Helen Miles

In 2018 – we launched Yorkshire Cheddar and invited Steph Moon, Yorkshire Chef and great friend of the Creamery to visit us to see how it’s made! The Yorkshire Creamery now sell Yorkshire Cheddar – so it has a ‘new look’! This cheese packs a punch! Their signature Cheddar is strong and powerful. Aged around 15 months for exceptional, complex flavours, this cheese is rich, robust and rugged. You can buy it here in our online shop!  

Welcome to the Ultimate Wensleydale Creamery Night In! As you can’t come to us and dine in our award-winning Calvert’s Restaurant – we’re bringing our dishes to you! If you love our cheese, love to cook and are a self-professed foodie, this one is for you! In our Calvert’s Restaurant, we celebrate the best of Yorkshire Dales’ food. All of our dishes are homemade, created using locally sourced produce, with unique dishes inspired by the use of our cheese, milk and butter. From light bites to our signature dishes and... Read More

Throughout the cheese-making process, the starter cultures are developing and converting lactose into lactic acid, which ultimately gives the cheese its flavour and also acts as a natural preservative. When the acidity reaches a certain level, the cheese-maker decides to ‘pitch’ the vat. At this point the cheese-maker released the curds and whey from the vat onto the open working table, allowing the whey to run off. Our cheese-makers monitor the curd at ALL times, performing checks to access the development. The skill of the cheese-maker It is important that... Read More

Did you know; Our Wensleydale Blue has a mellow, yet full flavour, which will appeal to newcomers to blue cheese connoisseurs alike. A delicately flavoured creamy blue cheese, Handcrafted at The Wensleydale Creamery. Pairs perfect with; Ruby Port Cheeseboard matches – Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberry, French Camembert, Conference Pear How is it made?! We add a blue mould culture; Penicillin Roqueforti to the milk during the cheese-making process to make our Wensleydale Blue. The cheese is stored in our Maturing Room, where it is pierced, allowing air into the cheese. When the... Read More

Have you ever wondered how a cow makes milk?! 🐮 See the images below to find out!! It’s amazing. The goodness from the grass, plants and wildflower a cow eats ends up the milk!    

The semi-solid coagulum is cut into small pieces by rotating knives and stirrers to release ‘curds and whey’. The whey is the yellow liquid and the curds are the solid pieces suspended in the whey! This is done by passing steam through the jacket of the vast, which heats the curds and why by a few degrees centigrade. The cutting process continues until the curds are about the size of baked beans. Having achieved the correct curd size, the curds are scalded. The purpose of scaling is to harden the... Read More

At Wensleydale Creamery we take cheese seriously and understand a great accompaniment can elevate any cheese-tasting experience! Whether you’re hosting a cheese and wine night or treating yourself to some well-deserved ‘me time’ – we thought we’d introduce you to some of our ‘Friends’ – small business and local food producers that we stock in our online deli, and show you how our cheese pairs perfectly with their products! Wildman Chorizo Yorkshire Chorizo is made here in Yorkshire using their own recipes and the best of British pork. Their recipes... Read More