If you want to wine and dine your valentine at home this 14 February, without exposing your culinary shortcomings, this could be your lucky year.
With so many restaurants pivoting to takeout and delivery, there are plenty of top-notch 'fine-dining at home' options to choose from.
With some of the best restaurants in the US offering special Valentine's Day dinner menus, why not simply leave dinner planning in the capable hands of some of the world's best chefs instead?
Here's a roundup of some of the best Valentine's Day dinner options you could have delivered to your doorstep, which leave nothing to chance.
Best Valentine's Day Delivery and Pick-up Dinners in the US
New York
G Valentine's Day Menu for Two | Pickup Jean-Georges, Manhattan
Go French-American with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s two-Michelin-starred neighbourhood restaurant, which has stood the steady test of time. Its classic Valentine’s Day menu for two includes tuna tartare with caviar and brioche, mushroom and shrimp risotto with black truffles and steamed black sea bass with preserved lemon-olive dressing. $328 per package (serves 2).
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Blue Hill at Stone Barns - resourcED Valentine’s
Dan Barber and his team have some treats up their sleeve to inject some romance into their resourcED boxes this valentine's day.
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Aquavit - Valentine's Day Package for two
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Valentine's dinner for two from nordic restaurant Aquavit includes artic char, short rib, and dark chocolate and sea buckthorn pudding for a sweet $325 per package for two. Add in a breakfast box for two if you think your dinner's going to be a winner.
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EMP at Home Valentine's Day Dinner
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Want to go all out? Then head to New York's temple of fine-dining for their EMP At Home Valentine’s Day menu for two ($325). Think lobster pie bone marrow-crusted beef tenderloin alongside roasted carrots, foie gras, and a chocolate/passion fruit tart for dessert, plus a jar of EMP’s treasured granola. For every meal purchased, Eleven Madison Park donates 10 meals to New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity through their ongoing partnership with Rethink Food.
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Texas
Bright Bod Foods- Dallas
Chef Chris Patrick is serving Valentine's Day specials through Bright Bod Foods with favourites like seared tuna salad, surf & turf with filets and lobster ravioli, including sides for $160. Dessert add-ons include cookie kits, CocoAndre Chocolatier’s chocolate covered strawberries to special Valentine’s Day JOY Macarons.
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Ocean Prime - Dallas
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The uptown steakhouse’s Valentine’s Day boxed dinner kit comes prepped and ready, complete with cooking instructions to make a complete surf & turf dinner for two. Think crowd pleasers like lobster bisque, chateaubriand, and shrimp scampi, and an old school chocolate fondue with strawberries to finish. An added scented candle should be sure to set the mood if all else fails.
Florida
Planta - Miami (nationwide delivery)
This 100% plant-based Miami restaurant is offering a Valentine's Day bundle for nationwide delivery, in addition to shipping of all of their non-V-Day menu items. The bundle comes with a heart-shaped pizza, mushroom gyoza, chilli oil and two strawberry-glazed doughnuts.
Yardbird Valentine's Day at Home - Miami
James Beard-nominated and award-winning Yardbird Southern Table & Bar in Miami Beach is offering a romantic dinner for two with all their Southern fare favourites, like mama's buttermilk biscuits with honey butter and apple jam, plus braised short ribs and whole Maine lobster mac & cheese, as well as a bottle of 50 Eggs’ Love Potion No.9 chilli oil 'to spice up the flavours with a magical mixture of secret ingredients'.
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Pennsylvania
Zahav (Philadelphia) - Zahav Lamb Shoulder Meal Kit - Available Nationwide
Acclaimed chef/owner of Zahav, Michael Solomonov's valentine's day dinner may have sold out but that doesn't mean you have to mix out with Zahav's lamb shoulder meal kit available for nationwide delivery. An entire lamb shoulder is brined, smoked, confited, and finally bathed in a rich pomegranate glaze complete with Zahav's hummus with pita and a selection of six salatim (vegetable salads) like beets with tahina and Moroccan carrots, Jasmine rice cooked with fragrant spices and finished with pistachios and currants. The meal is completed with malabi, a traditional custard perfumed with orchid root and garnished with cranberry-rose jam.
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a.Kitchen + Bar - Valentine's Day cocktail kit - Philadelphia
The authentic neighbourhood tavern has you covered for drinks with a special cocktail kit to get you and your valentine in the mood.
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