100 years of Cheesy Tale

Long Clawson Dairy, a Cheese Dairy located in the heart of the Vale of Belvoir, is proud to finally announce that it's not only the 'Big Cheese' in the world of Stilton, but it also has the 'Big Cheese' to boast off  in  the hall  of fame. The dairy staff had created a wedge of blue stilton   which weighed 110.5 Kg   fit enough to make the centenary celebration of the   firm  worth remembering for a lifetime.

Martin Taylor   the chief executive of the firm said that it was a tough challenge but was impressed with the quality of cheese created  for the occasion.  The World's Largest Slice of Cheese was cut from a 145kg block, which was made using 824 liters of full fat pasteurized cow's milk, 1.8kg of salt, 190ml of vegetarian rennel (coagulant) and 0.0003g of dairy cultures.  In order to create the slice the dairy had to create the world's largest stilton, at just over 140kg (309lbs). The cheese was matured for about 12 weeks, four weeks longer than a   normal-sized Stilton. Cheese makers had to make special cheese cutters to slice the Stilton and use a pallet scale to weigh it. The makers felt that  that the process was like the way  a  fine wine in a big bottle  matures fast.

Specialist Cheese Maker Andy Christian   said that they had just altered the ratios of the product. He lauded the team’s effort without whose contribution the monster cheese would have never been a reality. The Borough of Melton's mayor and a local police inspector were the official witnesses of the world record attempt.  Long Clawson Primary School pupils were also invited along to witness the world record attempt and were amazed by the super-sized slab of Stilton. The giant cheese was   shared out among the company's employees and their families.

Long Clawson Dairy Limited is an internationally renowned cheese producer located in the small Village of Long Clawson, located in the county of Leicestershire. It is widely known for its quality, innovation, and continuing dynamism, and famous for being the UK’s largest independent producer of the King of English Cheese’.

The Largest slice of Cheese weighed 110.5 Kg and was set  by the staff of Long Clawson Diary at Leicestershire, England on September 22, 2011.