The Cheeseboard

Our Irish cheese adventure 🇮🇪🧀

Alex, Val, and Will have just returned from a trip to Ireland where they spent time visiting some of the country’s most brilliant cheesemakers and the people behind many of the cheeses you’ll find in our counter here in Greenwich.

Our first stop in West Cork was to visit the makers of . The cheese began in the early 1970s when Jeffa Gill moved to a small hillside farm above the village of Durrus. Drawing on her farming background, she started milking cows and experimenting with farmhouse cheesemaking alongside a small group of pioneering women who helped spark the revival of Irish farmhouse cheese.

What started in a farm kitchen gradually grew into a fully fledged dairy on the farm, with the cheese gaining recognition early on. Such as, a gold medal at one of the first Irish farmhouse cheese competitions in the 1980s. Today, more than 40 years later, Durrus is still made by hand on the same farm, with Jeffa, her daughter Sarah, Ann McGrath, Peter and the team continuing the tradition using milk from local herds in West Cork.

We’re proud to stock Durrus here in the shop, and after meeting the people behind it we love it even more.

To celebrate all things Irish, is hosting a St Patrick’s Day cheese tasting in the next week on Tuesday 18th 🇮🇪🧀 We’ll be pouring drinks and tasting some fantastic Irish cheeses, including a few from producers we visited on the trip.

Tickets are still available online and in store.

The wait is over 🍺

We’re pleased to welcome back , Northampton’s historic brewery, reviving the town’s proud brewing tradition with properly made, characterful beer. Rooted in 19th century heritage and brewed in a restored Victorian brewhouse, this is real ale done right.

To mark its long-awaited return, we’re offering it at a special limited-time in-store price.

No fuss. Just proper beer - and, of course, the best cheese to go with it.

Available in store now. Come through while it lasts.

The cheesemongers’ choice 🧀✨

Join us at the Greenwich Nest Cafe on 20th March at 7pm for a tasting built around the cheeses we love most. This is our personally selected line-up with the best of the best, handpicked by us and guaranteed to impress.

Lucy will be sharing the unique stories behind each cheese - the makers, the methods, and why they’ve earned their place on our cheeseboard.

Your £40 ticket includes:
🍷 A glass of wine
🧀 Guided tasting of our favourite cheeses
🥖 Perfectly paired accompaniments

Tickets available in store or via our website - spaces are limited, so don’t miss out!

A grey day calls for good food 🌧️

All our deli options are made fresh at Unit 13 using proper ingredients and plenty of care.

From savoury focaccia, cheese straws and quiche to sweet treats like seasonal rhubarb tarts, spiced ginger cake, gluten-free carrot cake and cookies- it’s the kind of food that genuinely brightens your day.