Think outside the box and opt for a sashimi platter or whole cooked lobster. Seafood retailer Costi’s has just launched an online store and will deliver all your favourites. A seafood platter for two, $115, includes half a dozen oysters, cooked Moreton Bay Bugs, prawns, smoked salmon, lemon, tartare sauce, bread and salad. A sashimi platter for two, $75, includes 16 slices of salmon, eight slices of tuna and kingfish, two scallops, one scamp, salmon caviar and black lumpfish.

Get your gang of five together and get ready to really enjoy yourselves at the bougiest outdoor spread you’ve ever had. The three-hour package is an eyewatering $1100 – it works out at $220 a head – but look at what you get; butler made martinis served in crystal glassware on arrival, French wines and fresh seafood. Dishes include lobster cocktails, zucchini blinis with smoked salmon and smoked trout parfait. Plus, it’s all set up and packed down for you. You can order here.

There are two picnic packs on offer. The Fried Chicken Picnic, $85, consists of fried chicken, potato rolls, spring salad, fries, coleslaw, bread and butter pickles and two 1L squealers of Kosciuszko Pale Ale or Hahn Super Dry. The Provencal Picnic, $120, includes a large baguette, tapenade, radishes and butter, edamame, couscous salad, leaves, roast chicken, roast peppers and olive oil, potatoes and a bottle of Les Quatre Tours Un été en Provence Rosé. Order a day ahead via merivale.com/takeaway.

No, it’s not a typo. Fabbrica Pasta Shop is transforming into Fabbrica Bread Shop on Saturday mornings so you can stock up on all your sweet and savoury Italian-inspired picnic-friendly carbs. There are flavoured focaccias (our pick is the tomato and anchovy), Tathra Place sausage rolls, fat bombollini filled with custard or chocolate and crunchy sfogliatelle with a ricotta and semolina center. From 11am until sold out. There are also picnic picnic packs, from $80, of Ciao totes stuffed with the essentials including cheeses, cured meats, pickles and more available for pick-up or delivery within 7km.

There’s no pre-made hamper, but this is a one-stop shop for everything you need on a picnic, from charcuterie to cheese and bread to Ortiz anchovies. You can also get pre-made sandwiches such as mortadella with fermented chili, butter mayo and mustard or a meatball and Parmigiano-Reggiano sub with housemade pork and fennel meatballs. Its famous canned cocktails, from the Cosmopoli-tin to the Can-hattan, are also perfect picnic fodder. Head to the website here.

To paraphrase Julia Child, a picnic without wine is just an outdoor meeting. The drinks delivery guys at Jimmy Brings have the same idea, which is why they’ve got bespoke picnic bundles such as the Vaxxed and Relaxed, four premium mixed wines, for $69.99 or the Top Five Friends Picnic Mix, which includes four beer sixpacks, two bottles of prosecco and two 2x Red Rock Deli Sea Salt Crisps for $99.99.

Of course a cheese store is going to put together an indulgent picnic hamper. The Ultimate Hamper, $110, includes a wheel of white mould and washed rind cheeses, plus 150g/180g portions of hard/semi hard and blue mould cheeses alongside crackers, quince paste and muscatel grapes. Pick-up or free delivery within 5km.

Potts Point’s favourite wine bar is also getting on board with the picnic packs, from $60, full of charcuterie, wedges of cheese, freshly baked tordu, crunchy pickles and Aperol Spritzes. Being a wine bar, there’s also the option to add smashable, park-friendly wines. Pre-order for pickup between 11am–1pm, Thursday to Sunday.

The hotel experience has been beautifully boxed up so you can enjoy it in the park. There are a few options to choose from, but our pick is the Picnic Indulgence Box for $125 which includes everything from cheese, charcuterie, chicken and coleslaw sandwiches on focaccia, dessert and more. Want to keep the picnic basket it comes in? Upgrade to the $205 option. Fancy a bottle of Moët & Chandon? That’s another $49. Collect from the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park 11am-3pm Friday-Sunday or delivery via Cake Hero.

The Inner West brewery has teamed up with Jackalope Food Co to offer click and collect picnic hampers for groups of five. The assortment of cheeses, dips, cured meats, seasonal fruits and crackers are matched with Willie the Boatman Beers. Hampers need to be ordered five days in advance, a two-person hamper with eight cans of beer starts from $110 and a five-person hamper with 16 cans from $180.