Local cheese at Selfridges Birmingham
From strong and stinky through to creamy and nuanced, the Midlands produces a superb selection of cheeses. On 16 April, Selfridges Birmingham department store opened a new artisanal cheese counter, with 70% of those offered being produced locally.
Products selected include Colston Bassett, Berkswell and Double Worcester. There will also be a wide selection of traditional cheese board favourites such as Roquefort, buffalo mozzarella and Brie de Meaux.
Adrian Boswell, cheese and deli buyer for Selfridges, says: “There are a vast amount of quality dairy producers in the Birmingham region and we really wanted to give the best local cheese producers a platform they can shout from.
“We believe this is the most comprehensive local offering within a 10 mile radius, so is the most extensive local range available in one place. We’ll be offering samples for people to try throughout April, May and June so I’d encourage cheese lovers to pop down and try some themselves.”
Dutch Mistress from Brock Hall Farm in Shropshire was one of the local cheeses selected. Sarah Hampton, Dutch Mistress cheese maker, says, “All our cheeses are made on the farm by hand, using our own fresh goats milk. There is nothing mass-made or factory-like about it. We use slow-processing, traditional methods, allowing the delicate and subtle tang of classic goats cheese to develop over time.”
Another distinctive cheese chosen is Stinking Bishop from Charles Martell & Son. For four decades, Charles has been producing cheese from his herd of Old Gloucester cows at Hunts Court Farm.
