Choosing, Serving & Pairing


Best Cheese to cook with

What’s the best cheese to cook with? – The science behind choosing the right cheese for your dish.

“Cheese is an ingredient that has so much to offer in flavour, texture and versatility.” Chef Michel Roux Snr Cheese is an ingredient that can transform and elevate almost any…

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Matching Beer and Cheeae

Cheese and Beer Matching – by John Kelly of Kirkstall Brewery

How do you match beers with cheese? Does it really work? And is beer as good as, or better than, wine or port with cheese? There are certainly particular styles…

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Matching wine to cheese

Cheese and Wine Matching – by Head Sommelier Ben Robinson of Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms

What should I be drinking with my cheese?  It’s the age-old question whenever the cheese board is pulled out… Well, with two Michelin stars, five AA Rosettes and many other…

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A Christmas cheeseboard with a difference

For those that want to make a unusual and different cheeseboard this Christmas, or are looking for a gift for cheese-lovers that is a bit different, here are some brilliant…

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Christmas cheese gift ideas

For those that want to be the envy of their friends by offering the best cheeseboard this Christmas, here are some Christmas cheeseboard ideas to help them choose a cheese…

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Richard III Wensleydale cheese – what makes it different?

Why does The Courtyard Dairy stock Richard 3rd Wensleydale, instead of the very good Wensleydale cheese made at Hawes Creamery?

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Cheese gifts. How to choose the perfect cheese selection…

If you have cheese lover as a friend or relative, then a cheese gift may just be the perfect present for them, whether it’s for their birthday, a special treat…

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How to create a Christmas cheeseboard

Christmas and cheese go hand in hand, and there simply isn’t a better way to finish off the Christmas meal than with a glass of Port and a chunk of…

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Matching cheese & beer

With interest reviving in food in the last twenty years, two particular industries in the UK have flourished: artisan cheese and craft beer.  And what better way to enjoy these…

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