Fantastic Results from this Year's International Cheese & Dairy Awards!

We're rounding of a fantastic week (and actually a brilliant month!) with more exciting news to share with you, this time from the International Cheese and Dairy Awards (ICDA).

Katie, Caroline and members of the SP team headed to Staffordshire earlier this week and were blown away by the results! 🧀 

We were absolutely bowled over by Mrs Bell’s Blue being awarded The Judy Bell Trophy for the Champion UK Sheep Milk Cheese. A super proud moment for us all as you can imagine, as the trophy is named after our founder Judy and it’s actually 30 years this summer since we launched Mrs Bell’s Blue, so a lovely homecoming of sorts and one we're SUPER PROUD of! 

Alongside that lovely achievement, Harrogate Blue was awarded The ALPMA GB Trophy for Champion Home International, and we also received Gold medals for Mrs Bell’s Blue, Organic Yorkshire Blue and Harrogate Blue as well as 2 further Silvers and 3 Bronzes! 💫 

This year's full results included:

💙 The Judy Bell Trophy - Awarded to the Champion UK Sheep Milk Cheese - Mrs Bell’s Blue

💙 The ALPMA GB Trophy - Awarded to the Champion Home International – Harrogate Blue

Sheep Milk Blue

🥇 Gold - Mrs Bell’s Blue

UK Blue Cheese Soft

🥇 Gold – Mrs Bell’s Blue

🥉 Bronze – Yorkshire Blue

Any Organic Cheese

🥇 Gold – Organic Yorkshire Blue

English Cheese Type Any

🥇 Gold – Harrogate Blue

🥉 Bronze – Yorkshire Blue

Blue Vein Soft

🥈 Silver – Yorkshire Blue

UK Organic Any

🥈 Silver – Organic Yorkshire Blue

UK Sheep Milk Any

🥉 Bronze – Mrs Bell’s Blue

The ICDA’s are always an inspiring event to attend and brings together so many passionate people. It’s a great opportunity to celebrate all the hard work and innovation that goes on behind the scenes… particularly here at Shepherds Purse, and we couldn’t be prouder of our team!