Neal's Yard Dairy

Festive cheeses ho ho ho

I was told this weekend by my friend that, while she had known me, I had never done the right thing by her and invited her for a cheese tasting at my house, nor brought cheese to hers. I did not realise that was expected of me, but apparently being the editor of a dairy publication makes people think of cheese.

Cheese fraudsters and the community

The four month scam saw the fraudsters pretended to be legitimate wholesalers for a major French retailer. We have all fallen prey to scams and unfortunately, the wholesaler and retailer is no different.

Business & trade, Dairy

Finalists revealed for the 2024 Young Cheesemonger of the Year Award

Australian cheesemongers to compete for the first time in competition history.

Business & trade, Dairy, Dairy Production

Virtual Cheese Awards announces British cheese line up for live Final

The UK’s only 100% online cheese awards, the Virtual Cheese Awards which supports and celebrates the best of British cheese and its producers, is announcing the line-up for its LIVE Final on Wednesday 17 May 2023.

Business & trade, End products

Connecting with the terroir

Cheese in the UK is a terroir experience and this pandemic has perhaps made us more aware of the people down the block, making cheese and other artisanal goodies.

Business & trade, End products

The bureaucracy files

Over the weekend, Jeremy Clarkson was in the Sunday Times, noting that while the rest of us were in the garden, enjoying the sunshine, he was in his office filling out government forms for his farming activities. I am sure some of our readers were with him, filling out those same forms. He also rightly pointed out that few farms could manage without the government help the forms provide, but now that Brexit is occurring, the subsidy will eventually stop.

Business & trade

Fanaost from Norway crowned World Champion Cheese 2018

Fanaost, an aged gouda made by Norwegian cheesemaker, Ostegården, has been named World Champion Cheese at the 31st World Cheese Awards in Bergen, Norway.

Dairy processing, End products

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