16/08/2019
Work will be commencing in September 2019 to aid with the modernisation of the Wensleydale Creamery at Hawes to include milk standardisation, curd handling improvements, cheese smoking plant and water recycling plant. It is part-funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
15/08/2019
Join us at Wensleydale Creamery for a weekend of celebrating cheese, glorious cheese with a fantastic selection of cheese-makers, local food & drink producers and crafts. Saturday 14th September 10am – 5pm Sunday 15th September 10am – 4pm 🧀 Live Music🧀 Cheese, Butter & Cookery Demonstrations🧀 Street Food & Bar🧀 Local Produce and over 30 suppliers🧀 Tasting Masterclasses🧀 Free Entry & Sampling🧀 Birds of Prey 🧀 Free Parking🧀 Accommodation links🧀 Award-winning Restaurant & Coffee Shop🧀 Family-friendly day out Buy tickets here to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese Experience which includes Cookery,... Read More
13/08/2019
Enjoy a true taste of Yorkshire with an exciting twist! NOVELTEA takes the finest tea leaves and spirits from across the globe to produce the finest blends imaginable – pair it with your favourite creamy, crumbly Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese for a true delicacy!
15/07/2019
On behalf of myself and Wensleydale Creamery, it is with great sadness that we learned of John Blackie’s passing this weekend. I first met John in 1992 around the time of the closure of Wensleydale Creamery and John became a local leader in the ‘Save the Creamery’ campaign. He lobbied media, MP’s, Local Government and together with colleagues, supporters and the Community, raised the profile of a small business closure in a ‘deeply rural environment’, to national status. The pressure and momentum gained through this campaign did indeed contribute significantly... Read More
27/06/2019
Join us on Friday 26th July 3.30pm at Wensleydale Creamery for a Beer & Cheese Pairing Event hosted by Michael Landis ACP, CCP, CCSE. Michael is a Certified Cheese Professional with the American Cheese Society. He was inducted into the Guilde Internationale des Fromages in 2011. He has been a world cheese judge at both the International Cheese Awards in Nantwich, England and the World Cheese Awards in Birmingham, England for the past 3 years. We’re proud to call Michael a friend of Wensleydale Creamery and are excited to have... Read More
17/06/2019
We’re thrilled to share this exciting story with you which we’re very proud to be involved in. Our passion for cheese-making is now helping to heat homes in the area thanks to the conversion of our leftover whey (which is a fantastically versatile by-product of cheese-making) and love of our environment & landscape that has brought about an exciting renewable-energy initiative! Read the news story below! We recently Iona Capital, the specialist environmental fund manager, has secured a deal with the Wensleydale Creamery to produce over 10,000 MWh of energy... Read More
29/05/2019
We’re marking the 25th Anniversary of our popular Visitor Centre with the launch of our brand-new interactive Demonstration Room, the latest development in an ongoing investment programme which has seen over £5million invested across the whole cheese-making business in the last 5 years. We have continually invested in our Visitor Experience since it first opened in 1994. The new Demonstration Room is the most recent addition, complete with a fully equipped kitchen and tasting area, with technology for streaming demonstration footage, film and audio clips. Visitors are taken on a... Read More
22/05/2019
We’re excited to be supporting and joining The Dales Festival of Food and Drink on June 15th – 16th and can’t wait for a weekend of celebrating local produce, sampling our cheese and celebrating all Yorkshire has to offer! We’ll be selling and sampling our award-winning cheese as well hosting cheese-making demonstations! Join one of our cheese-experts as they turn eight pints of Wensleydale milk into a 500g Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese and learn all about our 1000 year history! Enjoy Cookery Demonstrations by Top Dales Chefs, amazing live music from... Read More
17/05/2019
We love to get out and about and sample our award-winning cheese! With a few dates in the pipeline, we thought we’d share our activity so you can keep up to date with our whereabouts…and plan your very own cheese road show (if you wish!) Saturday 15th June – Sunday 16th June – Dales Festival of Food and Drink, Leyburn Tuesday 9th – Thursday 11th July – The Cheese & Dairy Hall, The Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate Wednesday 31st July – The Nantwich Show, Dorfold Hall, Nantwich Saturday 14th September... Read More
15/05/2019
We’re excited to announce we’ll be hosting our THIRD Cheese Festival 14th – 15th September at Wensleydale Creamery! Join us for an exciting weekend of Live Cookery Demonstrations from guest Chefs, exclusive Cheese Tasting and Pairing Masterclasses, stunning Food & Drink and amazing local cheese producers! We’ll have a large marquee playing host to some amazing food, craft and drinks producers. You can sample and buy their amazing produce whilst enjoying live entertainment, street food and prosecco on tap! We are currently working on our Cookery Demonstration & Masterclasses timetable... Read More
