Celebrating some of our Yorkshire Food Heroes this Yorkshire Day

The 1^st August is Yorkshire Day, an opportunity to celebrate all that’s great about God’s Own Country!

From our fantastic towns and countryside to the wonderful Yorkshire people, there’s a lot to be proud of in this County of ours and we’re joining in the celebration this year by shining a light on some of our favourite Yorkshire Food Heroes!

Located throughout our home county of North Yorkshire, along with a couple who are just a stone’s throw from us here at the Creamery in Hawes, these producers create some of the most delicious food and drink in Yorkshire and beyond, which also helpfully, pair perfectly with our range of handcrafted cheese! 

You’ll find their products on our menus, in our Tasting Room, in our cheeses, our shop and online… so there’s no excuse for missing out on these delicious (and sometimes quirky) pairings!

To celebrate Yorkshire Day we’re giving away a Yorkshire Cheese Box over on our social media starting from 1st August. Our Yorkshire Cheese Box contains creamy, crumbly Yorkshire Wensleydale along with the popular Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberries, the mellow creaminess of Wensleydale Blue and Naturally Oak Smoked Yorkshire Wensleydale, from the Creamery’s own smokehouse, the strong and rugged flavours of Extra Mature Yorkshire Cheddar and the buttery, creamy texture of Kit Calvert Old-Style Wensleydale, to create the perfect combination for a delicious night in and the perfect accompaniment to our Yorkshire Day hero products!

Visiting us at the Creamery this Yorkshire Day? Click HERE to see what other activities and special offers we have going on to mark the day.

Take a look…

Sawley Kitchen (41.2 miles from Wensleydale Creamery)

Located in Ripon, close to the edge of the Dales, Sawley Kitchen are a family run bakery producing a selection of award-winning, sweet, and savoury products.

Specialising in handcrafted delights based on traditional family recipes, we’ve recently started stocking their range of artisan crackers online as part of the Wensleydale Deli and wow do they pair well with our cheese!

Try the twice baked Malted Barley with our original Yorkshire Wensleydale or Naturally Oak-Smoked Cheddar for perfectly paired savoury notes, or for a sweeter tooth, the Cranberry & Walnut crackers with their slight chewiness are a match made in heaven for both our Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberries and Yorkshire Wensleydale & Stem Ginger.

Find out more about perfect cracker pairings in the Wensleydale Deli HERE

Black Sheep Brewery (26.8 miles from Wensleydale Creamery)

You can’t talk about Yorkshire Food Heroes or indeed perfect cheese pairings, without talking about beer! 

Founded in 1992 and based in the Dales market town of Masham, Black Sheep Brewery are one of the most iconic Yorkshire brands, recognised the world over, and we’ve partnered with them for many years on cheese, preserves and more!

If you’re a fan of this classic culinary pairing, our Yorkshire Cheese and Beer Tasting Box  is for you!  Containing 4 bottles of Black Sheep Ale and 4 of our artisan cheeses, the selection comes complete with tasting notes so you can fully immerse yourself in the delicious partnership.

As well as in our online deli, you’ll also find their brews in our Gift Shop and on the menus in our Visitor Centre.  We also teamed up with them on our ever-popular Yorkshire Black Sheep Ale Pickle, a classic British preserve made using Black Sheep Riggwelter Ale and created exclusively for us by Rosebud Preserves in Masham. It’s dark, rich and delicious and perfect paired with our Cheddars.

Rosebud Preserves (26.8 miles from Wensleydale Creamery)

Artisans don’t get more artisan that Rosebud Preserves.  Based in Masham, in the next Dale to us here at the Creamery, Rosebud was founded in 1989 by Elspeth Biltoft who still handcrafts her range of jams and preserves to traditional recipes using the best quality ingredients.

A longstanding partnership, Rosebud’s talented team have worked on a number of bespoke preserves for us here at Wensleydale Creamery, creating them specifically to pair perfectly with our cheese to let their individual flavours and characteristics sing.

A fan of our Wensleydale & Cranberries?  Try a dollop of Sticky Fruit Chutney with its plump dried fruits and maple syrup.  This rich, dark and sticky preserve has warming spices which perfectly complement the sweet succulence of the cranberries.

For a more classic combination, Yorkshire Wensleydale Chutney is the perfect partnership with our Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese with its fresh, delicate and naturally sweet balance of Bramley apples, sultanas and traditional spices.

A popular product in our Visitor Centre Gift Shop for obvious reasons, Rosebud Preserve’s chutneys can also be found on our Wensleydale Cheese Bar Menu in Calvert’s Restaurant, as well as in our Yorkshire Wensleydale and Chutney Gift Set, so you can experience a true taste of Yorkshire at home.

Cockett’s Bakery (0.5 miles from Wensleydale Creamery) 

The most local of all our Yorkshire Food Heroes, Cockett’s Bakery are located in Hawes, just a stones throw from the Creamery!

Founded in 1854, Cockett’s are a traditional, fifth generation family bakery and they definitely know a thing or two about creating the perfect fruitcake!

When we say a match made in heaven, we really mean it! This classic combination of fruit cake and Yorkshire Wensleydale is the most deliciously traditional way to eat our famous cheese.  An iconic partnership amongst Yorkshire folk, the combination of sweet and rich cake, combined with fresh and crumbly Yorkshire Wensleydale is becoming more popular throughout the country and beyond, as customers enjoy this classic Christmas pairing all year round.

Cockett’s have supplied their delicious fruitcakes to the Creamery for many years. Served in our Coffee Shop (of course with a slice of Yorkshire Wensleydale), and more recently on the Wensleydale Cheese Bar Menu (our take on tapas style dining) you’ll also find them in our Gift Shop and online deli, as well as in our bespoke Gift Box set.  Perfect for spreading the word about this famous pairing to family and friends!

Spirit of Yorkshire (95 miles from Wensleydale Creamery)

The newest business in our round up of Yorkshire Food Heroes, Filey based Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery burst onto the scene in 2016, and their Yorkshire Whisky has since been awarded a host of national and international industry awards.

Whilst beer and wine are often hailed as the perfect partners for cheese, whisky is fast becoming the tipple of choice to pair alongside it.  

A perfect pairing for us here at Wensleydale Creamery, their field to fork ethos (or field to glass in this case!) creates a great Yorkshire partnership, bringing together two artisan producers, both equally passionate about provenance and flavour!

You can find Filey Bay’s range of products featured on our Wensleydale Cheese Bar menu by the glass, and by the bottle in our Cheese and Gift Shop in our Visitor Centre.

We’re also excited to be hosting our first cheese and whisky pairing event this September, which will see 6 of Filey Bays award-winning whiskeys paired with 3 of our most popular cheeses including Yorkshire Cheddar, Wensleydale Blue and Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberries.  It’s going to be a delicious evening and a must for any whisky enthusiast!

Click HERE to see what other activities we have going on at the Creamery to mark Yorkshire Day