Ford Farm strikes gold at the Bath & West

Ford Farm, a leading south west cheese producer struck gold several times over at the National Cheese Awards at the Royal Bath & West Show last week.

The Dorset-based Company walked away from the show with a total of four Gold Awards and two Silvers.  Its cheeses were also awarded the highest number of points in the first twenty classes.

Ford Farms Traditional Farmhouse Cheddar variety won a Gold Award, Block Farmhouse Cheddar won two Golds one for taste, the other for the packaging design of the Vintage Ingot.   Dorset Red, a delicious smoked variety won Gold in the natural smoked cheese class.

Mike Pullin, Managing Director of Ford Farm said, Its very gratifying when all our hard work in product development pays off. Our Farmhouse cheddars, all of which are made to traditional recipes and have PDO status are the real heart of our business so we were really pleased to gain such recognition at this prestigious show.   We were also really excited to win a gold Award for our Dorset Red brand and we hope that this accolade will encourage customers who may have preconceptions about smoked cheese to cast these aside and give it a go!

Ford Farm, recently the recipient of a Queens Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category is looking forward to a season of many more awards in recognition of its increasing portfolio of branded farmhouse cheddars and speciality cheeses.

Picture shows from left to right, Sam Pullin, Mike Pullin, Managing Director, Greg Parsons, Commercial Director and Martin Crabb, Operations Director with their trophies at the 2010 National Cheese Awards at the Royal Bath & West Show.