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Helen Miles

18/04/2016
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Front of House Seasonal Staff

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to join our team. Seasonal vacancies throughout our Visitor Centre, working full or part time, including every other weekend.   Pay rates from £8.50 to £8.53 following a 13 week probationary period and a weekend enhancement of £28.76 is also paid for working every other weekend. To express your interest or discuss these opportunities, please contact Lynn Peacock on 01969 667664 or email lynn.peacock@wensleydale.co.uk Closing Date: 7th May 2016 The Wensleydale Creamery is committed to equal opportunities in employment

06/04/2016
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Wensleydale Creamery Announced As Main Sponsor Of The Dales Festival Of Food & Drink

The Wensleydale Creamery has been announced as the main sponsor for the 2016 Dales Festival of Food & Drink (18th – 19th June 2016). The festival is back with a new look event for 2016 [and with a new organising team behind it], being held in the market place of Leyburn. The announcement today that The Wensleydale Creamery will be sponsoring the 2016 festival has helped to safeguard the future of this popular food and drink festival for the Dales. The Wensleydale Creamery, based at Hawes in Wensleydale, [in the... Read More

17/03/2016
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Easter at The Wensleydale Creamery

With the Easter holidays fast approaching, we’ve got some exciting activities in the pipeline to share with you! Cheese-making demonstrations We will be running cheese-making demonstrations at various times each day during the holidays. This is a wonderful experience, watching one of our cheese experts turn a gallon of milk into a pound of cheese before your eyes, in around 45 minutes! Please contact us for times and availability. Booking essential. Tickets £1 per person (in addition to Museum & Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese Experience admission).   New cookery demonstrations New for this Easter,... Read More

14/03/2016

The Spring Edit

It might not feel too Spring-like with some snow still visible on the hill tops, but there are snowdrops and a few daffodils tentatively poking their little heads up out of the ground, and the odd spell of sunshine! Here at The Wensleydale Creamery, we are ready for Spring. We’ve been busy working on some exciting new projects to share with you ….. Firstly, we have a new Brymor ice cream offering! A range of delicious ice cream cones are available in our Visitor Centre Gift Shop, as well as... Read More

08/03/2016
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English Tourism Week

According to the Visit England website, “English Tourism Week is an annual week-long celebration of events showcasing the quality and vibrancy of our visitor experiences and the value our industry brings to our nation.” This year it runs from 5th – 13th March. The visitor economy provides 2.6million jobs and is worth a staggering £106billion a year to England, so it’s most definitely something that we are truly passionate about! Our Wensleydale Creamery Visitor Centre is based at Hawes, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park; an absolutely... Read More

07/03/2016
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British Pie Week

Here in the UK, we’re famous for our love of pies – particularly in the North! The origin of the pie can be traced back as far as the ancient Greeks, who created a makeshift pastry to place over meat for cooking, to help keep the juices in. The pastry was never intended to be eaten. The Romans made miniature pies containing fruits or small birds, which would form part of a lavish banquet. The pie became a staple for farmers and tradesmen, who would spend long hours in the... Read More

17/02/2016

The Wensleydale Creamery Attends UKTI Gulfood Trade Mission to Dubai

The Wensleydale Creamery is joining a major UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) Northern Powerhouse trade mission to the Gulfood and Halal World show in Dubai to increase its export business in key Middle East markets. The landmark event at the Dubai World Trade Centre will run from 19th – 25th February 2016 inclusive and is the world’s biggest annual food and hospitality show, attracting almost 5,000 exhibitors from more than 120 nations to the trading hub of the Middle East. The Wensleydale Creamery, which also attended Gulfood in 2014 and... Read More

15/02/2016

#MyCranberryMoment

A string of awards and rave reviews confirms that our Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberries cheese is something special, and we are proud to have invented it 20 years ago. We know that people love the taste of this cheese all year round, and it’s an essential favourite on any cheeseboard. But it’s so much more too! It works so well in many culinary dishes; from a delicious starter wrapped in filo pastry to create Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberries cheese parcels, or an impressive main course stuffed inside a chicken breast,... Read More