cumbria's newest cheese maker...

The number of cheese makers in the county continues to grow. The newest addition is Wardhall Dairy, set up and run by Lynn Ballantine Dykes at her home Ewe Close Farm in Arkleby.

Lynn, who has spent the last few years working at Thornby Moor Dairy, produces mainly goats cheeses with milk from her own herd of British Saanen goats. Her top seller is the Wardhall Blue, a creamy blue goats' milk cheese. She has also recently started making hard cheeses from cow's milk, which she buys from other Cumbrian farmers.

Even though she has only been up and running since November, Lynn is already on the list of artisan food makers visited by the guests of Annette Gibbons' Cumbria on a Plate food safaris. Says Annette: "At last, Cumbria has a great range of fresh goats' cheeses with lots of flavour made on a small scale. It's a privilege to cook with them and I'm so pleased to be able to include them in my Cumbria on a Plate tours."

For more information about Lynn's cheeses, see www.wardhalldairy.co.uk


Content and photography supplied by Artisan Foods, funded by Distinctly Cumbrian.