Grand Epicurean Large Gourmet Gift Basket

The Gift Story

Grand Epicurean is made for the occasion when the gift should arrive with real presence and enough variety to share. A large woven wood basket with leather handles is filled with alcohol-free sparkling beverage, chocolate, crackers, crisps, nuts, salumi, olives, fruit, cookies, spreads, and other seasonal sweet and savory favorites.

Send it to a household, office, client, host, friend, or food-loving recipient for a milestone, closing, holiday, thank-you, or thinking-of-you moment. The assortment is broad enough for a group to gather around, while the reusable basket and seasonal faux botanical accent remain after the food has been enjoyed.

The Unboxing Experience

The 21-inch woven basket arrives generously filled, with taller pieces and the sparkling bottle creating height behind layered packages of savory and sweet foods. A small seasonal premium faux botanical accent softens the presentation, while the leather handles and visible basket weave give the recipient something substantial to reuse.

Details at a Glance

Gift Size: Large woven basket approx. 21" W

Presentation: Layered large-format gourmet assortment with a sparkling bottle and seasonal faux botanicals

Gift Box/Basket: Reusable woven wood basket with leather handles

Ribbon: Selected seasonally to complement the finished presentation

Botanical Accent: Small seasonal premium faux botanical accent

Home Fragrance: Not included

Gift Tier: Grand large-format gourmet gift basket

Recipient: Households, offices, teams, clients, hosts, friends, families, and food lovers

Occasions: Client appreciation, office gifting, housewarming, closing, birthday, holiday, thank-you, and thinking of you

Hand Assembled: Yes, in Reno, Nevada

Gift Message: Available at checkout

Corporate Ready: Yes; designed for important clients, teams, offices, milestones, and multi-recipient programs

Included in This Collection

Alcohol-Free Celebration

• One 750 ml bottle of seasonal sparkling alcohol-free beverage

Savory Pantry

• Seasonal salumi
• Gourmet crackers, artisan crisps, and breadsticks
• Green pitted olives
• Seasonal preserve, jam, or savory spread
• Sweet-and-savory olive biscuits or a comparable specialty snack

Sweet Pantry

• Gourmet chocolate bars and chocolate-covered pretzels
• Seasonal shortbread or specialty cookies
• Candied pecans, almonds, or a comparable gourmet nut selection
• Seasonal fruit crisps and chocolate- or cream-dipped fruit

Presentation

• Reusable woven wood basket with leather handles
• Small seasonal premium faux botanical accent
• Protective fill and hand-finished presentation

Why We Chose These Pieces

• The alcohol-free sparkling bottle gives the group a celebratory centerpiece without assuming alcohol preference.
• The savory assortment supports grazing, sharing, and building small bites.
• Chocolate, cookies, nuts, and fruit offer several sweet finishes rather than one dessert.
• The seasonal faux botanical accent makes the basket feel finished before the first package is opened.
• The 21-inch woven basket can be reused for storage, entertaining, or display.

Why This Collection Works

The basket balances sweet, savory, crisp, rich, fruity, and sparkling elements in a large shared presentation, giving households and offices plenty to discover without relying on one flavor or one type of treat.

Gifting Occasions

• Important client and executive appreciation
• Office, team, and shared household gifting
• Housewarmings and real-estate closings
• Birthdays, milestones, and congratulations
• Holiday, thank-you, and thinking-of-you gifts

Beautifully Presented

The gourmet pieces are layered inside a 21-inch woven wood basket with leather handles, protective fill, and a seasonal faux botanical accent. Taller packages and the sparkling bottle form the backdrop while smaller pieces remain visible and inviting.

Personalization & Corporate Gifting

Add a personal message or contact our team about branded cards, recipient lists, delivery timing, and quantities for client, executive, office, closing, and holiday programs. Corporate orders should be planned early.

Shipping & Delivery

Local Reno and Sparks hand delivery and nationwide shipping are available. Rush shipping may be available for an additional $50 when confirmed in advance. Nationwide orders are protected inside an oversized shipping carton for transit.

Mel's Gifting Take

I choose Grand Epicurean when one beautiful item is not enough and the recipient is likely to share. It has the generosity people expect from a large basket, but the woven form and botanical finish keep it from feeling like a stack of snacks.

Before You Send

• This basket includes products that contain or may contain nuts and other common allergens.
• The sparkling beverage is alcohol-free.
• Exact flavors, brands, botanicals, and select pantry items may change seasonally.
• When an item is unavailable, we substitute an item of equal or greater value while preserving the overall balance and presentation.
• Confirm dietary restrictions, delivery timing, and recipient availability before sending.

Ask the Team

Question 1: Is the Grand Epicurean basket large enough for an office or family to share?

Answer: Yes. The approximately 21-inch basket includes a broad sweet-and-savory assortment designed for offices, teams, households, and group gifting.

Question 2: Will every item in my Grand Epicurean basket match the photos?

Answer: Exact flavors, brands, botanicals, and select pantry pieces may rotate seasonally. Any substitution will be of equal or greater value, and the basket's generous scale and overall presentation will remain consistent.

Question 3: Can you send the Grand Epicurean basket as an important client gift?

Answer: Yes. Its large reusable basket, alcohol-free sparkling centerpiece, varied gourmet assortment, and hand-finished presentation make it a strong choice for clients, executives, offices, and milestone programs.

Product Insight

Grand Epicurean is a 21-inch woven gourmet gift basket with alcohol-free sparkling beverage, seasonal sweet and savory foods, leather handles, and a small faux botanical accent.

Local Delivery

We currently offer local delivery within the Reno, Nevada area, approximately 20 miles from our location, for a $15 delivery fee per address.

Local delivery is a wonderful option for gift baskets, gift boxes, and select local orders that need to arrive with a little extra care. Please make sure the delivery address is accurate and complete before placing your order.

Standard Shipping

We ship to the contiguous United States for a flat $9.99 standard shipping fee.

This applies to eligible decor items, individual curated gift items, gift boxes, gift baskets, and select floral arrangements.

Free Shipping + Complimentary Local Delivery

Orders over $275 qualify for free standard shipping or complimentary local delivery when eligible.

Premade Floral Arrangement Shipping

Our custom premade floral arrangements ship directly from our trusted partner vendor. This helps us offer a wider selection of ready-to-gift floral pieces while making sure each arrangement is packed appropriately for transit.

Because these arrangements ship separately from partner inventory, they may arrive in a separate shipment from other items in your order. Processing and transit times may vary slightly depending on the arrangement, availability, and destination.

Rush Shipping

Need your gift to arrive sooner? We offer a rush shipping option for an additional $50 when available. This covers moving your order to the front of the production line, not the carrier's fee.

For express delivery of two days or less, shipping is billed at actual carrier cost, calculated by our team for your specific order and destination. Weight, size, and how far it's going all move that number, so please reach out before you place the order and we'll give you a real figure rather than a guess.

Rush availability may depend on the item, order size, destination, and current production or packing schedule. For custom gifts, large orders, or specialty items, we recommend reaching out first so we can confirm the best timeline.

Processing Times

If a ship date is not selected or requested at checkout, orders typically ship within 3–4 business days from the date of purchase.

In November and December, plan on 5–7 business days. Everything is still made by hand, and there are simply more hands' worth of it during the holidays. Order early and you'll never notice the difference.

Large custom orders, specialty gifts, corporate orders, and more detailed gift baskets and boxes may require additional processing time depending on the size, complexity, product availability, and final presentation.

Corporate orders scale with their size. Fifteen baskets is a different week than fifty. We'll give you a firm timeline when we confirm your order, and we'd rather quote you honestly than quote you fast.

Tracking Information

Once your order ships, tracking information will be provided so you can follow the delivery and know when to keep an eye out.

If your order includes multiple items or a premade floral arrangement shipping from our partner vendor, you may receive more than one tracking number.

Weather & Carrier Delays

Once your order leaves our hands, it's in the carrier's — and the carrier answers to the weather. Snow over the Sierra, ice storms, fog, and the general chaos of late December can all slow a package down, and none of it is something we can hurry along.

We'll always help you track it, and we'll always answer the email. We can build you a beautiful basket or gift box, but we cannot negotiate with the jet stream.

Delivery Responsibility

Once an order is marked as delivered by the carrier, responsibility for the package is released. We are not responsible for stolen packages, packages left unattended, weather exposure after delivery, or orders delivered to an incorrect address provided at checkout.

Please double-check all shipping details before completing your purchase, especially when sending gifts. We are very good at creating thoughtful baskets and boxes, but sadly, we cannot reroute a package once it is already on its way.

Incorrect or Incomplete Addresses

If an address is entered incorrectly — it happens more often than you'd think, usually the sender's own address — or is missing important details such as an apartment, suite, gate code, business name, or recipient information, the order may be delayed, returned, or delivered incorrectly.

Additional shipping fees may apply if an order needs to be reshipped due to an incorrect or incomplete address provided at checkout.

A Note About Gift Timing

If you are sending a gift for a specific date, we recommend ordering as early as possible. We will always do our best to meet requested timing, but carrier delays, weather, holidays, and address issues can affect delivery once a package leaves our hands.

For time-sensitive gifts, local delivery or rush shipping may be the best option when available.

Every basket is built by hand, one at a time, for one person. No algorithm, no assembly line, no warehouse in Ohio. Because of that, all sales are final — no refunds, returns, or exchanges on gift baskets, gift boxes, or shop items.

If something inside isn't quite your taste, pass it along. A good gift rarely stays put anyway.

If something arrives damaged

We'll replace it.

Email contact@biggestlittlebaskets.com within three days of delivery, subject line Damaged Item. Include one photo of the item and one of the shipping box — our carrier requires both to file a claim, and they're immune to our charm without them.

Three days, two photos. That's all we ask.

Corporate & custom orders

Custom work starts the moment you say yes. We source the pieces, hold the inventory, and begin curating — often weeks before anything ships.

As such, corporate and custom orders require a non-refundable 30% deposit to reserve your place on the calendar. It goes straight into your order, not into a void. If plans change, we'll do what we can to move dates, but the deposit stays with the work it's already funded.

Quantity changes are welcome up to 14 days before delivery. And if someone gets added to the list after that, tell us anyway — we'll do everything we can to make room. Somebody always gets added to the list.

The balance is due before shipping or delivery.

Anything else

Questions, concerns, or something we haven't covered here — email us. A real person reads it, and we'd rather hear it from you than read it later.

See our FAQ page for all product related questions