I'm back. Did you miss me?
I'm very sorry that it's been so long since my last email. It's just been crazy busy. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been at the CAIS Irish Cheese Awards,( Cloonbook Irish farmhouse Cheese won silver in case you haven't heard) Then in Dingle at the Irish Food Awards, (our Velvet Cloud soft sheep’s cheese: won gold - in case you didn’t hear that one either) . Michael has been out around the country networking with a group of English and Irish speciality cheese makers sharing knowledge and creating new relationships. Last weekend we were in Dublin at the Euro-Toques Young Chef of the Year event. This is always the best meal we have every year, because each dish cooked by a selection of the very best chefs in the country.
Also because most of our cheese is matured for three months, we have been producing it seven days a week to get batches ready for the Christmas rush, anything that will be sold in November and December is in the Cheese room maturing away .
We have also been preparing for a new product launch for the Christmas season, which I'm excited about, it’s an all Mayo cheese gift box for the year that’s in it! It will be on sale in one of the leading retailers, online and in a few speciality shops, more about that later.
My favourite photos from the month are here, I promise to write more frequently from now on.
Happy Sunday
Aisling
