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It’s that time of year again. Yes, the mighty Christmas sandwich is back on your lunch menu.
As is the tradition, the Time Out office staff have boldly taste-tested festive sarnies from a host of independent bakeries, delis and street food stalls across London in order to find the best of the bunch.
According to our esteemed panel, the very best Christmas sandwich in London comes from Camberwell’s Mondo Sando, who can be found in residence at their own Cafe Mondo and the Grove House Tavern pub. Named ‘Kringle Klub’, their winning sandwich contains chicken thigh with crispy skin, brussels sprout kimchi slaw, bacon and apricot stuffing, and gochujang and cranberry hot sauce.
In second place is Deeney’s, the east London-based Scottish toastie team which has spots in Leyton, Walthamstow and Broadway Market (the latter only on Saturdays). Their silver medal-scoring sarnie is a more traditional offering, with turkey, red cabbage, stuffing, brie layer, and a roasted sprout on a stick, alongside cranberry sauce, sage butter and gravy for dipping.
Third place went to a vegetarian Christmas sandwich from Dalston’s Dusty Knuckle, which contains gorgonzola, savoy cabbage, sprout tops, onions and candied rosemary walnuts.
Other bakeries, delis and street food stalls in the round up include Walthamstow’s vegan Coven of Wiches, Stakehaus (which triumphed in this very contest in 2024), north-east London bakery and coffee shop chain Fink’s, Dom’s Subs, Borough Market’s The Black Pig, Gerry’s Hot Subs, and Only Jerkin’.
Find the full list of Time Out’s top Christmas sandwiches in London here.
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