A couple rise to follow good cheese (5)
I believe the answer is:
gouda
'cheese' is the definition.
(I know that Gouda is a type of cheese)
'a couple rise to follow good' is the wordplay.
'couple' becomes 'duo' (two people).
'rise' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go after or follow others).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'a'+'duo'='aduo'
'aduo' in reverse letter order is 'ouda'.
'ouda' put after 'g' is 'GOUDA'.
(Other definitions for gouda that I've seen before include "type of cheese" , "It comes from Holland" , "Dutch 4 across" , "Round Dutch cheese" , "Mild Dutch cheese" .)