“I sent a rapid response dated 15 January 2013, drawing attention to the level of diabetes in different countries being proportional to the level of A1 milk consumption. I said there was no hope of improving UK the level of type 1 diabetes due to the unavailability of A2 milk. I was wrong. A2 milk has been … Read more
More 4 Channel, part of the Channel 4 listings, have an advert promoting A2 Milk using the help of Dannii Minogue. Ok it’s not Guernsey milk but it’s showing that A2 is once again being promoted on a fairly large scale. For more information please check out what they have to say. They also have … Read more
Ernie Durose has made a large investment in equipment at Grange Farm ,Lower Leigh, Staffordshire and is about to start making his range of Guernsleigh cheeses on the farm. He has been having the cheeses made by a third party as he has developed the products over the last couple of years. Ernie can be … Read more
Fenella Madison has added a Gold Medal at the”World Cheese Awards” to the awards won for her Fort Grey cheese made in the garage of her home at Torteval in Guernsey. Sandy Rose from Two Hoots Dairy at Barkham Reading also won Gold with her Barkham Blue which is made with a mix that is … Read more
Congratulations to Fenella Maddison who has won a Bronze award in the recent World Cheese Awards for her Fort Grey Guernsey Blue, click here to be taken to the Guild of Fine Food results 2010 page. In addition to making these cheeses she was recently thrilled to be asked to act as one of the Judges … Read more
WordPress.com have an really good article with some excellent pictures to illustrate turning 18 pints of Hurdlebrook Raw milk into cheese. Click here to see the article.
Ray Watts, who has been selling Suffolk Farmhouse cheeses on Guernsey Island for some time, has started to resell to Holland. Apparently Guernsey Island butter is also being sold there. Guernsey milk products are spreading round the world!
There is another Cheese maker in Canada using Guernsey milk to make a Cheddar type cheese. At present we do not have a website or email address for them but if you have any questions please contact Brad Royce, Box 81, Highway 23 North Listowel, Ontario, N4W 3H2. Phone 519-291-2466 Fax 519-291-1187.
Upper Canada Cheese Companies newest cheese Guernsey Girl reviewed by The Globe and Mail. Read their review and salivate over their picture. Managing partner Vivian Szebeny says ” I find it caramelizes a bit more beautifully due to the high fat content of Guernsey milk. The Guernsey milk also imparts a fuller, richer flavour than that … Read more
Olive Farm Babcary were awarded Gold awards at the recent Royal Bath & West show for their Creme Fraiche and Soured Cream. Winning in competition with all of the major Highstreet premium brands. Rose Paull misread the entry form and her products were in plain packages with no description of the content and thus it … Read more
Olive Farm Babcary do go to the markets in Guildford. Their Hurdlebrook products, milk, cream & yoghurt will be available.
I don’t drink a lot of milk unless it’s been transformed to ice cream but Guernsey milk is just great. Besides from what I learned from an article this island is really enchanting. Well the butterfat content is higher in Jersey’s for example, which might make it seem richer, but Guernsey milk is more balanced overall, … Read more
Hi, do you sell raw Milk in Guildford on a Tuesday.. I would love to drive over and pick some up! Best regards. William Evans
Hello we live in a little village called Steeple Bumpstead borders of Essex and Suffolk, just seen program on tv about your new goats cheese, would you consider sending your cheese to the mainland, we are very interested, please let me know, thanx. We will forward your request to Fenella but as yet she is … Read more
The Upper Canada Cheese Company recently launched their Guernsey Girl cheese. This is similar to Halloumi cheese in that it can be cooked and keeps it’s shape. Click here to read about the Guernsey Girl Cook off at The Cheese Boutique in Toronto.
Here is Fenella’s next part of her Cheesemaker’s tale. As she explains it’s been a while since her last article but it has been all for very good reasons and worth the wait.
Ages since I last wrote which, I suppose, may be good as it shows I have been busy!
Thank you for posting this. I’m thinking of going into cheesemaking myself and very keen to understand what is necessary. Getting the equipment seems like a challenge. Will join the Specialist Cheesemakers right away! All the best, Judi
Brymor ice-cream has won 2 awards at the Great Taste Awards in 2009 for its Ginger and Rum & Raisin artisan ice-creams. Click here to read what The Grocery Trader magazine had to say.
Ernie Drose and his mother Edith are having some of their Guernsey milk processed into cheeses by a newly established cheese company in Staffordshire. The cheese is being marketed under the Guernsleigh brand and is available in several flavours.
An EXTRA mature cheddar produced by the Guernsey Dairy has won a Silver medal in this years WORLD CHEESE AWARDS after the 150 judges sampled 2440 entries! Click here to see what was said about this in The Guernsey Press.