Top cheese marks for former school teacher

A former primary school teacher who turned her hands to making cheese has won  top food award.

Clare Jones, from Montgomery, left her teaching job to start Trefaldwyn Blue. She has now won two awards, a bronze in the Artisan Cheese Award at Metlon Mowbray and a coveted two star award by Great Taste.

Trefaldwyn Blue will now display the unmistakable black and gold logo, a stamp of excellence that is recognised by retailers and consumers alike.
 
Trefaldwyn Blue is made entirely by hand in very small batches. Clare started making Trefaldwyn Blue in 2019.
                            
Clare said: “Making my cheese is quite complicated and also physically hard work but I love the whole process. What makes me really happy though is the amazing feedback I receive from my customers, the deli’s, hotels and restaurants and also their customers and that means so much to me.

"I now receive messages from total strangers telling me how much they love Trefaldwyn Blue, I just never expected that. I just can’t tell you how delighted I am to win these awards, when I heard that I had been awarded a Great Taste Award, I literally had tears of joy rolling down my face."
 
The great taste judges described Trefaldwyn blue as “a really fine looking cheese with thin even moulding and rich egg-yolk orange and creamy paste, striaited evenly with blue. 

The growing demand for Trefaldwyn Blue has meant that Clare has been able to double production in recent months and is looking to increase further with Christmas orders.