Producer Visits
Salers de Buron Traditional, an ancient way of making cheese
Andy goes off to visit a very special farmer making Salers de Buron Traditional Cheese. Making by hand on a small farm in the Auvergne mountains their method of cheesemaking is…
Old Winchester: read the tale of a modern British cheese
One cheese-making course and 11 years of hard work have enabled Mike and Judy Smales (of Lyburn Farmhouse) to create one the finest modern British Cheeses around: Old Winchester.
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Humphrey Errington, Lanark Blue and the great cheese battle…
The story of Humprhey Errington and how Lanark Blue came to be, and their trials and tribulations along the way!
During a bleak time for Scottish cheese making, Humphrey Errington decided…
The story of Sparkenhoe Red Leicester, Red Leicester actually made in Leicestershire!
Close to the edge of Leicestershire (barely a mile inside) is Sparkenhoe Farm, near Hinckley. Hinckley, with its clay loam underfoot, is the traditional red-Leicester area. And it was here…
How to make… Hafod Cheddar
Bwlchwernen Fawr. Hard enough to pronounce, let alone find, especially with enterprising Welsh locals turning round the road signs to keep us confused. It’s no wonder they say no one…
Making Appleby’s Cheshire – a visit to the farm
Andy visits Appleby’s of Hawkstone; the last remaining producer of unpasteurised traditional cloth bound Cheshire, find out what makes their cheese special and how they got into making this mighty-fine cheese.
Making Charolais Goats Cheese: a visit to a farmhouse maker
I drove up into the mountains of Beaujolais, and as the sun rose, my enthusiasm for seeing this cheese grew. I was visiting Isabelle and Jacques. Daily, for almost all…
In search of the perfect Reblochon cheese
Andy goes in search of France’s best Reblochon with a visit to the Savoie to visit and make cheese with some of the best cheesemakers in France. Find out who…
Making goats’ cheese the farmhouse French way!
The story of Yves, a rustic French goat herder who makes goats’ cheese from his small herd on the side of a hill in France.