Author: Jen

All Hallow’s Eve

It’s All Hallow’s Eve today (that’s Halloween for most for us!). Thus named because it is the day before All Saint’s Day. This was established by Pope Gregory III as a day to honour all of the Saints that have gone to heaven. Nowadays Halloween is a day to celebrate all things spooky and the […]

Prague & Leeuwarden 2024

As September is slowly drawing to a close (and it’s pouring with rain here in Pangbourne) I thought it would be a good time to send out a newsletter! It’s been a really busy month with two overseas trips which I will talk about later in a bit more detail but first I wanted to share […]

August 2024

August is a funny old month here in the cheese shop. A lot of our regular customers go away whereas we get an influx of visitors. Being situated a stone’s throw from the Thames means that we have lots of people who arrive in the village by boat. After all Jerome K Jerome’s 3 Men […]

Farm Shop & Deli Awards 2024

Cheese Etc, The Pangbourne Cheese Shop, has been crowned Best Retailer in the Cheesemonger category and Best Retailer South England at the 2024 Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards. Cheese Etc in Pangbourne, Berkshire, has beaten competition from across the UK and Northern Ireland to be named Cheesemonger of the Year at the 2024 Farm Shop […]

Spring 2024

As I sit here in Pangbourne today there is a definite feeling of spring in the air. The sun is shining and everyone is walking through the village with a bounce in their step. Personally I don’t have any preferences between the seasons but I could just do without all of the rain! We have […]

Costa Rican Wanderings

Amazing beehives and other sights (with some cheese tasting, naturally…) all in Costa Rica! We have just spent a wonderful week in beautiful Costa Rica. We often go away at this time of year, just to recover after the craziness that is December in the retail world. To be fair, the holiday didn’t start well […]

January 2024

Happy New Year to all of our wonderful customers and I hope you all had a very lovely Christmas. We managed to survive the December cheese stampede and between our two teams of staff (one team on the front line in the shop, and the other in our workshop preparing pre-orders) we fulfilled more orders […]

World Cheese Awards 2023

I’ve just returned from a fabulous couple of days at the World Cheese Awards in Trondheim, Norway. This annual gathering of the best cheeses in the World is organised by The Guild of Fine Food. I feel incredibly privileged to be invited by the Guild to judge at the Awards for the last few years. […]

Puglia is famous for Trulli, Primitivo, Mozzarella & Burrata – this week we’ve experienced them all!

Italy is quite possibly my favourite country to visit. The food is superb, the weather is always lovely and the people are some of the friendliest folk around. I am trying (very badly) to learn to speak Italian but I fear it will take many years before I’m able to hold a conversation with anyone…! […]

The Great British & Irish Cheddar Challenge

Set to be the biggest cheddar event the world has ever seen, the first edition of the Great British & Irish Cheddar Challenge will take place on Saturday 16 September, with tasting boxes now available to reserve. To buy yours from Cheese Etc click here! Inviting cheese lovers everywhere to get involved, the Great British & Irish Cheddar Challenge will see cheesemongers […]