Cashel Blue | Affineur of the Year 2025 | Sponsor

Our simple Philosophy:

Our friendly Cashel Blue is handmade in our dairy on our farm in Tipperary. Crafted in small batches to our family recipe, since 1984, our Cashel Blue has become a modern classic. Celebrated for its taste – it’s Ireland’s Queen of the Blues.

Taste and seasonality is at the heart of what we do. We know where we stand, for natural cheese, for time. Against the artificial. Shortcuts, the rushed and the bland. For real tastes, for the subtle, the savoury, the sumptuous. The Blue. For the adventurous, the independent, the downright feisty. For the joy of community. The fun. For the love of real food.

Anyone for a cracker and cheese?

Why are you supporting Affineur of the Year 2025?

We stand for farmers, for makers, for cheesemongers, for the joy of cheese.

Time given, for “when you taste you’ll know”. For patience shown, the Affineur of the Year Awards quite simply celebrate everyone’s dedication.

The Awards are a positive energy in a time of standardisation, they are the yang to the ying that we all need. A showcase of how real and individual cheese is.

Sponsoring the competition, is our way of giving back, and thanking cheese-mongers for the work you do in introducing people to a love of cheese.