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Latest information:
Date: Saturday 5th September
Place: Henstridge Golf Club BA8 0TG
Time: Shotgun starts 9 am and 11am
Cost £20.00 (Henstridge GC members £12.00)
Social distancing rules apply. Masks optional in club
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Add your team names and handicaps in the comments box. Plus 9am or 11am start
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday
It was lovely to see so many of you on Sunday for the first time in ages! Here are our new opening hours. Booking for food is essential either via Facebook or by calling 01963 370140- Andrew
Friday 6-11pm – food served 7-9pm
Saturday 6-11pm – food served 7-9pm
Sunday 12-5pm – food served 12-2pm
Tuesday 6-10pm – food served 7-9pm
Every Tuesday in August is Steak Night! Using your Eat Out To Help Out concession, 2 x 10oz Rump steaks with all the trimmings for just £15! Yes!
Not content with invading mainland Europe (well, the Netherlands actually), the intrepid cheesemakers of Horsington Marsh have scooped another major award in the world of cheesemaking. Marcus and Penny, of Felthams Farm have won Best British Cheese with their famous Renegade Monk cheese, beating a Cornish Gouda and a Rutland Red, which came second and third respectively.
They also won their class- Best artisan (soft) cheese.
Over 300 cheeses were entered into the competition, including many well-known producers.
The awards were given by the Virtual Cheese Awards. “Virtual”, because of the Coronavirus lockdown. The judging of the 30 finalists was live on Zoom last Saturday.
The Virtual Cheese Awards were created during the COVID-19 pandemic and aimed to demystify and celebrate British cheese and its producers in a time of great need.
Sarah de Wit, co-founder of the Virtual Cheese Awards and Cheese & Dairy consultant said:
“Renegade Monk is a very worthy winner and a fantastic example of a small artisan cheesemaker that is reinventing what a British cheese should be. We really are leading the world with our exceptional cheesemakers and we’re super proud to shine a light on them. All we ask is that consumers go out and buy these cheeses and support our British cheese industry.”
Marcus Fergusson, founder of Feltham’s Farm said of the win: “We are still completely over the moon; honoured and stunned in equal measure. We watched the judging live as a family, crowded around a computer screen…there was a refreshing transparency to the judging process and it was fascinating to hear all of the cheeses analysed by such knowledgeable and unflinching judges.
“Winning this award is huge for a tiny artisan producer like us. We sold our first cheese in March 2017 and last year sold just 6,000 cheeses. We are profoundly grateful for the exposure that the Virtual Cheese Awards has brought us and many other artisan cheese producers – we all need all the help we can get right now and we hope that the awards will encourage the public to keep buying artisan cheese from small outlets and not return to the supermarket habits of old!”
More info HERE
Brilliant! -Ed
Those intrepid cheesemongers from Feltham’s Farm are on a roll! You can also buy the fabulous Renegade Monk from Kimbers Farm shop and The Fine Cheese Co.
Why not acquire a trendy T shirt, just the thing for a socially-distanced knees-up? HERE
Marcus Fergusson and his wife Penny Nagle, who make Horsington’s famous “Renegade Monk” cheese at Feltham’s Farm down on the marsh, have scored international success by penetrating three top-end Michelin -starred restaurants in the Netherlands, plus one other Dutch restaurant named in the Guide as a potential star venue.
Their aroma-rich cheese is twaddling with personality and flavour. It has won numerous awards at international and national shows, including Best Food producer at the WDP Food and Farming Awards, Gold in the Taste of the West Awards and Silver (twice) in the British Cheese Awards, all in 2019. Not bad, since they only started in 2017.
For the technically minded, it’s an organic, soft rind washed (in ale), blue cheese, made using locally sourced organic milk. For the non-technically minded it’s a cheese for grown-ups to be enjoyed with an English white wine, Sauternes, Barsac or Montbazillac, and can also be gently baked and used in imaginative recipes – see the renegade Monk website. https://www.felthamsfarm.com/our-cheese/
It’s no surprise that the Dutch have taken to it, as the cheese is inspired by continental soft cheeses such as Epoisse, and Marcus and Penny are delighted that their Somerset take on it has made it to the top table.
Locally, you may find it in Andrew Barclay’s or the Charleton Horethorne Village Shop, plus markets in Frome and Bridport. Or you can call at the farm and ask if there’s any for sale. 01963 370857
So Well done Marcus and Penny – Horsington’s ambassadors!
If you receive the Blog by email, you will have been surprised to see a picture of a wind farm when you clicked to book your place in this great competition.
Sorry about that. We are just as baffled as you are, but that’s technology for you
The correct booking link is HERE
Please book now for this popular fundraising event for local charities
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