And finally, don't forget to dust off those cooking tomes and grab some inspiration from the experts.

"Elizabeth David is, for me, the don of Christmas cooking, without a shadow of a doubt," says Gizzi. "We might mock her cooking but Fanny Cradock’s Christmas book is amazing. You can’t live without Delia. And Nigella, her ham recipe with coca cola – I’ve been doing that for many years. I change it now, I use mango juice and mango chutney but it's a very similar recipe. I think the great thing about the traditional recipes is you can evolve them as you go on.

"One of the Elizabeth David recipes that I thought was really inspiring was one with a pickled red cabbage with sausage in it. And I thought, what a lovely other way to serve your sausages, your pigs in a blanket – to put them in a cabbage. And it was actually so delicious and beautiful."

Gizzi Erskine is ambassador of The Hepatitis C Trust and hosted a dinner party at Boy George’s house as part of the Hepatitis C Trust’s 'C Party' campaign which has seen celebrities come together to raise awareness and vital funds for the charity. Click here to see more about the campaign 0r to organise your own 'C Party', click here.

Gizzi Erskine's top tips for Christmas