It is one of the hardest Christmas taste tests Good Food has ever devised. Not only do judges have to sniff, assess, taste and ruminate over a dozen highly respected puddings, they have to work out which one most embraces the true aroma and flavour of Christmas.

Christmas shopping list: Hams, seafood, puddings and fruit mince pies put to the taste-test
It has been months in the making. A hand-picked Christmas