Fico, the Italian seaside restaurant at East Coast Park, has its Panettone Festivo 2026 on sale from Saturday, 14 November 2026. This year it folds white chocolate, pistachio cream and a touch of sea salt into the classic Italian Christmas bread, at S$89+ a loaf.
You can buy it at Fico’s East Coast Park and Tanjong Beach Club restaurants or pre-order it by email. Fico calls it a limited edition, so anyone hoping to skip the December panic-buy of another scented candle has a good reason to sort their gifting early.
The Seaside Kitchen Behind It
Fico is run by The Lo & Behold Group with chef-partner Mirko Febbrile, who took inspiration from his native Puglia in southern Italy. The cooking follows cucina povera, an Italian “cooking of the poor” philosophy that starts from humble ingredients and wastes nothing. In 2026, Fico opened a second home at Tanjong Beach Club on Sentosa.
The panettone has become its own yearly ritual. Since 2024, Fico has released a new Panettone Festivo every Christmas with Olivieri 1882, an award-winning, fifth-generation family-run bakery from Arzignano, Italy. The 2024 debut paired bergamot and roasted chestnuts with gianduja, the silky Italian chocolate-hazelnut paste. The 2025 edition went darker with chocolate, candied orange and aged rum.
This year’s loaf moves in a lighter direction, and that’s a smart call. Bergamot and aged rum suit adventurous palates. White chocolate and pistachio are flavours that everyone from your ah ma (Hokkien for grandma) to your fussiest cousin will happily reach for. Since the 2026 ingredient list leaves out last year’s rum, it’s an easier gift to hand round the whole office, too.
Why the Sea Salt Matters
According to Fico, Pastry Director Jeanette Ow and the Fico team led the creation of Panettone Festivo 2026. The dough is made with fresh egg yolks, artisanal butter and vanilla beans, and white chocolate and rich pistachio cream go through the middle. That sounds like a straight sugar rush until the sea salt arrives, which Fico says brings “a balance of sweetness and savoury notes”.
That pinch of salt is the hook. White chocolate on its own can be cloying, and pistachio cream on its own can taste a bit heavy. A little salinity is exactly what stops a rich loaf from feeling like a dare by the third slice, and that matters when panettone is usually shared slice by slice over a long festive stretch.
Chartreuse Box, Fig Leaf Card
The packaging gets as much thought as the bread. Each panettone comes in a box in Fico’s signature chartreuse green, topped with a fig-leaf-shaped card inviting recipients to slice generously and dig in. It’s a cute nod to the name, since fico means fig in Italian, and it makes the box look gift-ready before you’ve even reached for the ribbon!
There’s a nice tradition in the gift as well. Fico points out that in Italy, people eat panettone through Christmas and New Year, and the bread symbolises luck, prosperity and good fortune for the year ahead. That makes it a thoughtful present for anyone who appreciates a little meaning with their carbs. If you’re still building your festive food list, our round-up of Christmas foods from 2024 is a handy place to start.
Where to Get Yours
You can buy Panettone Festivo 2026 at Fico at East Coast Park and Fico at Tanjong Beach Club. Collection is possible at both restaurants, as well as at Somma Lab. Pre-orders go through hello@ficomasseria.com, which is the safest route if you’re buying several boxes for a team or a family gathering.
Which branch should you pick? East Coast Park makes the most sense for anyone in the east, or anyone who fancies a cycle along the coast that ends with a panettone. Tanjong Beach Club is the better choice if you’re already planning a Sentosa beach day. If neither location suits your weekday commute, Somma Lab offers a third collection point.
Since Fico hasn’t announced an end date beyond calling it limited edition, it’s worth getting your order in sooner rather than later. If you’re mapping out the rest of your festive bakes, BreadTalk’s 2025 Christmas range gives you a sense of how wildly different festive treats in Singapore can get from one counter to the next.
🗓️ Date: From Saturday, 14 November 2026
📍 Location: Fico at East Coast Park, 1300 East Coast Parkway, Singapore 468964 (next to Carpark F2), and Fico at Tanjong Beach Club, 120 Tanjong Beach Walk, Singapore 098942
🥡 Collection: Fico at East Coast Park, Fico at Tanjong Beach Club and Somma Lab
💰 Price: S$89+ per panettone
🍫 Flavour: White chocolate, pistachio cream and sea salt
📧 Pre-orders: hello@ficomasseria.com
The third edition of Fico’s Christmas panettone is its most crowd-pleasing yet. It pairs sweet with salty, comes in a chartreuse box that does half the gifting work for you, and carries an Italian wish for good luck into the new year. Sales open on Saturday, 14 November 2026, so pre-order your box through hello@ficomasseria.com or check out Fico’s website before the festive rush begins!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of Fico.
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