FETA
Neal's Yard
1kg, £16.25 www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
- Delicious. The milk flavours come through perfectly. Nice and salty. I love it.
5/5
Greek Feta
100g, £1.80, available at Harvey Nichols, 0207 235 5000
- The cheese itself is OK, but the herbs and oil spoil it.
1/5
Marks & Spencer
100g, 99p
- I don't like the smell and you can almost taste the lanolin from the sheep.
0/5
Sainsbury's taste the difference
200g, £1.39
- This cheese has taken on the flavours of the plastic packaging.
0/5
Somerfield
200g,£1.49
- It has no style. It's salty and bland. You wouldn't know it was feta.
0/5
MATURE CHEDDAR
Neal's Yard Montgomery's
1kg, £18.55 www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk,
- Real farmhouse cheddar. It's deep and rich. Very elegant and moreish.
5/5
Forman and Field Keen's
500g, £9.95, 0208 221 3939
- Quite dense. Strong and spicy. Would go well with a beer.
3/5
Paxton and Whitfield Montgomery's
1kg, £19.95, 0870 264 2102
- Very full-on and a bit aggressive. Men would love it.
3/5
Sainsbury's taste the difference Davidstow
250g, £2.25
- It's rather sweet. A very average mature cheddar.
1/5
Cathedral City
200g, £1.57, widely available
- Tastes like a mild cheddar.
0/5
MILD CHEDDAR
Sainsbury's so organic farmhouse
1kg, £6.79
- It tastes like cheddar. It crumbles nicely and has a good flavour.
3/5
Tesco organic mild cheddar Belton
1kg, £6.79
- A simple, one-dimensional cheese. It's quite salty and not crumbly at all.
1/5
Marks & Spencer
- This one is ordinary and inoffensive. Children would like it.
1/5
Somerfield
454g, £3.54
- It's a bit synthetic.
0/5
Wexford mild and creamy
400g, £2.29, widely available
- It doesn't really taste like cheddar. It's far too sweet.
0/5
GOATS CHEESE
Neal's Yard Perroche
150g, £4.95, www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
- It has a nice, clean freshness to it, but lacks a bit of aroma.
4/5
Paxton and Whitfield cerney pyramid
200g, £6.50, 0870 2642 101
- A bit too sour, but still a perfectly decent cheese.
3/5
Childwickbury
200g, £6.90, available at Harvey Nichols, 0207 235 5000
- Very fresh with a good rind, but it doesn't really taste of much.
2/5
White Nancy
100g, £1.90, www.finecheese.co.uk
- Nice crust and a good aroma, but not of goat. Very strong.
2/5
Somerfield Welsh
100g, £1.29
- It could be any cream cheese.
0/5
MOZZARELLA
Marks &Spencer di bufala campania
125g, £1.79
- Very nice. It has the softness and stretchiness a mozzarella should have. Slightly sweet.
4/5
Neal's Yard di bufala
300g, £5.50,www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
- Not the best I've ever tasted, but really very good.
4/5
Tesco premium di bufala
125g, £1.24
- Quite average. It's a bit too wet and could be more delicate.
2/5
Sainsbury's organic
125g, 99p
- It is a mozzarella, but it's not going anywhere tastewise. It's too bland.
1/5
Somerfield
125g, 80p
- Tastes the same as the one before (Sainsbury's). Very, very mild and completely ordinary.
1/5
SOFT CHEESE (NATURAL)
Waitrose full fat
200g, £1.15
- Very rich with a lovely texture. Would be good for cheesecakes.
4/5
Sainsbury's taste the difference
150g, 99p
- Nice texture, but very salty. It's quite elegant and not too creamy.
3/5
Kraft philadelphia light
200g, £1.14, widely available
- It's got a soothing creaminess to it.
1/5
Marks & Spencer
150g, 99p
- The texture is nice, but the cheese is much too salty.
1/5
Weight Watchers,
150g, £1.08, widely available
- It doesn't taste of cheese or milk.
0/5
SOFT CHEESE WITH GARLIC
Gaperon à l'ail
250g, £7.50, available at Harvey Nichols, 0207 235 5000
- Good quality. Fresh and rich with deep and complex flavours. Beautiful.
5/5
Boursin garlic and herbs
150g, £1.79,widely available
- Tastes of garlic, but it's too salty and tastes manufactured.
1/5
Sainsbury's garlic and herbs
200g, 48p
- You can see pieces of garlic in it, but you can't actually taste anything.
0/5
Somerfield garlic and herbs
200g, 89p
- Weird plasticky texture.
0/5
Kraft philadelphia light garlic and herbs
200g, £1.14
- Extremely salty. I can't taste the garlic.
0/5
BRIE
Neal's Yard brie de Meaux
1kg, £16.10, www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
- Fully ripened, very deep and rich. It's the perfect brie.
5/5
Fine Cheese Co. brie de Meaux
250g, £4.95, www.finecheese.co.uk
- Proper French brie. Very soft and creamy with earth and nut flavours.
4/5
Paxton and Whitfield brie de Meaux
1kg, £16.95, 0870 264 2102
- Nice and chewy. Flavour could be more prominent.
3/5
Waitrose mild and creamy
1kg, £6.49
- It's a little under-ripe.
2/5
Burland Green
100g, £2.56, available at Harvey Nichols, 0207 235 5000
- Nice and creamy. Good if you want a soft and runny cheese.
2/5
GOUDA
Harvey Nichols farmhouse
100g, £2.45, 0207 235 5000
- It crackles as it should. This is a big boys' Gouda. The true taste.
5/5
Paxton and Whitfield aged
1kg, £17.95, 0870 2642 101
- A really good and very typical Gouda.
4/5
Neal's Yard Coolea
1kg, £16.75, www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
- It's too young and doesn't have a great depth, but it's perfectly pleasant.
3/5
Waitrose,
1kg, £5.79
- It's more like a Edam than a Gouda.
1/5
Tesco finest Dutch
1kg, £10.98
- It tastes of plastic - perhaps it's from the packaging.
1/5
PARMESAN
Harvey Nichols
100g, £2.59, 0207 235 5000
- Nice, crunchy and very well balanced. You could eat this on its own. A real pleasure.
5/5
Sainsbury's Italian
1kg, £17.69
- It's quite unrefined, but it crumbles nicely and has the right saltiness. It's really pleasant.
3/5
Neal's Yard
1kg, £19.50, www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
- It's OK, but it's a bit flabby and could be more interesting.
2/5
Marks & Spencer
300g, £5.99
- It has the salty grittiness, that it should have, but could have deeper flavours.
2/5
Tesco
1kg, £14.99
- Sweaty and too acidic. It's oily, wet and too waxy. It doesn't smell of parmesan either.
1/5
STILTON
Forman and Field Colston Bassett
500g, £9.95, 020 8221 3939
- Lovely creaminess. The blue is forward, but not too aggressive.
3/5
Paxton and Whitfield
0870 264 2102
- Typical strong and acidic taste.
3/5
Harvey Nichols, Strahodon blue
100g, £1.89, 0207 235 5000
- Really strong. Too strong for me, but many love it.
2/5
Sainsbury's taste the difference
1kg, £8.39
- Good saltiness, but it's really just like a very strong cheddar.
1/5
Tesco finest
1kg, £5.44
- It's a touch bitter and aggressive.
0/5
