13.07.06
Lynher Dairies win double gold at world cheese awards
Cornish cheese producer Lynher Dairies Cheese Company Ltd
has scooped two gold medals at the annual World Cheese Awards
in London.
The winning cheeses - Yarg Cornish Cheese and Yarg Wild
Garlic Cornish Cheese – were among 135 rewarded with
the top accolade after 120 experts from around the world judged
a total of 1,542 cheeses.
According to organisers, standards were higher than ever
this year at the world's most prestigious international
cheese event held at Taste of London, the capital's
top food and drink festival, in Regent's Park. Entries
were received from as far afield as the USA, South Africa,
Australia and New Zealand. A French ewe's milk cheese called
Ossau Iraty from the region of Pays Basque in France walked
away with the coveted title of World Champion.
Lynher Dairies Cheese Company Ltd is based on two sites,
Pengreep Dairy in Ponsanooth and Netherton Farm near Liskeard
and produces seven different cheeses. Yarg Cornish Cheese
is a bright, creamy cheese wrapped in distinctive mould-ripened
nettles while Wild Garlic Yarg is wrapped in wild garlic leaves
giving the cheese a gorgeous pungent kick.
Co-director Catherine Mead said: "We were delighted
to receive not one but two top awards in this prestigious
competition. The champion cheese was a French one so we feel
we have done Cornwall proud in achieving the top mark for
a British cheese. It was great to be holding our own in competition
with a vast array of cheeses from around the world."
For further information please contact Helen Roberts of Deborah
Clark and Associates Ltd on 01872 276276 or email: helen@dclark.co.uk.
The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the
Isles of Scilly has invested in Pengreep Dairy, which is one
of two Lynher Dairies sites, through the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
Editor's notes:
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The World Cheese Awards took place between June 15 and
18 2006 at Taste of London in Regent's Park. For
more information on Taste of London see www.tasteoflondon.co.uk |
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A video of the judging can be viewed on the World Cheese
Awards section on www.finefoodworld.co.uk |
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Lynher Dairies Cheese Company has been a cheese making
partnership between Lynher Dairy at Netherton Farm and
Pengreep Dairy for six years |
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YARG Cornish Cheese is based on a 13th century recipe |
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YARG Cornish Cheese is sold in supermarket deli sections
across the country as well as being a popular seller in
specialist cheese shops and market stalls in Cornwall |
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YARG Cornish Cheese is made by hand and it takes five
weeks to make from start to finish |
Clare Morgan
Media Relations Manager
Objective One Partnership Office
Castle House
Pydar Street
Truro TR1 2UD
Mobile: 07973 813647
Telephone: 01872 223439
cmorgan@cornwall.gov.uk
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