Italian restaurant group Carluccio’s will be hosting festive pop-up food shops around the UK over the Christmas period.

The pop-ups will be hosted in towns and cities that have already restaurants to give customers a chance to buy gifts from its gourmet Italian range.

From mid-November Carluccio’s will run pop-up shops in Bath, Bluewater, Bromley, Cardiff, Chester, Gateshead, Glasgow, Leicester, London’s Liverpool Street station and in Mayfair, Manchester’s Arndale and Trafford centres, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Reading, Leamington Spa, Tunbridge Wells, Shrewsbury and Wimbledon.

The pop-ups will sell gift boxes, stocking fillers, advent calendars, Christmas crackers as well as to regional specialities.

As part of its festive campaign Carluccio’s will have a Christmas menu from today until 4 January. The three-course Italian Christmas menu includes twists on Italian classics with wines and liquors to match the dishes.