The Cheeseboard

If there is a food group that I love more than chocolate then there can only be one contender. This may surprise you but my first love is actually cheese. More cheese Grommit and plenty of it.
The Cheese Board is pretty much a celestial invention then. It stocks 200 types of speciality cheese, hampers and cheese wedding cakes; local, British and Continental cheese. I mean how good is that. Cheese tastic goodness and so much of it. You best get Daisy eating more cud, we’re going to need the milk.
Now I pride myself on knowing my fromage from the babybels but if you don’t fear not. The people who work there all know their stuff and are really approachable. I wonder if there is such a position as a cheese guru and if so how can I apply.
I left armed with the smelliest stilton ever. The more mould the better but only on my cheese not in general everyday life. It would also be rude not to try a nice slab of Wensleydale too. Remember to try keeping it local folks.
I may stop mid sentence because this is me in my element. Cheese arama and total indulgence. What a winner.

Love this place. Fantastic cheeses and the staff are encyclopedic! Tried the nettle wrapped cheese at Xmas and the family loved it :-)

This shop is well loved by many, but i’m not sure of it.
When you first walk in, the place has character i give it that. But this is quickly demolished by the fact that the shop is very cramped to the point where i nearly fell over a basket. The staff ask you what you want straight away too, which i don’t like, as i like to take my time and have a good look through everything and not feel harrassed.
I love cheese, but i find it rather expensive to be honest for what you get as well — i got some sheeps milk wenslydale and it came to about £7 for my average sized hunk. It was nice, but for £7 i expect it to blow my socks off which it didn’t. I’ve paid less for other, rarer cheeses at newer deli’s in Harrogate — where i’ve been allowed to taste them first before buying as well — and been blown away by what i got.
Its an ok shop, but i’m afraid that there are better contenders out there now to be honest.

This must be one of the best cheese shops in Yorkshire. It’s alwasy exciting to go in as the place smells wonderful and the choice is comprehensive — it’s not easy just to buy the cheese you want as inevitably you’ll find something else that’s hard to resist — some tasty biscuits or chutney for instance. Highly attentive staff make it a real pleasure to shop in despite the tiny floor space (queues often spill into the street).