Author: Sal
Cheesy and Proud of It
Wednesday, 11th April, 2007 at 5:49 pm, Isle of Wight
In case the news that a young chap by the name of Richard Hodgson from Alverstone has become a world cheese champion managed to pass you by last month, now you know.
Young Richard (well, 27 actually) gave up a successful media career in order to start making cheeses. His Isle of Wight Blue cheese managed to surpass cheddars, stilton and many other English classics as he picked up the Fortnum & Mason Trophy for Best English Cheese 2007.
And the amazing thing is that he’s only been doing this for less than a year. Using milk from Queen Bower Farm in Alverstone, Richard works a 90 hour week alongside his mum, Julie, to produce 1000 wonderful cheeses.
Congratulations Richard, this is really fantastic news and the Isle of Wight is really proud of you.
Regular readers will already know that you can buy Isle of Wight Blue cheese from (among other places) Norris & Knight, High Street, Ventnor. Go on, give it a try.
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April 12th, 2007 at 10:52 am
I’ve tried the IoW Blue - I could taste why it had won so many awards. You can also pick it up (when it’s in stock) at the Apple ‘place’ in Freshwater.
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