Stilton ‘King of Cheeses’
Stilton is far and away the UK’s most popular blue cheese with over 1 million cheeses made per year which are exported all over the world. It doesn’t just taste […]
Cheese and Picnics
There is widespread difference of opinion on who actually invented picnics or ‘le pique-nique’ but there are two obvious protagonists: the English and the French. In the 1600’s, the French […]
Territorial Cheeses: Caerphilly to Wensleydale
Britain has a proud heritage of dairy farming and over the centuries has created many exceptional and world-renowned cheeses. Some of these traditional cheeses can only be known by their […]
Unusual Cheeses and Strange Traditions
Cheese is one of the oldest foods in human history so it’s not surprising that over time, cheese has developed and evolved, sometimes in surprising directions… We have taken a […]
Roquefort: The King of Blue Cheese
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll have heard of Roquefort, the kind of cheese that needs no introduction. It defines it’s own category of cheese, appears in stories […]
Meet The Makers… Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses
Deep in the heart of rural Lancashire, Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses has been crafting exceptional artisan cheeses for four generations. Established in 1932 by Richard and Annie Butler, the company has […]
Meet The Makers… The Cornish Cheese Company
Nestled in the heart of Cornwall, the Cornish Cheese Co is an independent, traditional cheese-making business dedicated to crafting exceptional cheeses. In the face of dropping milk prices, Stansfield farm […]
Kings, Queens and Their Favourite Cheeses
From soft cheese to blue, hard to goat’s, one thing’s clear; no British royal banquet is complete without cheese. Throughout the centuries, royalty has been enjoying cheese in all shapes […]
Robert Burns – the part-time cheesemaker
Robert Burns, of Burns’ night and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ fame was an excise officer by day and poet by night, but in fact also dabbled in cheesemaking on his dad’s […]