My parents moved to Spain over a decade ago and although it’s not a million miles away, we don’t get to spend much time together. We miss birthdays, Christmas and Mother’s and Father’s Day. This year my parents celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary, in fact, in a couple of weeks. As it’s in term time, yet again we can’t celebrate on the day together. But later today I’m picking them up from the airport so we can celebrate their anniversary a couple of weeks early with my brother and his family too. But I’m a real Daddy’s girl, always have been, and we’ll be having a double celebration and will be Celebrating Father’s Day with Hotel Chocolat too.
What do Dad’s really want for Father’s Day? Well, I’m sure my Dad will say, nothing if asked, especially now he lives abroad, but for a change it will be nice to surprise him with a little treat, maybe he’ll even share.
What do you buy a 74-year-old who has everything he wants? With him living overseas if I post something, it needs to be small! As they’ll be here for a week, I know my Mum will have packed their case to the brim, so large gifts are also out of the question. I know he loves chocolates but doesn’t get to eat them very often these days, so I just know that the Father’s Day Sleekster selection box from Hotel Chocolat will go down very well. It will be a totally unexpected surprise and I can’t wait to see his reaction.
Filled with 27 different milk, dark, white and caramel chocolate, including pralines and desserts I know he’s going to love the Eton Mess and Caramel Cheesecake. I can’t wait to surprise him. Sssh! Can you keep a secret?
Now my 7 year old Monkey and I always struggle with presents for Daddy P.
He’s a workaholic with few hobbies and he doesn’t really drink. Throw in the fact he has size 14 feet and you can’t even get him novelty socks! But he has a weakness and we can always guarantee that he will always enjoy celebrating Father’s Day with Hotel Chocolat. He is a total chocoholic after all. I know he will devour the Father’s Day H-Box selection box. Actually, I think he’d rather have some nice chocolates than anything else.
The Fudge Sundae and Florentine Isabelle will be his favourite picks. I know he’s going to love this alternative idea for a Father’s Day gift.
What would you pick for your Dad or partner this Father’s Day? Hotel Chocolat certainly have a number of ideas to please any chocolate loving Dad.
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I’ll be surprising my hubby with a great lie in and breakfast in bed with the kids.
I’ll be surprising my dad with a personalised ‘tee-time’ mug (he is a keen golfer!)
A day trip to go quad-biking, should be a lot of fun
I will be popping round to there’s with love and gifts 😀
Not sure yet, me & my 3 sisters normally all put in to get him a nice present.
With presents & a family lunch to cheer us all up 🙂 x
Me and me children will cook him his favourite dinner have gotten him his favourite drink so he can sit and relax.
my boys enjoy making their daddy gifts and cards to surprise him with x
Breakfast in bed, open pressies from the kids and then a nice family day out
A lovely home cooked meal and a few surprise presents!
My dad loves chocolate brazil nuts and also a lovely bottle of red wine
We never do anything special, my family aren’t into that, they don’t like going out for meals
A lovely bottle of whiskey!
I will be surprising my husband with a brew ( I never make him one) x
we will all go on a fab day out
Chocolates and a lovely meal.
With birthday presents – it’s not JUST fathers day that day!
Dad’s 85 and loves a home cooked roast with a fresh cranberry trifle loves fresh flowers and chocolate too so he’ll be getting royally spoilt by me
A home cooked meal
We have invited my father in law to the house and we are having a surprise BBQ (weather permitting!)
Coffee and cake, and some chocolates to take home. If it’s not too hot for chocolates.
Unfortunately my dad passed away when i was young but my son and i will be spoiling my husband with some goodies and lunch at his favourite restaurant in town.
Beer and a very lazy day
My son will make a father’s day card for his dad and another for his grandad xx
We take my dad out for a family lunch and he likes some guinness
With nice food and lots of beer! Also dad love his chocolate so have to stock up. 🙂
with beer and chocs and a curry
I will be sending my dad a couple of pressies in the post and of course a card….
giving him sweets and chocolates and free use of the remote!
I’ll be surprising my husband with a special meal.
home cooked meal with all the kids x
Lie in and cuddle with the kids and their daddy, a present and something hand made from the boys
we will be having a nice family meal
I have arranged a BBQ for the whole family, 3 generations together x
We are usually away on holiday on Father’s Day, so we always send him something different from wherever we are!
I don’t think there’s any big surprises in store — we all know we’re having a nice family get-together and a meal out. But even if it isn’t a surprise, it’ll still be a good time 🙂
Taking hubby for a pub lunch
I will be giving my dad his favourite chocolates and sweets.
A Supercar Driving Experience.
I will be gifting my dad presents and also birthday presents as it’s his birthday on the same day!
We taking my dad to the Peak District he loves walking then we are taking him for a pub lunch
Not sure yet how I’ll be surprising my dad.. he does love a bit of hotel chocolat so these would be perfect!
TAKING THEM ON A LONG WALK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE TO TA LOCAL INN FOR A MEAL
Will be surprising my dad this Fathers Day, with a cake at the resturant as its his 80th as well
I’ll be surprising my dad with a breakfast in the garden
taking my dad to france for a weekend trip
A pub lunch and a bottle of his favourite whiskey
with a nice meal out in the New Forest
We’ll be visiting my Dad with cards and beer (!) and my kids will get their Dad some chocolates and home made cards 🙂
Am taking my partner out for lunch with the kids.
My kids are going to make their dad breakfast in bed
lunch in the pub and a pint or two!
A day trip to the seaside.
A full works breakfast!
There’s a local Sci-Fi event on fathers day every year here, it’s great! We’ve got him tickets for that, and we’ll treat him to a huge burger too!
I’ll buy my Dad some nice beers and take him out for dinner!
Meal with all family together
we will go for a carvery and then a nice afternoon walk in the country
Getting my dad a day’s sports car hire and hotel stay.
We will be surprising him with breakfast out – a proper full English and a nice coffee
we will go for a nice pub lunch somewhere
My children will be spoiling their dad with presents
I’ll be surprising my dad with a lovely pub meal
A trip to the pub and a country walk!
A nice family meal followed y va few pints.
Surprising my dad by actually sending him something before I go on holiday!
A bottle of his favourite Single Malt Whisky and a nice meal
breakfast in bed
I am hoping the weather is going to be lovely for fathers day! I am going to buy some steak for my Dad and my partner and fire up the BBQ! Lovely! 🙂
We normally go for a pub lunch somewhere down by our local river
PRAY FOR DAD
I’ll be buying some personalised gifts to make it extra special
We will be giving them a nice gift card to buy some new clothes and baking them a yummy cake to enjoy.
With a lovely family meal
We’ll be trying to give daddy a rest for the day!
Dad loves visiting the garden centre so i`ll take him there for fathers day.
making my dad a cake
I think we will go out for a lovely meal
I will be taking my dad for a lovely meal in Broadstairs, someone he loves
I’ll be helping our daughter (almost 3yrs old) to make breakfast in bed for her Daddy. We’ll give it to him with a photo frame that will have been handmade by our daughter, then we’ll take him out for a surprise lunch. We’ll also surprise my Dad with lunch too as my parents are visiting us coincidentally on Fathers Day! I love both of those men so much! ❤xx
I’m still in the thinking stage about what to get my Dad, but I’m contemplating a day karting together!
I’ll be surprising my partner by attempting to cook dinner!
My Dads beloved BBQ broke recently so I’m surprising him by buying him a new one!
I will be making my dad his favourite cake as a surprise
we will all be getting together for a family meal with my dad x
we usually go out for a meal
Alcohol usually goes down well
A big fried English breakfast
A nice gift
Breakfast in bed
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A few good books to read and a lovely cooked meal
I’m not close to my Dad & our kids are old enough to surprise Hubby themselves. Knowing them they will buy him some Whisky & a good film. They also always give him socks first so he thinks thats all he’s got!
I plan on getting my dad a new garden set. He loves gardening
I’ve baked two cakes with my little boy. One for Daddy and one for Grandad…I’m certain they WILL love them 😉 x
I’ll hopefully be surprising my fiance with a positive pregnancy test!
lovely photos and fab giveaway i going to be cooking a meal for my partner for father’s day x
I bought my dad an outside pizza oven
The children are going to make Breakfast in bed for Daddy
A nice meal out
I always get my dad Irish whiskey he loves a glass of Paddy and red. This year I’m taking him go-karting aswell, he’s abit of a thrill seeker.
My dad lives at the other end of the country from me so I’ll be sending him his presents and giving him a call in the afternoon
We’ve got hubby a personalised gift with the kiddies hand prints – they’ve kept it a secret so far!
I’m hoping to arrange a nice meal out for the hubby at his favourite restaurant and for my dad i will be buying him something special
by not getting them anything! That would be a surprise!
I’m planning to make a nice meal for my husband and kids so we can all be together. I’m sure they will have got him some nice presents so it will be nice to be all together.
Hopefully with a bbq
Hopefully with a box of Hotel Chocolat! 😉
I will be driving up to him to take him out for a meal!
I will be cooking a nice meal
With chocolates and lots of treats
Taking my Dad out for a curry 🙂
Some railway books and some choccys!
I am going to be taking My Dad out for lunch
Making a special lunch for both my parents.
We’ll be travelling back from Tenerife on Father’s Day and I think my husband will assume I’ve forgotten, but I’ve got a card and present from our little one hidden away for him in my hand luggage.
Dinner at my Dads favourite restaurant 🙂
Hopefully with these chocolates !;)
I’m getting my dad a nice bottle of whiskey and taking him out for Sunday lunch.
My children and I will be taking my hubby out for a nice family lunch. Thanks for the giveaway.
day at the pub
Roast dinner and craft beers
I’m hoping to be surprised this year.
with a surprise visit (we live 400 miles apart!) shh … don’t tell him though!
just with a present and card.
Not sure yet, am thinking of packing up a picnic lunch and having a pootle about, weather permitting.
A meal together with the family
Meal out for my dad
By actually speaking to my partner when he gets out of bed, I’m not a morning person
I’ll be taking my dad out to dinner.
I’ll take my dad for a nice curry 😀 he would love that xxx
Will take my husband and kids out for a nice meal.
I will take my dad, husband and kids out for a meal. I pay for my day and the kids pay for my husband. The classic domino act.
Breakfast in bed 🙂
i treat my dad to tickets to Motorbike racing.
My daughter will be asking her Step Dad to give her away at her wedding in August
Cooking him a nice meal.
with a hug and a card!
I will cook my husband a nice meal
a nice home cooked meal
a surprise visit for my dad
There’s only me now, so I’ll just have a good thought for those who’ve gone. Thanks
We will be going out for the day
Will be taking my step dad out for a meal!
I’m working this Father’s day so I’ll surprise my hubby, Dad and Father-in-law by taking them out for a nice meal a week early ! 🙂
I’m getting him a subscription to a local magazine that he really enjoys reading. Knowing that this will pop through his letterbox each month will remind him of our love.
I’m going to record my 4 year old singing a song and email it to her grandad to surprise and embarrass him at work
I will be surprising my dad with a ginger cake 🙂
A nice family meal 🙂
The way to anyone’s heart is through their stomach so my little girls and I will be making a variety of homemade goodies. Banoffee pie for Daddy, Fruit Cake for Great Grandad and Rum & Raisin Fudge for my Stepdad. We’ll be giving them out at a nice family meal x
With a Sunday lunch, in our favourite pub.
With his favourite meal and a day of pampering
Lots of sweets and chocolates and a favourite family meal
We will be going out for a nice meal x
A nice meal, Guinness & chocolates and some fun with the kids.
With his favourite beer!
with a surprise meal out!
Hopefully with a lovely meal out
A surprise barbecue in the garden (weather permitting).
I hope to surprise my Dad with a new bottle of whiskey!
I always do pictures because memories last forever <3
Our eldest boy has choice a present and wants to hide it so hide and seek for daddy
Helping my son spoil his daddy
We will be doing Fathers day the following weekend this year as my Husband is going away to Le Mans for a treat with his friends so we will do a Family BBQ and lots of snuggles with the children for him a week later
A nice meal xx
we are going to surprise hubby with breakfast in bed followed by a country walk, and a
I will be taking my dad out for a nice meal.
a nice meal out
It’s not really a surprise but am going to let my partner put his feet up for the day and cook him a nice dinner.
Lots of nice useful (he prefers useful) presents and a meal out in the afternoon x
I will be going down to visit him and this would be a great gift to take with me the last time i saw him was november 2014 at my wedding so this will be a big suprise for him
With presents & a family lunch.
This year we have some special friends of my dads sharing the Day coming all the way from the USA – what a surprise that will be!
we’ll be taking our dad out for a nice meal 🙂
We are on holiday with my Dad this Father’s Day. Looking forward to treating him to dinner and spending some quality time together
The usual family get together over a celebration meal 🙂 x
By doing some gardening for him while he is away!
With a special trip out to the cinema.
I bought my dad a supercar driving experience
I’m really not sure? Maybe we’ll go out for lunch or I’ll cook a special meal.
My hubby’s working on Father’s Day so I’ll be treating him to a lovely meal once he gets home.
My hubby can have a lie in while I make him breakfast with the kids, then out for a nice lunch 🙂
I’ll be taking the old man to the pub, not much of a surprise however!
lovely presents, out for a pub lunch and some family time.
I’ve managed to find some violet and rose creams, which are my Dad’s favourite. They are quite expensive, so a real treat.
With lots of jelly babies and shortbread
with a card a present
with tickets for his favourite band
baking a cake for my dad
Oh my god, I haven’t even planned! Probably some personalised t-shirts for my dad & husband!
A family brunch
I’m sending him a whiskey hamper.
my hubby will be spending fathers day cheering on his sons as they compete for our local athletics club…but we are surprising him with a meal at his favourite restaurant on the way home.
Breakfast in bed!
A nice pressie and a meal
My Dad is visiting so I will take us all out for dinner
We are having a surprise meal for my husband and Dad
Go out for a meal 🙂
Making Dad his fave Sticky Toffee Pudding with tons of Custard
A MEAL 😀
Breakfast in bed
I’ve made a fathers day card with my great nephew for his dad (my nephew) hes a great dad but his ex never gets him a fathers day card from his son
Me and my daughter will e keeping up the tradition we started last year (when she was only 4 days old) of a lovely card with her foot & handprints as signatures and a little photo book of her and daddy’s special moments from the past year…..last years is full of scan and bump pictures and the moment she was born and daddy first got to meet her, this years is proving a hard task to choose from the piles of special moments we’ve created 🙂
I’ll probably be taking my daughter to a friend’s birthday party so my husband has some time to himself.
I plan to help the kids make a homemade gift for their daddy.
Yes, I will definitely be getting my dad a gift and also hubby a gift from our son 🙂
I am cooking for my Dad and close family
A meal out
A meal out with the family.
My dad died in a fire when i was 17 some 36 years ago so i just have a fee silents thoughts on fathers day to remember him.
I am taking my dad out for a surprise meal .x
Myself and the children are surprising their dad with a nice meal and lots of presents and cards
not sure yet. probably a meal out.
on holiday so have already booked a table in his favourite pub
Spoil them with lovely food
I will have my Dad and Mum and partner’s Mum round for a lunch.
With a new bike. Will be a wonderful surprise.
With a handmade card from the little ones 🙂
going for a meal
Its my 30th on Fathers day so this year we’re all just going for a meal and a nice afternoon 🙂
I will be flying back from my holiday on saturday so on sunday mum and dad will be coming over for dinner and I will be cooking him salt marsh lamb which is one of his faves and some kind of chocolate pudding.
We are going to the coast for the day, and enjoy a delicious seafood lunch…his favourite! x
Breakfast in bed and a day of waiting on him hand and foot x
I’m sending my Dad some beer & a voucher for a game of golf for Hubby
family day ouy out and loads of gifts for my dad and my fiance from our daughter
With a surprise unexpected visit 😉
My dad’s on holiday, returning home on Father’s Day. The first thing he’ll do is check that the Sky box recorded the Canadian Grand Prix. When he opens his cards, he’ll find tickets to the British Grand Prix. I think he’ll be happy!
The All Dark Collection looks rather nice but then so do many others.
Home cooked meal with lots of Dad’s and Grandad’s favourites
Taking my dad out for fish and chips in Northumberland
I will be making my Dad a cake and buying him a bottle of his favourite wine. My husband is going to be taken out for dinner by me!
Breakfast in bed
I’ll be surprising hubby with breakfast in bed, then present and card opening and a BBQ in the garden (weather permitting)
By not making them go on a lovely walk
I will be getting up super early to make the other half a pack up as he’s going to a car festival on Father’s Day
It’s my first grandchild’s 1st Birthday tea on Father’s Day, so Grandad and Daddy will have to share their day with little Oliver – I’m sure they’ll love it!
the boys are planning breakfast in bed already, they are making a wee menu etc
I’m not sure yet! We do normally include a mini slab of dark chocolate from HC as it’s his favourite!
As a single mum of 2 kids we usually spend the day together whether it be a day at the beach or a day out to a museum. We have loads of fun.
Cinema and a meal 😀 is our Fathers Day ritual
Im thinking of taking my dad out for a drink, just the 2 of us 🙂
i’ll be surprising my partner with a bottle of whisky and my dad with a box of his favourite choccies
Cooking Sunday lunch for Dad
Surprise visit to my dad with his presents 🙂
With Lego!
We are taking my husband and my dad out to have a stadium tour and a meal at the football club my dad has supported all his life. Unfortunately hubby supports the opposition ;o) but I’m sure he’ll enjoy it regardless
A nice relaxed family day enjoying a few games together and treating hubby.
I’m going to get my dad an old version of a comic he really liked 🙂
A lovely slap up steak dinner
I have brought my dad the “Book of Everything” personalised to him, because my dad is the BEST.
I’ve booked a weekend away for myself, hubby and the kids in Devon x
a lovely dinner