Baron Bigod Brie 1kg Wheel

Baron Bigod Brie is an exquisite Suffolk-made, bloomy pasteurised cow’s milk brie-style cheese.

The protein-rich milk is perfect for cheesemaking. In France, this much sought-after milk from this traditional breed is used to produce some of the finest cheeses in the world, such as Comte and Vacherin Mont d’Or.

Baron Bigod Brie is hand-made by Jonny & Dulcie Cricklemore, who are an innovative 3rd generation family farm, aiming to set the standard for dairy sustainability. The family, based in Bungay in Suffolk, use only gravity-fed milk to protect the fragile fat globules in the milk during production, with no pumps at any stage. The curds are carefully hand-ladled into large round moulds, using traditional Pelle-a-brie ladles, the young cheeses are hand salted and aged for up to eight weeks in a humid cave-like environment to allow the flavours to develop.

Baron Bigod Brie is the only traditional Brie-de-Meaux style cheese produced in the UK and one of only a handful of its type in the world to be made by the farmer on the farm. Beneath the nutty, mushroomy rind, Baron Bigod has a smooth, silky golden breakdown that will often ooze out over a delicate, fresh and citrussy centre. You will find long-lasting flavours of warm earth, farmyard and mushrooms, with occasional notes of citrus and truffle. The cheese has a great depth of flavour and a lovely golden hue to the rich paste. One of our best-selling soft cheeses.

Please note all cheeses are hand-cut, therefore the weights listed are approximate. We work very hard to cut them as accurately as we can!