We tried supermarket quiche from Aldi, Asda, M&S, Morrisons and Tesco - and one went straight in the bin

If you can't be bothered cooking up the official Coronation quiche to celebrate all things royal this weekend, you may be heading to the supermarket instead for your quick quiche fix. The traditional egg flan has been named as one of the dishes on the official Coronation Big Lunch menu to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.

The Coronation quiche recipe features spinach, broad beans and fresh tarragon. But if you're not planning on making your own, there's plenty of quiche on supermarket shelves ready for the bank holiday weekend.

While none of the major supermarkets seem to be serving up their own version of the Coronation quiche itself, there are plenty of other varieties to try. To give each supermarket a fair chance to shine in our taste test, we decided to buy a classic quiche lorraine from five different retailers to see who takes the quiche crown.

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All of the quiches we purchased are pre-cooked, so can be eaten cold or reheated. As there was a LOT of quiche to try, I roped in my family, and gave them all a try of both hot and cold quiche to see if it changed or improved the particular taste in each case.

Here's how we got on.

This one looked pleasant enough, with curly edges to the pastry shell and a very smooth finish on top. But one bite revealed you should not judge a book by its cover.

It tasted just so very claggy and bland. I thought it might improve heated up but it didn’t, the ham was like plastic lumps, the egg tasted of nothing and the pastry was limp.

It was seriously grim. And, yes I hate food waste as much as you do, but there were no arguments from the family when I said the remainder after we'd all tried it would be