21-05-2025
Cheesemaker rivals swap dairies to put terroir to the test
Artisan food and drink producers often wax lyrical about terroir, the French term for the flavour imparted by the natural environment from which it is created.
One of the victims of last year's Great Cheese Robbery, in which 22 tonnes of the world's best cheddar was stolen from an artisan wholesaler, has put terroir to the test in a unique experiment by swapping dairies for the day with a rival cheesemaker, to see what difference it makes.
'As far as I know, no one in cheesemaking has done this before,' Ben Ticehurst, head cheesemaker at Trethowan Brothers dairy in Somerset, said before tasting the new creations at a private event for British fromage fanatics.
Trethowan had 12 tonnes of Pitchfork cheddar taken last year by
