Wyke Farms Ltd is a family run company based in the heart of the Somerset cheddar-making region. The art of traditional cheese making will never be lost on the Somerset farm where the Clothier family have been making cheddar in Somerset since 1861.Today, Wyke Farms is one of the largest independent cheese makers and milk processors in the UK producing over 13000 tonnes of cheddar per year to the same award winning 150-year-old recipe.
Grand funded dairy to produce freshly churned premium butter for UK & global markets. Bruton, Somerset 7th March 2023: Wyke Farms, Somerset’s prizewinning Cheddar and Butter makers and producer of renewable energy, announce the start-up of their new butter dairy facility this week. Somerset based Wyke Farms have invested £10 million into the state of […]
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Bruton, Somerset 11th October 2022: Wyke Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheese producer and producer of renewable energy, today announce several gold wins at this year’s British Cheese Awards. The accolades have come just days after John Clothier was named as winner of the Family Business Lifetime Achievement Award. The Somerset based company have been […]
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Press Release Now available at 500 Tesco stores nation wide Bruton, Somerset; 19th September 2022: Wyke Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheese producer and producer of renewable energy, today announce that their prize-winning ‘Ivy’s Reserve Vintage Cheddar’ is available at 500 Tesco stores nation-wide. The very special cheese from Wyke Farms has pioneering sustainability credentials […]
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This very special cheese from Wyke Farms has a new identity, pioneering sustainability credentials and carbon neutral status. Bruton, Somerset – 19th January 2022: Wyke Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheese producer and producer of renewable energy, today announces that their prize-winning ‘Ivy’s Reserve Vintage Cheddar’ is now available as a ‘world-first’; carbon neutral branded […]
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Press Release Cheesemaker responds to nationwide shortage of job candidates Bruton, Somerset; 09th November 2021: Wyke Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheese producers and producers of renewable energy, today announce details of their new enhanced benefits package available to employees. Somerset-based Wyke Farms will be offering all employees an enhanced benefits package effective from […]
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Press Release Aim of scheme is ‘Net Positive Farming’ Bruton, Somerset; 3rd November 2021: Wyke Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheddar producers and producers of renewable energy, announce details of their new ‘5 pillar’ scheme called ‘Net Positive Farming’ which is designed to encourage and financially reward dairy farmers who show evidence of on-farm sustainable practise. Somerset […]
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Wyke Farms’ ‘Net Positive Farming’ sustainability study finds that eating cheddar from Somerset could cut your cheese consumption carbon footprint by 55%. Bruton, Somerset; 20th September 2021: Wyke Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheese producers and producers of renewable energy, today release the results of a study undertaken with their milk supply base to assess […]
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