The Nantwich International Cheese Show will not take place this year after it became the latest agricultural event to fall victim to the UK’s foot and mouth crisis.
The cancellation is a bitter disappointment for cheesemakers, many of whom will have been preparing for almost a year to exhibit and compete at the world-renowned show. The event attracts cheese- makers large and small from 18 countries.
Mark Bevan, director at Cheshire-based cheesemaker Joseph Heler Cheese, described it as a huge blow to the industry.