The Cheese Company, the UK's largest cheese manufacturer and part of Milk Link, has won an outstanding 10 awards at the Devon County Show, 15-17 May 2008.
Taw Valley Creamery was the show's most successful creamery winning an exceptional seven awards. The creamery's Mature Cheddar won three awards including gold in the Mature Cheddar class, gold for the first round of the Danisco Grand Prix and Reserve Best in Show. Gold awards were also won by Taw Valley's Double Gloucester and Red Leicester Cheeses, its Mild Cheddar won silver and bronze and its Churton branded cheese was awarded a bronze award
The Cheese Company's Lockerbie Creamery also had a successful show, with its Low-Fat cheese scooping silver and bronze awards. The Dumfriesshire-based creamery also took home fourth place for its Mild Cheddar.
Neil Kennedy, Chief Executive of Milk Link said: "We are delighted to have had another successful year at the Devon County Show, one of the most highly regarded agricultural shows."
"This is the most important local show for our Taw Valley Creamery and so we are particularly pleased that the quality of its cheeses received such high recognition. We are also delighted that our cheeses from Lockerbie, which traveled so far to be at the show, received such a warm reception from the Devon judges. All of our staff throughout the UK have been working diligently and with great skill to produce these premium, award-winning cheeses, so I would like to offer them my thanks."
The Cheese Company is the UK's largest cheese manufacturer, producing over 20 varieties of cheddars, Blue Stiltons and British regional cheeses for the retail, food service and ingredients sectors production is based at four cheese and dairy processing facilities and its consumer packing facility at Oswestry, Shropshire.
