Luxe Kitchen Experience Custom Holiday Gifts

At Marigold & Grey, we love helping our clients create memorable and meaningful gifts that leave a lasting impression. We are always honored when clients return to us year after year for their custom business gifting needs and love the challenge that it presents to create a new gift design that is just as exciting as past gifts while being fresh and still on brand. For our corporate client Aramark, we were tasked with designing a custom gifting experience for their top-tier clients to express appreciation during the holiday season. The challenge was clear: the gifts needed to be professional, on-brand, and, above all, enjoyable for everyone to use.

With a focus on sophistication and functionality, we crafted a luxe kitchen themed gift that perfectly captured Aramark’s goal aesthetic. We leaned into darker and neutral tones to align with their branding, while adding mixed metal accents to elevate the overall look. The result? A beautifully balanced business gift design that felt both elegant and practical.

A Luxe Kitchen Experience for the Holidays

The foundation of these custom holiday gifts was a chic, pine wood gift box, the perfect neutral base to allow the gift contents to shine. Inside each gift box was a marble double salt cellar and a sleek stainless steel cheese knife set, establishing the perfect starting point for a kitchen-themed gift. These timeless, high-quality items not only offer everyday functionality but also add a touch of sophistication to any home.

Once the essential items were in place, we added a curated selection of complementary gift items to enhance the overall experience for the recipient. A set of salt and pepper seasonings along with bottles of artisan olive oil and balsamic vinegar will make cooking at home feel a bit more special and elevated.

For finishing touches to each gift set, we added a stylish glass cruet, wrapped in a striped Turkish tea towel and a mini brass bowl to complement the cheese knives. Each piece was thoughtfully selected to help elevate the home cooking experience for each recipient by adding elegant and stylish items to their kitchen that will last long after the gifts are opened.

To tie each gift together, we included a custom-branded gift tag and notecard so that each gift had a personal touch. Aramark provided a set of books to be included with each gift that we placed on top of the boxes and tied everything together with satin ribbon for a polished look.

Let's take a look at the secret recipe behind these high end kitchen experience custom client holiday gifts...

The goal of this custom gift was not just to impress but to provide a thoughtful and functional set of items that would continue to delight long after the holiday season. From the kitchen tools to the gourmet ingredients, each piece was selected with care to ensure the recipient could enjoy it both immediately and in the long term.

If you are interested in creating custom client appreciation gifts, custom holiday gifts, or custom employee gifts, reach out to our design team for a complimentary brainstorming session, and let us help you take your business gifting to the next level.

Happy corporate holiday gifting!

3 WAYS TO DO GIFTING WITH MARIGOLD & GREY

When it comes to corporate gifting, gifts for your business, or gifts for your company's employees, clients or events, there are three unique ways to gift with Marigold & Grey.

#1: Custom Gift Design Service

If you're interested in elevated branded gifts for your company for employee appreciation, holiday or any corporate event in between, please get in touch with us to ask about our custom corporate gift design services. We'd love to work with you or your team to create something that reflects your company's brand with limitless options for customization to include branding the packaging, gift contents, printed collateral, and more. 

#2: Add-Your-Own-Logo Program (i.e. Semi-Custom Gifts)

In addition to custom gift design, we also offer a thoughtful semi-custom gift design program with low order minimums and your company's logo and brand on each gift you send. Our Add-Your-Own-Logo Program is perfect for businesses that want to send company branded gifts either all at once for an event or particular marketing campaign OR throughout the year, on demand as you need them, for special occasions like employee appreciation, birthdays, client thank-you gifts, and more.

#3: Ready-to-Ship Collection in our Online Shop

For curated gift sets and themed gift baskets that are easy to send for any occasion in life or work, don't forget to shop our curated collection of ready-to-ship gift boxes with quick turnarounds and no order minimums. These ship out within 1-3 business days; rush next-day shipping is also available at checkout.

Images: Lissa Ryan Photography