The 10 Best food coolers

If there's one thing that should always travel in a cool bag, it's ice cream. This bag, adorned with some of the best ice creams of all time (although unfortunately Fabs are missing) is one way to carry your lollies in style, or bitterly disappoint your children when they just find sandwiches inside.

£25, johnlewis.com

2. Botanist Wicker Wine Cooler

For the thirsty picnicker, this wicker wine cooler is perhaps the most sophisticated way to justify a daytime tipple. The bag, or rather, basket, can fit two bottles of plonk and even comes with a waiters' friend.

£35, johnlewis.com

3. Thermos Radiance

From the original name in insulation, this 15l cool bag won't let you, or your food, down. With a capacity big enough to fit 24 cans, a comfortable shoulder strap, a free 400gm freeze board and plenty of extra pouches and pockets, it really is fantastic value for money.

£14.95, thermosonline.co.uk

4. Vacanza Coolbox

A seriously cool piece of kit, the Vacanza electric coolbox by Outwell can keep its contents up to 20 degrees cooler than the outside temperature. It can run off 12v and 230v power supplies and, should the summer weather take a turn for the worse, also keep food warm up to 60 degrees.

£64.99, halfords.com

5. Igloo Maxcold Cooler

An aptly named cooler from a highly regarded brand among campers and caravaners. Essentially a portable fridge, the box can keep ice frozen for five days in the desert. It has a big capacity and is able to fit 72 cans.

£74.99, johnscross.co.uk

6. Sigg Thermo

A classic thermal flask from the Swiss manufacturer Sigg. The design comes in a range of colours and is exactly the kind of high quality kit you'll buy once and take with you on trips for a lifetime.

£19.95, sigg.com

7. Thermos Food Jar

A great portable food container that will keep your grub tasting fresh. The screw top, leak proof lid will keep your soup from spilling, and the rubberised shock absorbing base means it can stand up to all manner of countryside scrambles.

£29.95, outdoorandcountry.co.uk

8. Les The Cooler Bag

A cooler bag that scoffs at the tacky, brightly coloured designs that most come in and instead takes its lead from city-style courier or office bags. Made from the natural insulator that is high quality Herdwick wool the tried and tested sack can keep ice packs frozen for up to eight hours.

£95, homeofmillican.com

9. Compact Lunch Box Bag

Made out of neoprene – the strange material usually used to make wetsuits – this colourful compact lunch box bag is perfect for working lunches. It looks a lot smarter, and a lot more fun than Tupperware and is just as tough; it's washable, stain resistant and insulated.

£29.95, notonthehighstreet.com

10. Kids Konserve Insulated Lunch Bag

A smart, eco-friendly, insulating lunch sack that comes in a selection of stylish patterns and is made out of recycled plastic bottles. They're tall enough inside to stack food upright and include a pocket for napkins, or vital condiments. Great for school pack lunches.

£18, notonthehighstreet.com

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The 10 Best wine coolers

It's pricy, but this state-of-the-art stainless-steel wine cooler is as classy, chic and stylish as they come. Designed by Swedish architect Thomas Sandell, it's also timeless and comes in a posh box, which makes it a great present.

£100, johnlewis.com

2. Culinary Concepts

This elegant, leather-handled wine cooler comfortably holds two bottles of wine or champagne, keeping them both perfectly chilled. Great for parties or dinner parties, it looks the part and there's a matching pitcher, ice bucket and flutes, should you want to complete the set.

£124.95, culinaryconcepts.co.uk

3. Dartington

This elegant glass wine cooler from Dartington is a sophisticated way to keep your wine at the optimum temperature, even when you're at the table. It can also be used as an ice bucket to keep other drinks icy fresh.

£47, dartington.co.uk

4. Mason Cash

Mason Cash is best known for its traditional mixing bowls, but its ceramic wine coolers are also impressive and work well in the kitchen or dining room. The terracotta shade gives it a nice rustic look in a natural colour scheme.

£6.99, dunelm-mill.com

5. Cellardine Flexicles

Keeping wine boxes chilly has never been easy for those who don't have the luxury of a mammoth fridge. This nifty cooler stays flat-packed in the freezer until required and and actively chills warm three- and four-litre wine boxes within minutes.

£9, amazon.co.uk

6. Lakeland

Freeze the wrap to cool white wine or pop it in the microwave for up to 90 seconds before wrapping it around your bottle of red to make it the perfect drinking temperature. Thanks to the Velcro wrap, it's also suitable for champagne bottles.

£9.99, lakeland.co.uk

7. Barcraft

Here's a no-nonsense wine cooler that's a simple and inexpensive way of keeping your Pinot Grigio or Chenin Blanc chilled without having to trek back to the fridge every time you want to top up your glass. The double-walled acrylic design is unobtrusive and effective.

£8.99, lakeland.co.uk

8. Corkcicle

This revolutionary new concept keeps white wine the perfect temperature and brings reds that are too warm down to cellar temperature. It's ideal if you find traditional wine coolers too bulky. Once used, rinse and pop back in the freezer.

£20, heals.co.uk

9. Royal Doulton

No, this isn't a vase, although you could be forgiven for thinking it is. Crafted from a mix of materials including glass, ceramic and stainless steel, it's part of Royal Doulton's "Pop in for drinks" range that includes glasses, cocktail utensils and more.

£50, johnlewis.com

10. Le Creuset

Increase the odds of your friends opening the good bottle of wine that you bring them (as opposed to their keeping yours and opening a cheaper one they bought instead) with this transportable cooler sleeve. It works on a variety of bottle shapes and sizes.

£15, lecreuset.co.uk

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