"I usually buy mine in small blocks from Cegin Cymru. Local surplus production was sold in the market town of Caerphilly and was often used as a miner’s staple, to be taken down the mine and eaten like cake. Anyone used to supermarket Caerphilly will find it hard to imagine how a whole box of Caerphilly could be interesting.© 2020 The Welsh Cheese Company, The Worklabs, Rombourne Business Centre, Moy Road Industrial Estate, Taffs Well, CF15 7QR.
This website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best user experience. IT'S name is known throughout the world and there is even a cheese festival later this month, to mark Caerphilly's famous export.IT'S name is known throughout the world and there is even a cheese festival later this month, to mark Caerphilly's famous export.But how much Caerphilly cheese is actually made in Caerphilly?Most of the cheeses claiming to be Caerphilly and sold in the town are actually made in other parts of Wales, including Chepstow.The last local producer of Caerphilly cheese ceased trading in 1995 because of European legislation making it illegal to take delivery of unpasteurised milk in metal churns.However, behind yet another Euro-myth is the good news that Caerphilly cheese is still being made locally by a long-established family firm.The only surviving producer is Castle Dairies, which was established in 1968 by John Lloyd and is now managed by his son Nigel, who employs 45 people on the Pontygwindy Industrial Estate.The company is hoping to win accreditation later this year from the British Retail Consortium to supply large supermarket chains with genuine Caerphilly cheese.Until then don't expect the Caerphilly you find on the cheese counter to be manufactured any nearer than Chepstow or Cheshire.At the Asda store in Caerphilly helpful staff on the deli cheese bar yesterday were aware that their "farmhouse special" was not made locally.It was being sold alongside a "mild Caerphilly", blended with freshly chopped leeks, which failed to whet the appetite of 82-year-old shopper Edna Evans.Mrs Evans, who was born in nearby Trethomas, remembers the Queen's visit to Caerphilly in Coronation Year, 1953, to see where the famous crumbly cheese was made. Mudgee has an abundance of local produce on offer and is a must-stop destination for lovers of exceptional cheese, food and wine.
274591279. Stefan Blue. It has since been replaced with a much drier version produced on an industrial scale. "We would argue that anything else is simply not Caerphilly because it is not made to the same recipe. However, there still remain some cheesemakers producing Caerphilly in the old style on an artisan basis.
Caerphilly started as a small farm cheese made by hand as a staple for the farmhands.
Our cheese. At the start of the 20 "Staff at the Tesco store in Cardiff Road confirmed that their version of "the crumblies" was actually made in Chepstow, despite its attractive package displaying a map of old Caerphilly.The spirit of The Big Cheese is still being promoted by local traders, including Alison and Andy Walton, who run the Vive La Baguette snack bar.Andy said, "I always buy Caerphilly cheese for The Big Cheese festival.
Caerphilly is a hard, crumbly white cheese that originated in the area around the town of Caerphilly, Wales. Rouge. Fetta. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. However, behind yet another Euro-myth is the good news that Caerphilly cheese is still being made locally by a long-established family firm. If you choose to continue using this website, you agree to If you’ve taken a wander through our website, you may have paused to ask yourself why we offer a gift box wholly made up of Caerphilly cheeses (or Caerffili to give it its Welsh spelling). Brie. "When I was little a man used to make it up on Caerphilly Mountain," she said.