15 Jul 2010
Milk Link, the UK’s leading farmer owned dairy co-operative and largest cheese manufacturer, excelled at today’s Great Yorkshire Show, in Harrogate, Yorkshire, with its Creameries collecting 14 awards for its cheeses, including trophies for ‘Best Butter in Show’ for the second year running for Lockerbie Creamery’s unsalted butter; ‘Best Blue Cheese in Show’ for Tuxford and Tebbutt’s Stilton; and the Danisco Grand Prix prize for Taw Valley Creamery’s Mature Cheddar.
Seven gold prizes were awarded to Milk Link. Lockerbie Creamery, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland picked up gold prizes in the ‘Unsalted’ and ‘Salted’ butter categories; Tuxford and Tebbutt Creamery in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire was awarded gold for the quality if its Stilton; and Reece’s Creamery in Malpas, Cheshire won gold, silver and bronze in the ‘Cheshire Cheese’ category cementing the Creamery as the home of ‘Real Cheshire Cheese’.
Milk Link received a further three silver awards for Reece’s Creamery in the ‘Territorial Cheese - Wensleydale’ category; Taw Valley Creamery, North Tawton, Devon in the ‘Territorial Cheese’ category; and Llandyrnog Creamery, Denbighshire, Wales in the ‘Mild Cheddar’ category.
The results delighted the Chief Executive of Milk Link Neil Kennedy who said: “Our expert cheese makers deserve this recognition for their flair, dedication and skills which deliver the really exceptional taste and quality of our products.
“The acknowledgement here at The Great Yorkshire Show for the excellence of our Creameries makes me and everyone involved with Milk Link very proud. It also makes us determined to build on this success at future shows which are so important to the British dairy industry and in particular our farmers.”
Milk Link produces a range of branded cheeses and butters, including Tickler, a fabulous extra-mature Cheddar produced in the heart of Devon; Lockerbie Cheddar and Butter, unique products with a special kick and “a wee bit of bite”; and the Cadog range of Welsh cheeses. The company also manufactures over 20 varieties of Cheddars, blue Stiltons and British regional cheeses for the retail, food service and ingredients sectors.
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