Emma Great British Cheese Awards finalists
Great British Cheese awards finalists have been announced with both retailers and producers recognised as well as cheese types.
THE FINALISTS
Best Speciality Cheese Retailer
George & Joseph Cheesemongers, Leeds
Neal’s Yard Dairy, London
The Cheese Hamlet, Didsbury, South Manchester
The Bristol Cheesemonger, Bristol
Country Cheeses, Topsham, Devon
The Courtyard Dairy, Austwick, Nr. Settle, North Yorkshire
Best Artisan Cheese Producer
Northumberland Cheese Company, Blagdon, Northumberland
Cote Hill Cheese, Market Rasen Lincolnshire
Fen Farm Dairy, Bungay, Suffolk
Teesdale Cheesemakers, Barnard Castle, County Durham
Errington Cheese, Lanark, South Lanarkshire
Marlow Cheese Company, Buckinghamshire
Best Hard Cheese
Cornish Yarg, Lynher Dairies Cheese Co, Truro, West Cornwall
Cornish Jack, River Amble Creamery, Port Isaac, Cornwall
Lincolnshire Poacher, Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese
Hafod Cheddar, Northumberland Cheese Company
Best Blue Cheese
Beenleigh Blue, Tickelmore Cheese
Lanark Blue, Errington Cheese
Yorkshire Blue, Shepherds Purse
Cornish Blue, Cornish Cheese Co. Liskeard, Cornwall
Leeds Blue, Olianas
Barkham Blue, Two Hoots Cheese
Best Soft Cheese
Godminster Brie, Godminster Cheese
Renegade Monk, Feltham’s Farm, Somerset
Connage Clava Brie, Connage Highland Dairy, Ardersier, Inverness
Perl Wen, Caws Cenarth Cheese, Carmarthenshire
Tunworth, Hampshire Cheeses
Wigmore, Village Maid, Reading
People’s Choice
Cornish Blue, Cornish Cheese Co. Liskeard, Cornwall
Cornish Yarg, Lynher Dairies Cheese Co, Truro, West Cornwall
Godminster Organic Brie, Godminster, Bruton, Somerset
Best New Cheese Producer
St Bartholomew & Bix, Nettlebed Creamery, Oxfordshire
Stanage Millstone, Cow Close Farm, Hope Valley, Sheffield
Fellstone, Whin Yeats Dairy farm, Near Carnforth, Cumbria
Young Buck, Mike’s Fancy Cheese, Newtownards, County Down
Sinodun Hill, Norton and Yarrow Cheese, Oxfordshire
Best of Luck to everyone, and more cheeses but try!
Winners William be announced on 12th October.
