Award-winning Blackcurrant Yogurt at the Great Yorkshire Show
Following our success at the International Cheese and Dairy Awards, Longley Farm has taken home yet more awards at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, including the esteemed David Hartley Supreme Champion Dairy Product Trophy for our Blackcurrant yogurt.
On receiving the award, owner Jimmy Dickinson said “David Hartley was a very prestigious person who was very much behind this show alongside Judy Bell. It is a real honour to win this award. This is for the staff at Longley who are doing a great job.”
Our multi-award-winning Blackcurrant yogurt also won best yogurt in show and took first place in the wholemilk flavoured yogurt category, with Hazelnut and Lemon following closely behind, in second and third place respectively. We also had a clean sweep of the dessert yogurt category, with Blueberry, Greek-style Natural and Greek-style Honey taking the top three spots and a selection of Longley Farm yogurts taking first and second place in the group of four yogurts category. In the low-fat yogurt categories our Fat Free Natural and Fat Free Gooseberry yogurts both took home first place, with judges praising the whole pieces of fruit (and nut) in our yogurts and describing the Gooseberry as a “really good example of a fruit yogurt”.
Our Jersey Extra Rich Cream was awarded the Best Chilled Product, and also came first in the Channel Island Cream class. Judges’ comments included “Sweet, creamy and nostalgia of childhood”. Our Whipping Cream came first in the 40% fat or less cream category, with our Crème Fraiche and Soured Cream taking first and second places in the Cultured Cream class.
Longley Farm Cheese also did well amongst fierce competition. Our Cream Cheese won first prize in the chilled dairy product category, described by judges as “luxurious, indulgent… a very moreish product”. Pineapple Cottage Cheese took top spot in two classes: soft cheese with added flavour and half fat cheese below 17% fat, thanks to its “Beautifully balanced cheese and pineapple flavour”. Natural Cottage Cheese won first place in the soft and fresh cheese category, and Cottage Cheese with Chives took first in the cheese or dairy product with added flavour category. Their fat free counterparts both took second place in the low fat cheese (below 3% fat) class.
Last but by no means least, the Jersey milk from our own Tyers Hall Farm, one of the pedigree Jersey farms that supplies us with the milk for our products, took home first and second prize in the Channel Island Milk category. Described by judges as, “A high quality creamy milk”, there is no doubt that the high quality of the raw milk supplied to us plays a huge part in the award-winning products we make.
Full details of all the awards can be found in the table below.
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Product |
Class |
Prize |
Judge's Comments |
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Yogurts |
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Blackcurrant Yogurt |
34 - Whole milk yogurt, flavoured |
1st, Supreme Champion Dairy Product and Best Yogurt |
Pleasant, balanced flavour. Good texture and mouthfeel. Overall good product. Good sheen and clean feel. Overall a very good category |
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Hazelnut Yogurt |
34 - Whole milk yogurt, flavoured |
2nd |
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Lemon Yogurt |
34 - Whole milk yogurt, flavoured |
3rd |
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Hazelnut, Strawberry, Black Cherry, Rhubarb |
35 - group of four yogurts |
1st |
Rich creamy and balanced acidity. Hazelnut flavour prominent. Thick and creamy, good hazelnut texture. Uniform hazelnut pieces, good spoonable texture. All-round delicious yogurt. Good selection of fruity/flavours. |
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Raspberry, Blackcurrant, Lemon, Peach Melba |
35 - group of four yogurts |
2nd |
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Blueberry Yogurt |
36 - Yogurt - dessert |
1st |
Right level of acidity. Natural blueberry flavour. Creamy. Whole blueberries. |
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Greek Style Natural Yogurt |
36 - Yogurt - dessert |
2nd |
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Greek Style Yogurt with Honey |
36 - Yogurt - dessert |
3rd |
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Fat Free Bio Natural Yogurt |
31 - Low Fat Yogurt, natural |
1st |
Fresh notes. Balanced. Thick viscosity, glossy, creamy. Neatly presented. |
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Gooseberry Yogurt |
32 - Low fat yogurt, flavoured |
1st |
Right level of acidity. Really nice balanced product. Smooth. Whole Fruit pieces. Really good example of a fruit yogurt. |
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Natural Yogurt |
33 - whole milk yogurt, natural |
2nd |
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Cream |
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Jersey Extra Rich Double Cream |
13 - Cream - Channel Island |
1st and Best Chilled Product |
Sweet, creamy and nostalgia of childhood. Nice mouthfeel coating. Rich yellow, cleanly presented. |
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12 - Cream, more than 40% Fat |
2nd |
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Double Cream |
12 - Cream, more than 40% Fat |
3rd |
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Whipping Cream |
11 - Cream, 40% Fat or Less |
1st |
Excellent flavour, fresh, clean. Smooth creamy. |
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Single Pouring Cream |
11 - Cream, 40% Fat or Less |
3rd |
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Crème Fraiche |
15 - Cultured Cream |
1st |
Rich, creamy/buttery. Luxurious, back notes of acidity. Creamy smooth thick. Neatly presented. |
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Soured Cream |
15 - Cultured Cream |
2nd |
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Cheese |
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Cream Cheese |
14 - Chilled Dairy product |
1st |
Rich, balanced with long caramel finish. Luxurious, indulgent. A good example of its type. A very moreish product |
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Cottage Cheese with Pineapple |
115 - Soft cheese with added flavour |
1st |
Beautifully balanced cheese and pineapple flavour. Smooth & creamy. |
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88 - Half Fat Cheese, below 17% fat |
1st |
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Natural Cottage Cheese |
51 - Soft and fresh cheese, speciality soft and semi-soft cheese, non-blue |
1st |
Creamy, very nice. Milky. Cottage cheese-like. Clean. Presentation as you would expect. Enjoyed it. |
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88 - Half Fat Cheese, below 17% fat |
2nd |
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14 - Chilled Dairy product |
3rd |
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Cottage Cheese with Chives |
112 - Cheese or dairy product with added flavour |
1st |
Creamy flavour with a balance of flavour. Good texture curd with a thick coating dressing. Creamy colour, good definition of curd and pieces of chive. A traditionally made cottage cheese added flavour. |
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115 - Soft cheese with added flavour |
2nd |
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Fat Free Natural Cottage Cheese |
87 - Low Fat Cheese, below 3% Fat |
2nd |
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Fat Free Cottage Cheese with Chives |
87 - Low Fat Cheese, below 3% Fat |
2nd |
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115 - Soft cheese with added flavour |
3rd |
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Other |
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Buttermilk |
14 - Chilled Dairy product |
2nd |
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Jersey milk - Tyers Hall Farm |
3 - Channel Island Milk |
1st and 2nd |
Clean and extremely cream and rich flavour. A slight creamy tint showing creaminess and richness. A good creamy and mouth coating texture. A high quality creamy milk |
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Jersey milk - Tyers Hall Farm |
4 - Raw Whole Milk |
2nd and 3rd |
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