West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers

After last years washout , the sun shone brightly on The Countess of Wessex as she attended the PDO lunch and presented Parkham farms with cups for both the reserve champion cheese and best PDO West Country Farmhouse cheddar. The show was a triumph for our other farmhouse cheesemakers too with a total of 40 medals and 7 special awards, just rewards for all the care and craftsmanship that goes into all our handmade cheeses.

Class 1 - One traditional cylindrical cheddar cheese

Gold - Keen’s Cheddar Ltd
Bronze – Gould’s Batch Farm Cheesemakers Ltd

Class 2 - One block cheddar cheese

Gold - Denhay Farms Ltd
Bronze - Parkham Farms

Class 3 - One traditional cylindrical autumn cheddar cheese

Gold - Green’s of Glastonbury

Class 4 - One block autumn cheddar cheese

Gold - Bakers of Haselbury Plucknett
Silver - Brue Valley Farms
Bronze - Parkham Farms

Class 5 - One traditional cylindrical winter cheddar cheese

Bronze - Denhay Farms Ltd

Class 6 - One block winter cheddar cheese

Gold - Bakers of Haselbury Plucknett
Silver - Brue Valley Farms
Bronze - Denhay Farms Ltd

Class 7 - One traditional cylindrical cheddar cheese

Gold - Gould’s Batch Farm Cheesemakers Ltd
Silver - Westcombe Dairy

Class 10 - One cylindrical cheddar cheese

Gold - Keen’s Cheddar Ltd

Silver - Denhay Farms Ltd

Class 13 - One creamy Lancashire cheese

Silver - Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd.

Class 15 - One double Gloucester cheese

Gold -Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd.

Class 17 - One Caerphilly Cheese

Bronze - Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd.

Class 21 - One traditional cheddar cheese

Silver - Gould’s Batch Farm Cheesemakers Ltd
Bronze - Montgomery’s Cheddar

Class 22 – One organic cheddar

Bronze - Green’s of Glastonbury

Class 23 – One 12 month mature cheddar

Gold - Keen’s Cheddar Ltd
Silver - Parkham Farms
Bronze - Denhay Farms Ltd

Class 29 - One traditional territorial cheese

Gold - Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd.
Silver - Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd.

Class 30 – One cheese for export

Gold - Denhay Farms Ltd

Class 37 - An identical pair of cheddar cheeses

Gold - Greens of Glastonbury.
Bronze - Denhay Farms Ltd

Class 38 - An identical pair of territorial cheeses

Bronze - Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd.

Class 39 - Packaging class

Silver – Denhay Farms Ltd

Class 41 - One cheese with added ingredients

Gold - Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd

Class 42 - One cheese naturally smoked with or without added ingredients

Silver - Gould’s Batch Farm Cheesemakers Ltd

Class 43 – Unpasturised traditional cheese

Silver - Montgomery’s Cheddar

Class 47 – Dairy innovation

Silver - WH Longman and Sons Farmhouse Cheesemakers

Class 48 – PDO cheddar

Gold - Parkham Farms
Silver - Parkham Farms

Class 52 – 2 x 250g salted farmhouse butter

Silver - Keen’s Cheddar Ltd

Class 53 - 2 x 250g unsalted farmhouse butter

Silver - Keen’s Cheddar Ltd
Bronze - Brue Valley Farms

Class 55 -

2 x 250g unsalted butter

Bronze – Brue Valley Farms

Champions and Special Results for Dairy Produce

Reserve Champion Cheese - The KD Maddever Challenge Cup

Parkham Farms

For the best entry in class 01, 03 & 05 – W M Cary & Son Ltd. Perpetual Challenge Rose Bowl

Winner – Keen’s Cheddar Ltd

For the best entry in class 07 – The Horlicks Perpetual Challenge Trophy

Winner – Gould’s Batch Farm Cheesemakers Ltd

For the exhibitor gaining the most points in classes 11-20 – The Alpin and Barret Perpetual Challenge Trophy

Winner - Belton Farms Cheese Makers Ltd

For the best entry in Export Class - Class 30 - Coombe Castle International Trophy

Winner – Denhay Farms Ltd

For the best PDO West Country Farmhouse Cheddar in the show

Winner – Parkham Farms

For the best entry in the European Designation Classes (Classes 48 & 49) - The West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers Trophy

Winner – Parkham Farms