Affineur of the Year 2024 | Meet The Makers & Competitors Live | Cropwell Bishop & Fen Farm Dairy

Meet award-winning cheesemakers Robin Skailes from Cropwell Bishop and Jonny Crickmore from Fen Farm Dairy as they chat to this year’s competitors to find out how the Blue Stiltons and Baron Bigods have been ageing in their maturing rooms. Join this free webinar to learn more about the art of affinage and how it applies to ageing two very different styles of cheese

Additional information

Date:

13th May 2024

Time:

7pm – 8pm BST

Location

Online

Meet the competitors of Affineur of the Year 2024 and cheesemakers Robin Skailes & Jonny Crickmore

Join us and our host, Perry Wakeman from Rennet and Rind, on the first webinar to Meet The Makers & Competitors to hear from some of the biggest names in the cheese industry.  

Over two live webinars, we will meet all four cheese makers and 16 competitors and learn how they have approached the competition this year.

At this first round table event, we will have the pleasure of welcoming cheesemakers, Robin Skailes from Cropwell Bishop and Jonny Crickmore from Fen Farm Dairy, as they chat to the competitors and find out how the Blue Stiltons and Baron Bigods have been behaving in their maturing rooms over the past few weeks.

This is your chance to hear first-hand the techniques being used by the affineurs; what drove them to enter the competition and how they envisage their cheeses will turn out when it comes to revealing them at the finals event in London on the 12th June.

Joining the panel will be sponsors of the Blue and Soft cheese categories, Harvey & Brockless and Peter’s Yard, as they share with us their reasons for sponsoring this event.

Join us, FOR FREE, on what is sure to be a lively conversation on the subtleties of affinage and what it’s like to take part in this unique experiment in cheese maturation. 


Guest Line-Up

Robin Skailes, Cropwell Bishop

Jonny Crickmore, Fen Farm Dairy
Perry Wakeman, Rennet & Rind

Justin at No 2 Pound Street holding a young Blue Stilton from Cropwell Bishop
Justin Humphris, No2 Pound Street
Nick Bayne & Martin Knapp, The Fine Cheese Co.
Jazz Reeves, Paxton & Whitfield
Andy Swinscoe, The Courtyard Dairy
Claire Burt, Burt’s Cheese
Neal’s Yard Dairy, E-Commerce

All dates and panellists are subject to change.  Stay informed by following us on our social media channels

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