.

Unique experiences up for grabs include a 12-course tasting menu with matching wines presented by Rene Redzepi, the head chef at Noma in Copenhagen, one of the top three restaurants in the world.

Other scrumptious delights include a specially designed 18-course menu with wines and other special surprises for the lucky bidder of renowned Arzak in Spain, one of the nominated top 10 restaurants.

There is also a chance to tour the famous kitchens at Mugaritz in San Sebastian with head chef, Andoni Aduriz, a top five restaurant, or the opportunity to dine in the exclusive Daniel ‘Skybox’ in New York, an intimate glass dining room suspended above the infamous kitchen.

The auction is split over two allotments. The first features restaurants from the UK, France and Italy amongst other countries and will begin on 21st April at staggered times, lasting 10 days and concluding on 1st May. The second allotment features restaurants from the USA and Spain, amongst others, beginning on 4th May to coincide with The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ celebratory event being held in New York, ending 14th May. Visit myworld.ebay.co.uk/actionagainsthungeruk to view the full list of participating restaurants and place your bid.

Jean-Michel Grand, Action Against Hunger’s Executive Director, comments: “We are absolutely delighted, and immensely grateful, that so many of The S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2009 winners have pledged their support by donating such wonderful ‘once in a lifetime’ meals and experiences, that will undoubtedly make for an exciting auction to help raise much needed funds for Action Against Hunger.”

Action Against Hunger (ACF) is an international humanitarian organisation committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and working with vulnerable populations in over 40 countries worldwide to preserve and restore their livelihoods with dignity.

To view the full list of restaurants taking part in the auction, go to myworld.ebay.co.uk/actionagainsthungeruk