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Helen Miles

31/07/2018

Reyt proud to be from Yorkshire, we are!

It’s here again, our favourite day of the year (and that includes Christmas!). It’s Yorkshire Day! Our beautiful County is celebrated all over the world on August 1st, which makes us even more proud to be from God’s Own Country! This year to celebrate, we’re joining in the Yorkshire Day celebrations in Ripon. Wednesday starts off with a parade which sets off from Ripon Spa Hotel at 10am, with nearly 200 mayors and dignitaries taking part. From 10am we will be set up in the marketplace selling and sampling Yorkshire’s Own... Read More

12/07/2018
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Yorkshire Cheddar Crowned Supreme Champion Cheese At The Great Yorkshire Cheese And Dairy Show

Yorkshire Cheddar now lies under the Yorkshire Creamery brand! Learn more here: https://yorkshirecreamery.co.uk/ With Yorkshire Wensleydale taking the Reserve Supreme Champion title, the Wensleydale Creamery celebrates a 25-award win success. The Wensleydale Creamery, the famous Yorkshire Dales cheese-maker, is celebrating another successful year at The Great Yorkshire Cheese and Dairy Show, after winning a grand total of 25 awards for its handcrafted cheeses, butter and yogurts. The newly launched Yorkshire Cheddar started its winning streak being awarded ‘Best Cheddar’ at the show, in a highly competitive category, before going on... Read More

05/07/2018
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Yorkshire Dales getting cheesy for a second time at a • Cracking Cheese Festival returns 15-23 September!

The Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival returns this September with double the number of events and activities following the success of last year’s inaugural event. One of the new events will put a cheesy slant on the War of the Roses by holding a week-long tasting competition pitting fromage from Yorkshire against Lancashire-produced cheeses. The Bolton Arms at Redmire near Leyburn will be asking guests to taste cheeses from each county and then vote for their favourite during the Festival which takes place between 15 and 23 September Other plans are... Read More

20/06/2018
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Cheese Festival 2018

On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September, we’ll be kicking off our 2018 Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival with a two-day celebration of the Dales rich-cheese making heritage at the Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes. With market stalls, cheese tasting, pairing and grading, cookery demonstrations and much more. Meet amazing suppliers in our local produce marquee, which will be home to 35 different stallholders with goodies to enjoy on the day and to take home. Stalls range from homemade preserves, crafts, cheese stalls, beer, gin, baked goods and ice-cream – udderly brilliant! The... Read More

06/06/2018

A slice of Yorkshire Wensleydale in Chelsea

We seem to have just come down for the amazing, beautiful and colourful whirlwind which was the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018. The 2018 Welcome to Yorkshire garden, inspired by the iconic Yorkshire Dales, won a prestigious GOLD award, Best Construction award and the BBC People’s Choice Award – all of which we are thrilled about! Flat-cap hats off to fellow Yorkshireman Mark Gregory who marked his 30th consecutive year at the prestigious show. His stunning design evokes a Yorkshire landscape, with drystone walls, flower-filled meadows, a fast-flowing stream and... Read More

01/06/2018
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All about….Yorkshire Cheddar!

Yorkshire Cheddar now lies under the Yorkshire Creamery brand! Learn more here: https://yorkshirecreamery.co.uk/ You may have seen…we hope you have seen, that we have recently launched a brand new cheese! Yorkshire Cheddar! We teased…. and we launched… You’ll already be familiar with our Yorkshire Wensleydale, the only cheese of its type produced in Wensleydale, our blended cheeses such as Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberries, and our Yorkshire Butter and Yorkshire Yogurt.  Now, we’ve taken all our cheese expertise and crafted an exceptional Cheddar with proper strength and character – Yorkshire Cheddar. After years... Read More

16/05/2018
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Yorkshire’s Own Cheddar

Yorkshire Cheddar now lies under the Yorkshire Creamery brand! Learn more here: https://yorkshirecreamery.co.uk/ We are so thrilled to be announcing that we’re adding Yorkshire Cheddar to our award-winning cheese range! After being lovingly handcrafted using local milk, by our team of skilled and passionate cheese-makers, Yorkshire Cheddar has been ageing for up to 15 months for proper strength and character…..and now we can reveal it to the world! David Hartley, Managing Director of The Wensleydale Creamery, said: “We’re thrilled to be launching Yorkshire Cheddar, made from Yorkshire milk and carefully... Read More

10/05/2018
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Creating a little piece of the Yorkshire Dales in Chelsea

We’re getting closer to the start of the Chelsea Flower Show and are getting even more excited to be part of this fantastic event. You may have seen that we are teaming up with Welcome to Yorkshire for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show! This year’s show garden will showcase the county to the world and encourage people to visit the area to see its beauty first hand. As well as a stunning Dales landscape and traditional cottage garden, this year’s design by Mark Gregory features a stone bothy converted into... Read More

09/05/2018

Coffee, Chocolate & Walnut Scones

A popular scone “special” in our 1897 Coffee Shop – wonderful warm with lashings of our Dales Butter. Ingredients Scones 1 lb of self raising flour 3 tbsp of cocoa powder 200g of caster sugar 250g of unsalted butter a handful of crushed walnuts, plus extra for sprinkling on top Splash of cream 2 eggs Coffee icing 250 g of icing sugar 1 shot of espresso coffee Method 1. Heat oven to 160c. 2. Tip the flour into a large bowl with the sugar, butter and cocoa powder and rub... Read More

09/05/2018

Lemon Drizzle Scones

Highly popular in our 1897 Coffee Shop – delicious served warm, with lashings of Dales Butter. Ingredients Scones 450g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting 350 g caster sugar 250g margarine 2 eggs Splash milk Juice of 2 lemons Zest of 1 lemon Icing 500g icing sugar 4 tbsp fresh lemon juice   Method 1. Heat oven to 160C/. 2. Tip the flour into a large bowl with the sugar, margarine, lemon zest and rub together into fine crumbs. 3. Add lemon juice, eggs and splash of milk. Mix until... Read More