Davidstow Cheddar is a brand of

Cheddar cheese Cheddar cheese (or simply cheddar) is a natural cheese that is relatively hard, off-white (or orange if colourings such as annatto are added), and sometimes sharp-tasting. Cheddar originates from the English village of Cheddar in Somerset. Ched ...

manufactured by

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, at the

Davidstow Creamery The Davidstow Creamery is a manufacturing plant in Cornwall; it makes ''Cathedral City'' mature Cheddar cheese. It is the largest cheese factory in the UK, and the largest mature cheddar plant in the world. History The site is on a windswept hill ...

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, England, United Kingdom, alongside

Cathedral City Cheddar Cathedral City is a brand of Cheddar cheese which is manufactured by Saputo Dairy UK in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Cathedral City's brand and logo is based on Wells Cathedral in Somerset. History Cathedral City is produced at Davidstow in ...

Production

Cheddar has been produced at Davidstow for over 60 years, the plant being set up there in 1951 by

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. Milk is supplied by 300 farms in Cornwall and

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, all within a 50-mile radius. The Davidstow plant is the largest in Britain, having been upgraded in 2004, and has the capacity to produce 1,000 tonnes of Davidstow and Cathedral City cheese per week.

Awards

Davidstow won Gold trophies at the International Cheese Awards in Nantwich in 2010 and 2011.

Rick Stein Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

has put his name to a brand of savoury oat biscuits with Davidstow cheddar cheese. and Davidstow cheddar is used by

Nathan Outlaw Nathan Outlaw (born March 1978) is an English professional chef who has worked previously with television chef Rick Stein. He now runs his self-titled two Michelin star restaurant, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, in Port Isaac, Cornwall. He has appeared ...

in his two

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restaurant.

References

External links

Davidstow Cheddar website
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