Selecting, Ageing & Grading Astonishingly Great British Artisan Cheese

Rennet & Rind is an award-winning Cheesemonger and Affineur based in Cambridge, sourcing & maturing outstanding artisan British cheese made on the farm by the very best independent cheesemakers and lovingly aged in our maturing room.

Affinage – The Art of Maturing Cheese

We have over 40 years of experience in selecting, ageing, and grading the finest cheese in the British Isles. Every cheese is lovingly aged in our maturing room, refined and enhanced for you to enjoy when our cheese is outstanding. In 2022 we were crowned the UK’s first-ever Affineur of the Year.

At the heart of our business is a great team of people that love what they do and go above and beyond to make sure our cheese is astonishingly good, and every contact you have with us is very enjoyable.

Pioneering British Farmhouse Cheesemakers for Over 30 Years

We are great friends with many of our British farmhouse cheesemakers, working very closely with them to understand the challenges they face and what makes our cheese so great. We regularly visit the farm to see the cheese being made and where all that wonderful flavour comes from.

Jonny Crickmore at Fen Farm Dairy

Great British Cheese

British Isles farmhouse cheese was a rich chapter in our heritage before the 1920s, being home to 1000s of cheeses, but by the 1950s we were left with around 100 cheeses.

However, over the last 40 years, we’ve witnessed a cheese revolution in this green and pleasant land of ours, and since ‘The Great Cheese Renaissance’ of the 1970s, we’re now making over 750 cheeses, overtaking our French cousins at the World Cheese Awards by making astoundingly good artisan cheese.

Our Award-Winning Cheese

Harnessing our 40+ years of experience and know-how, we challenged ourselves to create our own cheeses.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

 

The Duke

Awarded Super Gold at The World Cheese Awards.
An exquisite, cultured blue with complex flavours which develops a soft blue natural rind and a golden interior with dashes of royal blue. The Duke is creamy, sweet & salty, with a delicious peppery finish.

The Duchess

Awarded Bronze at The World Cheese Awards in San Sebastián.
A firm and supple alpine-like cheese, bathed in English Sparkling Rosé from Saffron Grange family vineyard, creates a cheese full of buttery flavours, with an elegant curtsy of sweet notes.

Patron of The Academy of Cheese

Proud to be Patron of The Academy of Cheese.

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Perfect Cheese Companions

Not just your average pickle here, although there’s absolutely nothing wrong with a vintage mature cheddar & pickle sandwich. Selected for the beautiful marriage they have with our cheese, our perfectly paired cheese companions include, locally sourced Honeycomb from Springwell Old Farm in Saffron Walden, where the bees are lovingly cared for, resulting in uniquely translucent honey with a beautifully subtle sweetness, the best that nature has to offer…

Notwithstanding, our exquisite wines, award-winning British charcuterie, locally smoked salmon, beautiful truffled honey, double-baked fig balls from Calabria, the most delicate chutneys & preserves, artisan cheese biscuits, and so much more!

To Order is Easy

Free UK delivery for all orders over £50

Please place your order online, and your order will arrive in one of our purpose-built chill boxes, which are made to provide maximum protection and ensure your order arrives in perfect condition.

Our deliveries are tracked, so you can be informed when your order will arrive.

We deliver online orders to the mainland UK via courier for a minimal charge.

For deliveries outside of the mainland UK, there are additional charges.

Our Duty of Care

We care about the environment and continually measure our footprint to develop our sustainability strategy effectively. We’re committed to reducing the impact we make by implementing initiatives which include waste reduction, minimising c02 emissions, energy efficiency, recycling and using bio-degradable packaging.

Many of our products are locally sourced, and by supporting local suppliers, we can ensure food miles are minimised. More importantly, local producers and their employees can benefit from our mutual relationship.