Collection: Weardale Cheese

“Sometimes I wonder if I’ve gone mad, but I just love it,” says Simon, who hardly ever seems to stop smiling. It’s as if someone has pointed a camera, told him to “say cheese” and it’s stuck.

“I enjoy the isolation of working on my own in the dairy during the week then meeting amazing people on my delivery rounds or at farmers’ markets – it’s fantastic,” he says.

Born in Bishop Auckland and grew up in St Helen Auckland Simons dad, Ken, worked for the Milk Marketing Board and National Dairy Council, so Simon jokes that he was force-fed yoghurt and cheese.

“It was in my blood,” he says.

St Cuthbert is a lightly blue, semi-soft cheese. Simon also makes a blue version of the traditional Weardale Cheese called Prince Bishop; a semi-soft, white mould rinded Brie de Weardale and Bonny Moor Hen, a smoked version of Weardale. The lightly-herbed Weardale Nettle and a Spanish-inspired Diablo, with smoked paprika and chili flakes, complete the range.