
Time to think about woollies, scarves and bonnets.
Try our famous Panettone be it the Classic
Panettone or the Chocolate Panettone, and why not the Panettone with Marrons
Glace are ready to be delivered to your door.
Panettone is the most popular of all Italian cakes. Panettone means 'big bread. Its origins can be traced back to Milan in the 15th centyry.
Machiavelli’s shelves of Italian food online are bursting with delicious
food and products for you to enjoy at home, with family and friends.
Why not sample our superb Wild
Boar Salami or our fresh Tortelloni
with Porcini Mushrooms?
Enjoy a gourmet visit to our Gâtô selection.

Imported fresh Italian food is Machiavelli’s specialty
Machiavelli is a young, vibrant, innovative company, specialising in importing simply the very best Italian food direct from Italy and now offering it online. Our dedication lies in quality and service, our passion in the belief in the Italian products themselves.
We believe the best food is the freshest; Machiavelli’s food arrives from Italy twice a week by refrigerated transport and is immediately offered online.
Specialist artisan Italian foods presented online by Machiavelli include fresh handmade pastas from Tuscany, cheeses produced with traditional family recipes from Piedmont, alongside first-pressed olive oils by one of the most prestigious producers in Sicily.
The choice of Italian foods offered online is endless balsamic vinegars, prosciuttos and salamis, as well as mouth-watering antipasti's and olives grown in the sun drenched groves of the Mediterranean.
Many of our imported Italian food now offered online are sourced from slow food movement and are D.O.P. (Protected Denomination of Origin) ensuring that the raw ingredients are sourced locally as well as indicating place of origin and I.G.P. (Protected Geographical Origin) ensuring that all production processes conform to specific local traditions.
"Machiavelli...where the beginning, middle and the end of the business is quality"
- Daily Telegraph
You can make your own selection of imported Italian food online as a thoughtful gift to your loved ones, your friends, your colleagues or offer them a Machiavelli Gift Certificate.!
At Machiavelli we welcome your feedback and look forward to reading your product reviews; look for the field at the end of the detail products display page once registered
On imported Italian food online at Machiavelli...
Freeze or preserve the tastes of summer and your well-stocked cupboard will carry you through the barren winter months, says Tom Norrington-Davies
Farro is spelt grain, and it looks a little like a cross between pearl barley and cracked wheat. It is very easy to cook (you can treat it rather like a risotto) and it has a creamy, nutty taste.
A number of readers have asked where to get less well-known Italian foodstuffs such as farro.
The gloriously-named Machiavelli food company supplies by mail order (020 7498 0880; www.machiavellifood.com) onlineshop.