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Who we are
About the farm
We make our handcrafted cheeses on Bidlea Dairy's farm (The Orchards Farm) near Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, from the pasteurised milk of a single herd; all our cheeses are vegetarian. Claire Burt started making cheese on her kitchen table in Altrincham in 2009; we moved onto the farm in 2023, and since 2025 Claire and Tom Partridge have run the business as co-owners. Our main cheeses are the soft blue Burt's Blue, Drunken Burt, washed in Gwatkin's cider, and the hard Bidlea Blue (Best New Cheese, British Cheese Awards 2025). We deliver from our online shop to mainland UK and run cheesemaking workshops and tutored tastings on the farm.
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What we raise
Livestock
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Cattle
- Cheese
- Blue cheese
- Blue cheese „Burt’s Blue 1.1kg (approx.)” · 45 GBP / 1.1 kg · in stock
- Drunken Burt
- Blue cheese „Bidlea Blue”
- DiVine
- Thom
- Blu2
- Burt's Blanc
- Cheese · smoked
- Monthly Makers Box · tasting set / selection
- Yoghurt, kefir, curd, butter, cream
- Curd (quark) „Fresh Curd”
- Cheese
Processing & crafts
Dairy processing / cheesemaking
Sales channel
- Online shop
- Delivery / shipping
Product categories
Product groups
Farming method / certification
Community farming
Languages spoken
EnglishLocation
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