Cheese Reviews
The Grate My Cheese database of cheese reviews. Reviewer's opinions are their own.
Espresso Bellavitano
POSTED BY PHILIP ON JUNE 14, 2025
As a rational adult, I consider flavoured or infused cheeses an abomination against nature. Wensleydale with cranberries is a great way to turn a mediocre cheese into a faintly repulsive one. Cheeses ...
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Seriously Strong Extra Mature Cheddar
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON OCTOBER 1, 2023
Cheddar is undoubtedly one of the true workhorses of the cheese world. With a very competitive market it can be hard to stand out. For me (and many others in these more austere times) price can be a b...
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“The King is Dead” – Neal’s Yard Dairy – Stichelton
POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 29, 2022
The King is Dead. 1086 – the Domesday Book lists three manors in Stichiltone, Cambridgeshire, with an annual rent of £4, and ten other households. 1724 – Daniel Defoe pass’d Stilton, a town famous for...
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Pavé D’Affinois Bleu – Lidl Deluxe
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON DECEMBER 11, 2022
In a world of cuboid cheeses, be more cube. Presumably that is what the thinking was behind this particular offering from the Lidl Deluxe range. I am a lover of blue cheese so this particular offering...
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Berthaut Epoisses – Marks & Spencer
POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 1, 2022
The average price you would expect to pay for a decent block of cheese in a supermarket is probably about £3. In my opinion it is very difficult for a block of cheese to justify a price in excess of £...
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Serious Pig – Crunchy Snacking Cheese
POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 24, 2022
I am generally a cheese traditionalist – I enjoy my cheese either as part of a cheese board with crackers and other accompaniments, or with a meal such as pasta. However, GrateMyCheese has led me outs...
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Tesco Finest Black Garlic Infused Aged Sheep’s Cheese
POSTED BY PHILIP ON NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Nothing is certain in life but the inevitability of death, the inescapability of taxes, and Nature’s iron rule that a cheese infused with something else will never be very good. This sheep’s cheese co...
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Scamorza Bianca
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON NOVEMBER 17, 2022
If you are a lover of cheese (and hopefully you are otherwise you are in the wrong place), one of the joys of the passion is taking a punt on a cheese you have never tried or, in the case of this offe...
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M&S Food – Roasted Chilli Cheddar
POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Recently I have been on a mission to find the ultimate spicy cheese. Can this latest offering defeat Mexicana and take the crown? In terms of spice, this cheese is decent, but nothing amazing. The pep...
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Cheddar with Chillies (Tesco)
POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 6, 2022
I recently reviewed Mexicana, the flagship spicy supermarket cheese, and wanted to review some of its competitors so that I could truly evaluate its quality. I want to begin by saying that, despite ap...
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