Our Cheese
All our cheese comes from small, artisan dairies across Somerset.
We celebrate the food culture and lush pastures of Somerset like few else. As well as being the home of the world’s most popular cheese, our area supports artisan dairies making a vast array of unique fine cheeses firmly rooted in their terroir and context. Our suppliers include:
Barber’s
Ditcheat
Makers of 1833 vintage reserve Cheddar - the oldest makers of Cheddar still producing
Bath Soft Cheese Co.
Kelston
Makers of Bath Soft Cheese (a cheese mentioned by Lord Nelson in letters to Emma Hamilton), Bath Blue, Wyfe of Bath, Kelston Park amongst others
Westcombe Dairy
Westcombe
Makers of raw milk cheeses such as Westcombe Cheddar (the smoked version of which is smoked over beech in a converted vintage phone box), Somerset ricotta, Duckett’s Caerphilly and Westcombe Red
Montgomery’s
North Cadbury
Makers of the famous Montgomery Cheddar and the wonderfully versatile Ogleshield (a washed rind raclette style cheese)
Whitelake
Pylle
Makers of an extraordinary range of cows, ewes and goats milk cheeses, including Tor - an ash-covered goats milk pyramid shaped and named after nearby Glastonbury Tor
Brue Valley
Makers of fior di late mozzarella