Chris’ Caravan Dinner
Ingredients: 8 Sausages (Chris loves Cumberland sausages with that extra bite!) 1kg Maris Piper Potatoes (cut into even sized pieces) 125ml milk 1tbsp butter 150g Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese (grated) Salt and Pepper to taste Method: Cook the sausages as per their instructions. Chris usually pops hers in the oven at 180C for 25-30 minutes. […]
Christmas Cheese Musings
It’s that time of year when we tend to get together with friends and family. I have a large, extended family and so it’s impossible to see them all over the Christmas period but we all tend to check in with each other and I love hearing everyone’s news as the messages pop up over […]
World Cheese Awards 2022
I’ve recently returned from judging at the World Cheese Awards – yes these are the Olympics of the cheese world! As judges, we work in teams of three, to identify any cheeses worthy of a gold, silver or bronze award. This involves looking at the rind and the body of the cheese, its colour, texture, […]
A Blissful Week on the Isle of Mull
We have just returned from a wonderful week spent exploring the Isle of Mull. Before we arrived I did a bit of research (I’m not just a cheese nerd…!) and I hadn’t realised that it is as big as it is. In fact, Mull is the 4th largest island in Great Britain, yet its population is relatively […]
Locally Grown Flowers
We are so pleased to announce that we have teamed up with Harry from the Green Door Flower Company to supply locally grown flower bouquets. Harry trained as an ecologist and is passionate about protecting our local environment. All of the flowers that we are selling are grown in Ashampstead, just a couple of miles […]
Environmental News
Here at Cheese Etc, The Pangbourne Cheese Shop, we are trying to be as environmentally friendly as we can be. We purchased a refrigerated electric van in 2020 to be able to do all our local deliveries with zero emissions. We also installed solar panels around our home, so the van is charged using solar […]
Baked Camembert (works with a Baby Mont d’Or too!)
Who doesn’t love the thought of an oozing Baked Camembert for a cheesy dinner? It is so easy to make and is perfect to share with a loved one (or equally wonderful enjoyed on your own) Ingredients: 250g Camembert de Normandie 1 clove garlic fresh rosemary tips olive oil bread (cut into bite sized pieces) carrot sticks […]
Pangbourne is full of the joys of spring!
We’ve just had a week away from the shop. I think it’s our first full week off since September last year and it has been really lovely. I’m not a big fan of being away from home for too long – I love working in the shop and I really miss it when I’m not […]
January (just) 2022
Hello and welcome to my first newsletter of 2022. Sorry it’s been a while since my last newsletter. Things here in Pangbourne have been amazingly busy. December is traditionally our busiest month of the year and 2021 was no exception. We are always so grateful to all of our customers, be it those who queue […]
Suffolk

We have just come back from a lovely week in Suffolk It’s not often that we manage to take a whole week off from the shop but this week we managed it! Neither of us have ever spent any time in Suffolk so we decided to book a cottage on the east coast and go […]