Local Cheesemakers
We have over 80 years combined experience in the craft of cheese making
Welcome to theSomerset Cheese Company
Artisan cheesemakers who specialise in adapting traditional style recipes to produce characterful cheeses from sheep, goat, buffalo and cows milk.
Award winning, delicious handmade hard and semi-hard cheeses from the Somerset Cheese Company
Sheep, Goat, Buffalo and Cow's cheese
The Somerset Cheese Company makes a range of hard and semi hard cheeses from all types of milk, including sheep, goat, buffalo and cow’s, including Channel Island milk.
Most of our cheeses are mould ripened in the traditional farmhouse way, whilst Rainbows Gold is wash-rinded. This means that the cheeses are wiped in a solution of ‘Golden Chalice’ ale and a ripening bacteria. This produces a distinctive golden rind which is pungent and sticky.
Other cheeses are sent to a professional smokery for gentle, cold oak smoking.
You can be sure that all our cheeses are made with strict attention to detail and due diligence, and also, all are made using vegetarian rennet.
We provide cheese for:
- Wholesale
- Restaurants and Delicatessens
- Farmers Markets
- Contract Making
- Individuals
“The smooth texture and nutty taste of Fosse Way Fleece made it a favourite with our customers immediately, and the crumbly, mellow qualities of Pennard Ridge soon ensured it was on the cheese board of some of the finest restaurants in London. The cheeses can also be found in our range of Celebration Cheese Cakes and Cut Cheese Collections where they represent the taste and quality that is expected from Paxton & Whitfield.”
Key Facts
Delivered Nationwide
We deliver our award winning handmade cheeses all over the UK
Made in Somerset
Based in beautiful Somerset, not far from the famous Bath and West Showground