Maker: David Clark What time do you get up?
5:00am When milking the cows 6:00 am when making cheese.
What’s your favourite cheese (other than the ones you make)?
Oooh too many gorgeous cheeses to pick one. If pushed, I would have to say a nice raw milk cheddar,having said that I am easily swayed. Visiting Kirkham's this year I thought their Lancashire was fantastic. I could have eaten a whole cheese.
What do you drink with the cheese that you make?
Black Sheep, Landlord, Goats milk ( made by Church End Brewery). Its good with a proper cider ( not too strong) or a nice red wine.
What’s your favourite cheese anecdote?
The man that persuaded us to make Leicester Cheese is an ex butcher. He remembers going with his father to buy cheese from Shepherds at Bagworth, who were the last farmers to make Leicester cheese on a farm and who ceased production in 1956. Charlie remembers sitting on the cheese in the back of his dad's van on the way home.
If you weren’t a cheesemaker what would you be?
I am lucky enough to have two jobs, Cheesemaker and Farmer, but if I couldn't be either of those I would like to run a safari park in Africa.
What is your favourite view?
My favourite view is an open pub at the end of a good walk in the countryside, but I do love watching waves crash over rocks.
What’s your greatest extravagance?
Last year I went skiing twice.