Ilchester Cheese Company

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Ilchester Cheese Company Ltd
Type Subsidiary
Industry Cheese
Founded 1962
Headquarters Ilchester, Somerset, England
Products Applewood, Five Counties
Owner(s) Norseland Ltd / TINE BA

The Ilchester Cheese Company is a cheese company based in Ilchester, Somerset. The Ilchester brands are part of Norseland, a subsidiary of Norwegian dairy company Tine BA. Ilchester do not actually manufacture any cheese from scratch, but specialise in blending a variety of British cheeses with other ingredients, such as beer and fruit. Notable Ilchester cheeses include Applewood, a smoke-flavoured Cheddar cheese, and Five Counties, which is a sandwich of five layers of different English cheeses.

[edit] History

In 1962 Ken Seaton, a hotelier in Ilchester, Somerset, England, tried combining cheese with chives, Worthington E Bitter beer and a blend of spices. This and other blended cheeses are manufactured and distributed by the Ilchester Cheese Company.

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Coordinates: 51°00′46″N 2°41′01″W / 51.0128°N 2.6837°W / 51.0128; -2.6837

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