Butlers' cheeses earn pair of Great Taste Awards

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, the fourth-generation family cheesemaker, has received two further Great Taste Awards in its 90th anniversary year.

Sunday Best, Butlers’ 18-month matured farmhouse Lancashire cheese, was described by judges as “so good we had to go back for more” and Beacon Blue, a sweet, smooth blue goat’s cheese was described as “majestic”.

Both cheeses received two-star Great Taste recognitions and join Butlers’ flagship Blacksticks Blue cheese, a one-star Great Taste winner in 2021.

Last month, Butlers took home 19 medals across cheesemaking, product and packaging categories at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards. It represented a record awards haul for Butlers at the ICDA. Butlers also won two Virtual Cheese Awards in May.

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses was founded in 1932 when Richard and Annie Butler made just a handful of Lancashire cheeses in the family kitchen. Today, Butlers produces more than 1,000 tonnes of farmhouse cheese every year, employs 100 people, supplies all major retailers and operates an online cheese store delivering nationally, direct from its Lancashire dairy.

Matthew Hall, the current owner, says: "We’re so pleased to display the iconic black and gold Great Taste logo on two more of our award-winning cheeses. The Great Taste Awards logo is a powerful on-pack prompt for consumers who want to try the very best in food and drink and we hope that it helps even more people find and explore British farmhouse cheese, made in Lancashire.

"All of our awards are much-deserved recognition for every member of our amazing team who put their hearts into making, packing and selling our cheese every single day. We work collectively as an extended family, the same way we have for 90 years - its why being part of a family business like ours is so special."