We’re delighted to announce that Northumberland Cheese Company has been recognised at the 2025 Artisan Cheese Awards, with Redesdale winning Bronze and Chesterwood earning Silver and a Highly Commended mention—all while we were proudly representing Northumberland at the County Show!
It’s awards season at Northumberland Cheese Company, and we’re thrilled to have already picked up two bronze medals at the British Cheese Awards! As we enter more prestigious competitions across the UK and beyond, we’re excited to see how our cheeses stack up against the best from around the world. While we won’t be attending public shows in person this year, we’ll be keeping you updated on our progress and sharing the expert feedback that helps us keep improving. Join us as we celebrate the art of cheese-making and the thrill of frie... read more
Northumberland Cheese Company has had a fantastically successful summer of awards this year. We began with the Artisan Cheese Awards in Melton Mowbray (they were at the end of April, but we think that almost counts as summer!), where we were delighted to gain a Bronze award for our Brinkburn in the best goats' cheeese category, and we won a silver award for best newcomer for Northumberlandia; we were especially excited about this, as Northumberlandia is a new face in the cheese world this year. Next, we had the Great Yo... read more
Brinkburn, our mould-ripened Goats' cheese, is stealing all of the limelight at Northumberland Cheese this year! It has just won Gold at the Guild of Fine Food World Cheese Awards, for hard-pressed goats' cheese. We were overjoyed with this accolade! It joins a few awards in our Brinkburn trophy cabinet, including Gold at the Nantwich International Cheese Awards, Gold at the Great Yorkshire Show (Speciality Goats' cheese), and Gold at Dumfries and Lockerbie. We are very proud of Brinkburn this year! It is unique as a goats' cheese, becaus... read more
Nicholson’s Butchers in Whitley Bay, headed-up by Kathryn Nicholson, submitted a home-made individual Steak and Blagdon Blue Cheese Pie in the Hot Pies and Bakery Category at Q Guild Smithfield Awards, and was awarded a perfect score in the category. Kathryn explained her inspiration:‘This product uses locally sourced Blagdon Blue Cheese, inspired by the need for warm, comforting foods.’ This merited a diamond award:we're so proud! ... read more
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