London's best cheese shops

ANDROUET

Expensive, and so French that it’s almost like you’re in a part of Paris. Huge selection, with French staff happy to recommend anything as required.

Find it: Old Spitalfields Market, Spitalfields Traders Market, 107b Commercial Street, E1; androuet.co.uk

PAXTON & WHITFIELD

A classic, with quiet staff with a wealth of cheese knowledge which materialises the more questions you ask. Often delicious biscuit and unusual cheese samples to try.

Find it: 93 Jermyn Street, SW1; paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk

SALON BRIXTON

Small, lovely and keenly priced. Cheese offering changes with the season, with currently around 30 to pick from. Buy it or eat some in the accompanying restaurant.

Find it: 18 Market Row, Brixton, SW9; salonbrixton.co.uk

LE CAVE

Smart, and smells like you’re inside a Parmesan, but a useful place to come for cheese-tasting or to pick from its wide international selection. Three branches in west London.

Find it: le-cave.co.uk

DELI DOWNSTAIRS

Jolly staff, a special man dedicated to cutting and weighing cheese, and one of the only places around here to buy fresh ricotta.

Find it: 211 Victoria Park Road, E9; thedelidownstairs.co.uk