The best Christmas chocolate and cheese-tested by Tom Kerridge | Christmas Food and Drink | The Guardian

2021-12-14 08:31:12 By : Mr. Max Yang

Which supermarket chocolate box, stilton and chutney should you buy? Let Michelin-starred chefs guide you

Waitrose No 1 luxury chocolate box 288 grams, 16 pounds, waitrose.com has a good luster and blends well. It looks very elegant. Dark chocolate bars are very crunchy, very bitter, and not too fat. The shells are well made. A special occasion box, the kind you buy for your mother or your wife. ★★★★

Best Buy: Marks & Spencer Magic Glitter Chocolate 345 grams, £20, ocado.com Wow! Turn it on and the stars flicker. Dark chocolate tastes flat, and caramelized white chocolate is better. For sweets, but I will buy it. ★★★★

Aldi Moser Roth Swiss classic variety 182 grams, 3.99 pounds, aldi.co.uk chocolate looks very shiny. A little fat is really harmless, no one will hate them, but you wouldn't think they are the best things ever. ★★

Marks & Spencer ho-ho-homball 210g, £6, ocado.com is not a good aftertaste. Its goal is the children's market. It looks fun, the taste is sweet, rich, and high in fat. ★★★

Co-op's irresistible fair trade salted caramel truffles 136 grams, £5, coop.co.uk Rich and creamy, you won't be overly indulgent: you can make two or three in a cup of coffee. I like its appearance and it feels very festive. not bad. ★★★★

Tesco Free From Chocolate Smash with Caramel Flavor 158 grams, £4, tesco.com I am very impressed. I expect it to be terrible. The white chocolate buttons are very sweet. As a free thing, I think this is good. ★★★★

Waitrose Santa's Chocolate Snack Box 85 grams, £5.50, waitrose.com is a kind of carrot without the taste of carrot or chocolate, only sugar and cocoa butter. But if you leave it to Santa Claus, it's fun for kids-I know my little ones will like it. ★★★★

Top flavours: Tesco Finest Brie de meaux 170g, £2.75, tesco.com is amazing. Fully mature. Very impactful. People usually think that Brie is mild, but when it is matured and aged like this, it is beautiful. Very suitable for a family to spend Christmas. ★★★★★

Tesco Finest Swiss gruyere 195g, 3 pounds, tesco.com is very nutty and very rich. It's great in texture, you know it will melt and be cute. This is a good cheese. I would be happy to put it on the cheese board. ★★★★

Waitrose chocca mocha wensleydale 200g, £3, waitrose.com can taste chocolate and coffee, a bit strange, because it is not sweet. Some brave madmen will like it. To me, it does not mean cheese. ★

Marks & Spencer Truffle Mature Cheddar Cheese 300g, £5.50, marksandspencer.com The taste of truffles is a bit strange to me. Will I post this on my cheese board? maybe not. If it's in someone's house, yes. ★★★

Waitrose No 1 Saint marcellin 80g, £3, waitrose.com Cor, tastes like a farmhouse! If you walk around the petting zoo, that's the smell of it. Your kids will hate it. ★★★★★

Waitrosecropwell bishop blue stilton 300 g, £4.95, waitrose.com This is a good all-round blue cheese for those who are never sure about blue cheese. Very harmless, Stilton for beginners, rich and creamy. ★★★★

Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Cranberry Chili Sauce 220 grams, £1.50, sainsburys.co.uk You won't eat this and cheese at all. No...but you will butter the toast for breakfast on Boxing Day morning. ★★★

Daylesford Organic Plums and Chutney Sauce 220 grams, £6.99, daylesford.com only for Christmas. It has too much cinnamon, ginger flavored mixed spice. Is it the perfect match for cheese? Probably not, but you will eat it and enjoy it at Christmas. ★★★

Tom Kerridge is the chef owner of Michelin two-star hand and flower Marlow