Cricketer Farm leads the way with award-winning cheeses at Nantwich

One of the Country's leading innovative cheesemakers, Cricketer Farm in Somerset, will be showing its range of award-winning traditional and healthier cheeses at the world-renowned Nantwich International Cheese Show on 29th and 30th July. Cricketer Farm, which won a record 38 awards during 2007, has already celebrated success at the Devon County Show and the Royal Bath & West Show in 2008, where it was presented with seven firsts, four seconds and a third, along with the WM Cary & Son Perpetual Challenge Rose Bowl and The Cheesemakers' Trophy for Excellence in Cheesemaking.

"2008 has so far been very successful for Cricketer, in terms of both awards and new product launches, and we hope for similar success over the coming months. We take great pride in our cheesemaking and we are honoured to have been presented with awards at the Devon County Show and the Royal Bath & West Show. Cheeses from all over the world take part in these competitions and to have achieved seven firsts and the trophy for Excellence in Cheesemaking really is a tribute to the skill, dedication and experience of our cheesemakers," said Simon O'Brien from Cricketer Farm.

Cricketer Farm has a history which stretches back over 60 years and it works closely with local farmers to ensure complete traceability of all its cheeses. The Company will be showing its range of both traditional and healthier cheeses at the Nantwich International Cheese Show, each made to award-winning recipes.

Simon continued: "The Nantwich Show is one of the highlights of the dairy calendar as it gives cheesemakers the chance to show their products to an international market. This year visitors will be able to taste our 22% fat recipe called Lighter; an everyday cheese, which is a great alternative to Cheddar and does not compromise on taste and texture. We are very much looking forward to introducing Lighter to visitors and to being a part of this prestigious event."

Cricketer Farm is situated on the edge of the Quantock hills, the first ever Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Each of Cricketer's cheeses is made to a traditional recipe using full fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, producing a range of Farmhouse Cheddar cheeses, half fat cheeses, quarter fat cheeses and 2% fat cheeses.