Five of our chutneys, from left: sweet chilli jam, banana, piccalilli, tomato & chilli, caramelised red onion Last Sunday was quiet in the shop so I decided to start the analysis of the chutney tastings.  We had 13 chutneys out for tasters and asked four questions: 1) How do you rate it out of 10? 2) Would you change anything? 3) Would you eat it with cheese? 4) Would you buy it? We wrote (scrawled, in my case) down the responses marking Male or Female, just in case there was

The Little Cheese Shop Just a quick recap on our cheese and chutney tasting day at the Little Cheese Shop, Hawes, yesterday. January is without doubt our quietest month of the year.  We have been using our time productively, working hard on some new product development: chutneys.  Makes sense – we make cheese – why not chutneys to go with it? We have EHO manufacturing approval, a BRC Grade A accreditation – all the quality and food safety systems in place, so we are well set