Unearth Oakleigh Park’s hidden treasure on Just Eat and lucky locals can get food hand-delivered by the boss lady owner, Cantonese-Malay restaurant Chu Chin Chow. Expect bestsellers char kuay teow, mee goreng and rendang on the menu, as well as set meals for larger groups. All orders will be delivered contact-free with a 100 percent contact-free cash payment.

In need of a coffee and cake pick-me-up? Luminary Bakery will remain open in both Camden and Stoke Newington sites, operating as takeaway-only for fresh coffee, cakes and bakes. Its letterbox brownie service will still be running, with the chewy, chocolatey trays available to be delivered UK-wide, so sugar fiends can still rejoice.

Curd nerds are still able to get their cheese fix with The Cheese Bar. The Camden and Seven Dials restaurant sites are closed for now, but the company has opened a new cheese and wine shop called Funk on Columbia Road in Shoreditch. It’s working with small-scale cheesemakers to bring Londoners cheese, wines and cheese board gift boxes, and if they can’t make it down? Everything will be available to order for UK-wide delivery online.

Order a sumptuous Punjabi feast from informal canteen on Chapel Market, an Indian street food that combines the rich flavours of Delhi with the sumptuous portion sizes of a British bar and grill. Think: chicken tikka, dhai sev puri, dhaba chicken and fresh homemade chutneys. For the lucky locals, there’s currently a Diwali celebration promotion where hungry Londoners can get 15 percent off total bill for collection only throughout January. Open 7-days a week for collection and order via Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats, deliveries operate a 2-mile radius of the restaurant.

The natural wine and Anglo-European small-plates restaurant has converted the courtyard and transformed it into a covered outdoor mini market. The ‘Look Up Lockdown’ mini-market will open weekends only and be back in action from 8 January, serving the hits from neighbourhood sister sites: coffees, pastries, breads, savouries and cakes from Jolene, pizza and sandwiches from Big Jo Bakery and rillettes, pates and quiches from Primeur. The gang’s all here.

This Highbury wine bar is offering wine and store cupboard essentials for delivery within the hour by bike or nationwide delivery. It’s currently put a pause on its “cook in your home” £35 set menu option. However, the shop next door means the team have upped their deli supplies, food gifts and natural wine subscription.

Currently operating as ‘The Farang Larder,’ Seb Holmes’ restaurant is offering a selection of Thai deli items, at home ready meals or hot takeaway, which will be back in full swing from 13 January. Expect a wide selection of homemade curries ranging from green curry with fresh Cornish pollock to red chicken curry, as well as plenty of vegan and gluten-free options available too. The restaurant uses its own delivery driver in the evenings, which offer same-day delivery within an 8-mile radius; it’s best to call in and pre-order to arrange delivery.

Say hola to Spanish restaurant Trangallan in Newington Green, again operating as an essentials shop filled with seasonal fruits, vegetables, Spanish wines and deli goods. It’ll re-open up its Galician tapas menu for takeaway and delivery via Slerp towards the middle of the month. Order small dishes such as traditional tortilla, Padron peppers, a selection of cold meats, cheese and a heavy rotation of different hot mains like bean stew and Iberico pork with collard greens shoots — depending on availability with suppliers.

For all the indoor picnics and cheesy nights in, owner Holly Chaves will crack up the cheese during the January lockdown. Holcombe Market is currently closed, but she’ll still be offering local British cheeses, family-size sourdough loaves, DIY cheese board and raclette at-home boxes, natural and independent matching wines online for delivery via Uber Eats and next-day delivery in North London.

The family-run brunch joint will be operating on a slimmed down menu of coffee, bakes and toasties, as well as homemade ice cream available to take away. Depending on how things develop in the coming weeks, it may open fully for an evening menu on Deliveroo and Uber Eats, so watch this space.

Known for being ‘the Fleabag cafe’, but also known for the use of organic ingredients and comforting dishes from Turkey and the Middle East. Find a weekly changing menu including the likes of menemen, chicken tagine with preserved lemons and beetroot borani topped with feta cheese. To order for Friday deliveries Whatsapp the cafe on: 07759860500 or order via Deliveroo where there’s 10% off the entire menu.