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Cheese Making in the UK
If you're interested in handmade cheese in the UK then this is the home of Loosehanger Handmade Cheeses UK where at our small dairy on the northern edge of the New Forest, we have developed an award-winning range of original recipes that capture the flavour and characteristics of the pure Ayrshire cows milk that is the basis of all our cheese making in the UK.
- Nanny Williams' Blue appeared on BBC1 on 10th September at 16:30.
- The programme was called - 'Step up to the plate!'
- Old Sarum starred on Ready Steady Cook 7th April 2008.
Award Winning Cheese in the UK
We're proud of our range of gold medal cheese in the UK and our latest claim to fame is our success at the 2007 British Cheese Awards - winning BEST BLUE CHEESE for the 1st time with our OLD SARUM sweet blue cheese. More on this and our other successes when we find half-a-day to create our AWARDS Page (don't hold your breath though).
The Source
We us pure Ayrshire cows milk for our handmade cheese in the UK from a herd owned and managed by the Ody family, at Upper Wooton, Basingstoke. The cows graze on the herb-rich Hampshire Downs and are fed cereals that are grown on the farm. Woodgarston is a traditionally managed family farm. Bob & Russell breed their own replacements from within the herd and won the cup for outstanding stockmanship in 2004.
This is the best milk we have ever tasted and it's fantastic for cheese making in the UK. From this excellent raw material the cheeses are handcrafted in the time-honoured way, and allowed to mature slowly on traditional wooden slats.
Contact Us
For info about handmade cheese in the UK or if you have any questions for us here at Loosehanger Farmhouse Cheeses, or if you need a little more information on the services we provide, then why not give us a call on: 00441725 514791. We enjoy what we do and the cheese we make and we are always glad of the chance to chat about it. We look forward to providing you with our quality handmade cheese in the UK.