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?
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‘All I want is chocolate’: Jamie Oliver and other top chefs on their Christmas wish lists
Tinned fish, ceramic tableware and cornettos – Santa’s sack is full of unusual treats for our chefs and food writers
Christmas gift ideas for food lovers 2019
From stocking fillers to hampers, great Christmas presents for foodies, selected by Observer Food Monthly
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
Breakfast taste test: the best smoothies and juices, mueslis and bacon butties
High-street breakfasts to eat on the go, tasted and rated by food writer Rosie Birkett
Taste test: the best chocolate Easter eggs and hot cross buns
The cook and author Melissa Hemsley tastes and rates Easter confections