Ilford films processed in Ilford developer?

I've just starting processing my own B&W films and I have been experimenting with Kodak Verichrome, Ilford Pan F, FP4+, and HP5+. I use Ethol UFG developer since this is what I used in a lab class thru a local community college. I'm very happy with my results to date, but I've heard several experienced photographers say the best results with Ilford films will come from using Ilford developers (by design of Ilford). Can anyone share their experience with this?

I shoot mostly 120 film and enlarge to 8x10, but I would like to enlarge some prints to 11x14 or 16x20, and I wonder if Pan F and Ilford's perceptol (or other Ilford developers) will give optimal results for grain and sharpness in the larger print sizes?

thanks in advance!

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