November 30th to December 1st, 11am - 6pm
THE CHELSEA BARRACKS WINTER FAIR 2024
Celebrate the Season
Due to the success of the Spring Fair Artisans market, Chelsea Barracks and House & Garden are bringing back the bustling stalls with a new variety of artisanal products ideal for Christmas shopping & gifting. Visitors can discover a treasure trove of goods from vintage festive decorations & childrens toys, personalised hampers, cards & stationery, to fashion, jewellery, homeware and confectionary. Featured vendors include Moppet UK, Skye McAlpine Tavola, LAMP LDN, La-Eva, Eldon Cashmere, and more.
Visit
Father Christmas in his Grotto
Pre-booked time slots are essential. Children will be able to tell Father Christmas what’s on their Christmas list, and take away a gift.
Sessions are booked per child, if you wish to book for more than one child to see Father Christmas please ensure you book two time slots.
BOOK TICKETS
Festive Workshop
with Skye McAlpine
Join cookery writer Skye McAlpine for a Festive workshop demonstrating how to curate the perfect table scape for your Christmas entertaining.
Tickets for her talk on SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER AT 3PM are on sale now for £15.
BOOK YOUR WORKSHOP TICKETS
Richard Oakes, Chelsea Barracks Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
This event is a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate Christmas while enjoying a variety of exciting activities and attractions.
Discover The Artisans' Market
Join us for two days of festive shopping, book for your little ones to visit Father Christmas, or simply soak up the atmosphere with live choirs and a selection of traditional festive food and drink treats.
With 17 brands curated by Noni Ware from House & Garden you are in for a delight.
Our stall holders are listed below.
LAMP LND
We want to provide a space where you can shop for beautiful things in a way that’s mindful of our planet, and kind to the people on it. Sustainability, for us, doesn’t just mean caring for the natural world around us — we’re committed to the employment, nurture and fair opportunities of the individual beings who work on each and every level of production.
ELDON CASHMERE
Luxury Cashmere products made in Scotland by small independent mills, preserving quality and maintaining tradition. Specialising in cashmere accessories, our Portobello Striped Cashmere Scarf is sold worldwide makes the prefect gift for anyone.
SKYE MCALPINE TAVOLA
Skye is the author of two cookbooks and writes a regular recipe column for The Sunday Times and contributes to a number of publications around the world, including Vogue, the Daily Telegraph and Vanity Fair.
She designed a tabletop collection for Anthropologie in 2020, and partnered with Papier in 2021 on a table stationery collection that includes menu cards, place cards, note cards and a recipe journal - small touches to help make each meal feel even more special. Tavola - an edit of those essential pieces for the table - brings to life the pages of her cookbooks, and is Skye's first collection in her name only.
PINK PIGLET
We design jewellery that empowers, uplifts, and endures, using only recycled gold vermeil and sustainably sourced natural gemstones and pearls.
Believing in the healing power of crystals, Millie's earrings consist of a variety of ethically sourced gemstones from India, cut and polished by skilled Indian craftsmen, embodying the rich Indian heritage. Gemstones are believed to hold metaphysical properties, altering moods and providing remedies for a spectrum of ailments.
THE CHRISTMAS LARDER
The Christmas Larder presents a scrumptious, seasonal selection of festive foodie treats and gift hampers. Founded by Zoë Ferreira she has channeled her years of experience in the retail and hospitality industry in London and New York to curate a tantalizing catalogue of artisan makers.
We are delighted to present to you a showcase of our festive gift hampers, giving you the unique opportunity to see the beautiful products in person before you order.
MOPPET
Moppet is a multi-award-winning children's homeware store curating sustainable vintage and folk art gifts and decor for nurseries and playrooms. Be it a one-of-a-kind handmade tapestry or a magical vintage toy, Moppet treasures make the most perfect heirloom gifts fit to be handed down through generations.
THE TOLSTOY EDIT
Discover Alexandra Tolstoy’s favourite hand made designs, from Christmas cards and wrapping paper, to vintage decorations and embroidered dresses. Inspired by her heritage and travels through Central Asia, The Tolstoy Edit collection showcases the finest folk traditions and craftsmanship.
THE SOURCING TABLE
The Sourcing Table are a specialist in artisanal and boutique winemakers, with a focus on organic and natural wines. They aim to help consumers discover ‘the new fine wines’ – the under-the-radar producers of today who they expect to become wine superstars in the future. They love to find great wines from off the beaten track, whether in origin or style, but they retain a healthy respect and admiration for the classic styles and regions.
SOUTH KENSINGTON BOOKS
South Kensington Books is an independent bookshop in the heart of South Kensington's museum quarter.
There has been a bookshop on the site on Thurloe St since the 1940s but the bookshop in its current guise has been trading since 2011. To this day we continue the tradition of sourcing great books at great value for the local community and the many visitors to South Kensington.
MASION MARGAUX
Founded by a team of industry experts, Maison Margaux is a luxury British homeware brand that travels the world sourcing everything you need for beautiful entertaining, including crockery, linens, cutlery, candleware and accessories. A successful online sales platform is complemented by a rental service that creates bespoke tablescapes for any occasion. With a mantra of ‘Buy the classics and hire the trends’ Maison Margaux encourages its customers to buy forever pieces and then return to rent seasonal updates.
VICTORIA CATOR
A range of home fragrances nostalgic with the scent of memory, the brief glimpses of the past that we can suddenly conjure to bring depth to the present, Victoria Cator has put together complex fragrances to stir our senses, catch our emotions and give us evocative experiences.
KATIE LEAMON
Established in 2010, Katie Leamon is a family run greetings card & stationery brand based in London. With a luxury range of hand printed greetings cards, luxury wrap & ribbons as well as a variety of stationery gifting, we create beautiful products with tangible craftsmanship.
THE VINTAGE LIST
The Vintage List has created a collection of beautiful glassware, inspired by 19th century and early 20th century English designs.
The Vintage List was set up in 2015 by London based couple, Henry & Camilla. We started The Vintage List because we wanted to reproduce some of the wonderful glassware that we used to find when searching around English antique markets and salerooms.
All of our glassware is handmade from lead-free crystal. The glass is mouth blown into moulds and then hand-engraved on fast turning wheels. It is time-consuming and skilful work, which makes each glass unique.
GINGERLILY
British silk specialist, Gingerlily, has been creating its luxurious collection of bed linen, silk filled bedding, nightwear and accessories for nearly two decades. Designed in-house and expertly made using only the finest quality silk – our pure strand mulberry silk is naturally hypoallergenic helping to promote natural and restful sleep. Recognised as the leading name in silk bedding and present in more than 23 countries worldwide, Gingerlily is available from the world’s premier department stores as well as leading specialist and independent retailers.
LA-EVA
An ethical, sensorial brand inspired by nature, fragrance and a love of art. La-Eva sits at the forefront of the changing beauty landscape, offering high integrity amenities and spa treatments underpinned by a thoughtful, aspirational wellbeing philosophy.
The La-Eva product range is designed to elevate rituals of self-care, drawing on fine natural ingredients brought together to treat body and mind as one.
ODE TO JOY FLOWER CO.
Ode To Joy Flowers Co. is an fine art floral studio with its atelier located in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Renowned for its opulent, organic and romantic aesthetic, the brand specialises in creating custom floral designs for private events, weddings, and special occasions, as well as floral decor for private residences. Drawing inspiration from the seasons, Yana, the visionary behind the brand, focuses on the use of colour to ensure her designs have a remarkable visual impact. Ode to Joy takes pride in its commitment to sustainability, supporting local flower farms and exclusively crafting foam free designs.
Sedere
Sedere: To sit, to remain, to settle.
Celebrating craft colour and conviviality, Sedere bespoke fireplace fenders are a modern interpretation of the classic English Country fender.
Hand crafted in rural Rutland. Each fender is entirely bespoke and made to measure in a choice of any colour and fabric with the option of interchangeable tops.
We believe a fender frames a fireplace whilst seamlessly providing extra seating for friends and loved ones or even a perch for Santa to sip his sherry.
