The Christmas taste test challenge: the chef v the critic

Ravinder Bhogal and Jay Rayner eat their way through the supermarkets’ mince pies, cheese, chocolates and more. Whose verdict do you trust?

Into the icy depths! The 10 rules for freezing food – from berries to beef

Scared to find out what’s lurking at the back of your freezer? Here are expert tips for how to get it organised – and what you should never put in there

Christmas taste test: cheese and chocolate

Potted stilton, salted caramels and festive boxes of chocs – it wouldn’t be Christmas without them. Andi Oliver rates the classics

For the first time an American-made cheese has received the title of World’s Best Cheese

  The World’s Best Cheese is Now ‘Made in America. The organic Rogue River Blue Cheese just won best cheese in the world. The first American-made cheese Received Top Honors at the World Cheese Awards 2019. A truly global cheese event, the World Cheese Awards has been bringing together cheesemakers, retailers, buyers, consumers and food … Read more

The best cheese in the world is running out fast. What should we eat instead?

The winner of this year’s World Cheese awards is made by a Norwegian farmer with only 12 cows. While you’re waiting for next year’s batch, here are some alternatives