A very happy podcast team this week with some cheese on the menu, but firstly we welcome Chris back with his milk market report for the week. Ben then hosts Cheesemonger, Andy Swinscoe, co-owner of the Courtyard Dairy and a former Cheesemonger of the Year at the World Cheese Awards onto the podcast alongside Kite Consultant and Lucy McClymont, to talk about his business and award-winning cheeses. But before the team get to taste any, Andy introduces us to the business and how it evolved to where it is today. He discusses with Lucy how the market for cheese has changed over the years, plus what as a retailer of specialist cheese, he finds is impacting his consumers in terms of their priorities when purchasing. He also discusses the importance of his relationship with the farmhouse cheesemakers and other opportunities that have arisen for the business. Finishing with a cheese tasting masterclass; Andy takes the podcast team through the cheeses and talks us through how we should be tasting them!
Music
You Got Jazz by Diego Nava (Mixkit)
Cheese glorious cheese commercial from 1987 Pulled from Betamax tape of May 17th 1987 broadcast of KING 5 Seattle (NBC)