Villiage Made Cheese
Village Maid Cheese was started by Anne Wigmore in 1986 after she had been working for the National Institute for Research in Dairying in Shinfield for 10 years, initially in the microbiological department, and then learning her craft of cheese-making in their research dairy. Today, with husband Andy, her family and hard-working staff, they continue to produce award-winning artisan cheeses. By 1991 Village Maid had outgrown its second premise in Spencers Wood and so moved to their present site in Riseley. Around the same time Neal’s Yard Dairy in Covent Garden were looking for a semi-soft ewe’s milk cheese and encouraged Anne to try and develop one alongside the Spenwood. Again after months in development, Wigmore was born and is now established as a unique white rinded semi-soft ewe’s milk cheese, achieving many awards over the years such as Best English Cheese at the British Cheese Awards and Best Semi-Soft Cheese at the Artisan Cheese Awards. Available to buy on website.
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