Farmers and Cheesemakers
Lye Cross Farm are able to add another award to our early season success, this time from the British Cheese Awards held at the Royal Bath and West. From the hundreds of cheeses entered we were selected by the judges to have won Bronze for our PDO Farmhouse Mature Cheddar. PDO stands for Protected Designation of Origin, and our cheese carries this status because it is traditionally manufactured from start to finish in the West Country.
The award season for 2017 has begun, and here at Lye Cross Farm we are off to a great start! We have achieved a 3rd place with our delicious Organic Mature Cheddar. Hopefully this is the start of another successful year!
Earlier this month we were fortunate to be included in a wine, meat and cheese tasting event hosted by Jill Morris, HM ambassador in Rome. Amongst other guests were HM The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.
The event was designed to promote PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) and PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) food produced here in the West Country. Our Cheddar Cheese holds PDO status and it was an honour for us to be included.
For more information, please read this ADHB press release.
Lye Cross Farm are exhibiting at Biofach this week! For the fifth consecutive year, members of the Lye Cross Farm export team are in Germany ready to talk all things organic with customers old and new. Come and visit us in Hall 4, Stand 337 for some cheese and a chat!
We are also using this opportunity to launch our new look website, which has had a complete overhaul, as has our trade stand. Hopefully our brand new, eye-catching look generates plenty of interest!
Every year at Lye Cross Farm our cheese is carefully selected and entered into competitions up and down the country. 2016 was no different, and we were able to achieve a grand total of 19 awards from 7 different competitions, including the British Cheese Awards and the International Cheese Awards. The full results are:
Hopefully in 2017 we are able to match this success and continue to add to our tally of awards!
Final competition of the year, and another award to add to our collection!
Full Results:
Farmhouse Extra Mature Cheddar – Silver
We were excited to receive the Business Leader magazine’s 2016 award for Export and International Business in Bristol last week. As recipients of this award, we have demonstrated significant and sustained international growth, as well as a clear understanding of overseas markets. It is great for Lye Cross Farm to have this recognition for all the efforts that everybody puts in here and with our partners to achieve international success.
Lye Cross Farm has enjoyed another successful year at the Global Cheese Awards, collecting 5 awards.
Full Results:
Organic Farmhouse Mature Cheddar – Gold, and Bronze
Farmhouse Mature Cheddar – Silver
Lye Cross Farm Salted Butter – Silver
Farmhouse Vintage Cheddar – Bronze
3 more awards for Lye Cross Farm, courtesy of the South West Cheese Awards!
Full Results:
Farmhouse Extra Mature Cheddar – 1st place
Farmhouse Mature Cheddar – 2nd place
Farmhouse Vintage Cheddar – 2nd place
The International Cheese Awards has proved to be our most successful competition this year, winning Lye Cross Farm a total of 6 awards including 3 gold awards!
Full Results:
Farmhouse Mature Cheddar – Gold, and 2 Silvers
Organic Farmhouse Mature Cheddar – Gold
Farmhouse Vintage Cheddar – Gold
Farmhouse Extra Mature Cheddar – Bronze
