West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers

Brian and Christine Baker run the business together with their son, Neil, who maintains the family tradition of creating a superb West Country Farmhouse Cheddar near Crewkerne in the heart of Somerset.

We currently produce around 450 tonnes of West Country block farmhouse Cheddar and farmhouse butter using the milk produced by our herd of 900 cows, grazed over 750 acres. All the cows are managed to ensure the very highest health and welfare standards are maintained to produce their milk of the best quality. The cows are milked through a new eighty stall rotary parlour so that they are milked and returned to pasture in good time.

Our cheesemaker and his wife together with three other staff make the cheese using traditional methods to produce a uniquely flavoured and textured handmade Cheddar which reaches its best when aged for 12 months. Our cheeses are stored in batches of 60 in special "Kingston Kasks" unique to Kingston Farms.

Neil Baker