Harry & David to Offer Colicchio Kitchen Gourmet Pantry Items to Home Chefs
Award-winning chef, cookbook author, and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio has teamed up with Harry & David to bring his culinary creativity and expertise to the brand’s celebrated gourmet offerings. This new relationship sets the stage for delivering elevated cooking inspiration and exclusive culinary experiences to create remarkable meals at home.
As part of the collaboration, Colicchio will lend his expertise with exclusive video content featuring recipes, culinary insights, and new cooking experiences using premium gourmet offerings from Harry & David. His involvement will offer fresh perspectives and creative ideas for those looking to elevate their meals and create memorable moments around the table.
Home cooks can also purchase from a collection of authentic, Italian-inspired gifts and pantry essentials with Harry & David’s Colicchio Kitchen curation. The Colicchio Collection features gourmet cooking and pairing sauces inspired by six different regions in Italy (Abruzzo, Calabria, Liguria, Piemonte, Sicily, and Trentino) and must-haves for the pantry, all to make holiday entertaining a breeze. There are also gift sets focused on Italian-themed meals, from a Piemonte box with all the fixings for risotto to “Brunch the Italian Way” with the essentials needed to make the spicy baked dish “Eggs in Purgatory”. Recipe cards are included with codes to access cooking videos, making it easy for anyone with basic skills to prepare a restaurant-quality meal at home.
This collaboration also features exclusive content designed to spark creativity and inspire everyone, from novice cooks to aspiring chefs, to explore new flavors and connect through food. Chef Tom Colicchio shares his culinary expertise through engaging videos and recipes crafted to make home cooking both enjoyable and approachable. Harry & David shoppers can watch Colicchio introduce the collection in a special video and try their hand at his featured recipe for Eggs in Purgatory—a classic Italian baked dish perfect for brunch. For holiday hosts, Tom offers invaluable tips in a blog article on holiday entertaining, including his number one takeaway: prep ahead to make the day stress-free.
“I’ve always believed that food has the incredible ability to bring people together and create lasting connections," says Colicchio. "Harry & David shares that same belief, which is why I’m so excited to be working with this iconic brand. Together, we’ll inspire home cooks to elevate their meals and create meaningful moments around the table.”
This collaboration marks the beginning of a shared mission to inspire connection and creativity through exceptional food with exciting developments to come, including exclusive video content, recipes, and more. As this collaboration unfolds, more fresh culinary inspiration and solutions will make home cooking even more enjoyable.
“By teaming up with Tom, we’re reinforcing our ongoing commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality food experiences,” says Joseph Rowland, President, Harry & David. “Working with Tom, whose culinary vision perfectly aligns with our own, is an exciting next step in building on our 90-year legacy of bringing people together through gourmet food.”
Colicchio’s new cookbook and memoir, Why I Cook, available now, shares an exclusive look inside the mind and kitchen of the beloved restaurateur and TV personality. In this book, Tom chronicles the dishes and memories that have shaped him as a person and chef. From gorgeous recipe shots to images from Tom’s childhood, Why I Cook is the most personal look into Tom’s life yet.