Team Is All Set to Put County Back on the Map for Its Famed Stilton News
Team is all set to put county back on the map for its famed Stilton News It’s been nearly three years since Hartington last produced its world- famous Stilton. But, this month, a team of cheese lovers are breaking the mould by crafting their own. Not too long ago, more than a quarter of the world's supply of Stilton was poured, matured, cut, aged, veined, sliced and packaged at Hartington Creamery. The team of five hoping to bring Stilton production back to Hartington are, from left, Garry Milner, Simon Davidson, Claire Milner, Ady Cartlidge and Alan Salt. Below are photos of the Old Cheese Shop in Hartington, the Pikehall site and Simon Davidson, who runs the Cheese Factor in Chesterfield. So famed was the village's flavoursome blue cheese, with its striking veins and strong smell, that it caught the attention – and the tastebuds – of King George V, along with foodies all over the world. Visit the picture-postcard village today and, sadly, and the only Stilton you will can your hands on has been shipped in from Leicestershire or Nottinghamshire. But that is all about the change. For, in April, production is due to start on the first batch of Stilton to be made in Derbyshire for two-and-a- half years. A five-strong team of Stilton-aficionados cannot wait to start bringing “doorwedge” chunks of the cheese back to Derbyshire. Alan Salt, Ady Cartlidge, Simon Davidson and Garry and Claire Millner are the brains behind the project – all of them Derbyshire folk and each with a burning passion to protect the tasty heritage of Hartington.
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