Snowdonia Cheese Company Rock Star 150g Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese Truckle with Balsamic Caramelised Onion Chutney

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In 2007, James presented the BBC Radio 4 programme On Your Farm. [22] He presents Alex James's Date Night on Classic FM every Saturday at 7-10pm. [23]

So Roger Crudge and Alex James rebuilt the relevant stone outhouse, and kitted it out with cheese production in mind. They are now in the process of making quantities of Geronimo, a soft cheese (named after James's eldest son) which they hope to have perfected by the end of this month. After that, they have grand plans for other varieties. 'We're starting with soft cheese because it only takes three days to mature, and other cheeses take three to six months. There's one that takes nine or 10 years to mature. But generally, cheese is like champagne - it doesn't get better with age. Cheese goes waxy. Champagne goes sweet. Anyway, my other cheeses - I want to give them all stupid names. Churchill Lady, I like; and Cotswold Slapper. And Rotten Bastard. Oh. Mad Bitch! And, and I want a triangular one called a Wedgie!' He shows me a board, to which is pinned a list of prospective cheese names. He's going to sell them locally, he says; for example, at the Daylesford Farm Shop, the terrifyingly expensive, hilariously over-staffed organic extravaganza owned and run by JCB heiress Lady Bamford. He'd like to sell to Fortnum's, Harrods, the Ivy even. He's spent so much money there over the years, he points out, that it would be nice if they reciprocated. But essentially: 'It's like, equivalent of saying, "Oh, we're just going to make music, and if people listen to it and like it, then great." He laughs. 'I love cheese. And I think, if you know how to make cheese, you're always going to have a bit of cheese, aren't you? Ha ha!' A year ago, he met Roger Crudge, a local cheese maker of some standing. They were introduced by James's farm manager, Paddy (who has just finished work on Madonna's stables). James wanted to renovate another of the farm's many outhouses. 'But you could spend fifty grand renovating crumbling old buildings but it won't add fifty grand to the property. It's like running a small country, running a farm. It's much more expensive than running around the Groucho or the Ivy. So you've got to be more realistic about a farm. Building a cheese factory made sense.' A 2016 documentary titled Alex James: Slowing Down Fast Fashion examined the fashion industry and how "consumers' seemingly unquenchable thirst for cheap clothing is having a huge effect on the environment and workers, both at home here in the UK and abroad". [21] Radio [ edit ] On 3 December 2011, he appeared on The Chase with Sara Cox, Ann Widdecombe and Eamonn Holmes against chaser Anne Hegerty, but he was caught by the chaser. On 16 March 2012, James appeared on The Bank Job and made the final, where he was beaten by Rachel Riley. He is also the first Bank Job contestant to find two "bankrupts" in a single game. James has been a participant in BBC One programme 10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight. [18] On 26 December 2014, he appeared as one of the celebrity homeowners on Through the Keyhole with Keith Lemon. [19] In August 2015, he won the Channel 4 programme [Celebrity Fifteen to One]. [20]James's father, Jason, was sales director of a company selling waste compactors and baling machines. James married Claire Neate, a music video producer, in April 2003 in Cheltenham. They have five children. The family live near Kingham in Oxfordshire on a 200-acre (0.81 km2) cheese farm; James is considered by the press to be a member of the Chipping Norton set. [43] Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards: Full list of winners". The Guardian. 8 June 2009 . Retrieved 16 February 2019. Baker, Rosie. "Alex James launches cheese range with Asda". Marketing Week . Retrieved 15 July 2012. Hastings, Rob (20 August 2011). "Ready for tikka masala cheese? Alex James hopes so". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.

Jamie Oliver and Alex James perform at The Big Feastival". The Independent. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Coachella 2013: Blur, Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline". The Guardian. 25 January 2013. Retrieved on 7 February 2013. Essential life skills No 237 - How to pair whisky and cheese". Esquire. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012 . Retrieved 16 July 2014. More musical and children's entertainment delights added to the menu for Jamie Oliver presents The Big Feastival with Alex James". Jamieoliver.com. 10 August 2012 . Retrieved 16 July 2014. Caspar LLewellyn Smith (3 June 2007). "Review: Bit of a Blur by Alex James". The Observer. London . Retrieved 16 February 2011.Richard Newton-Jones, commercial director at Snowdonia Cheese Company, said, “We’re very proud to introduce our first ever vintage cave-aged Cheddar. It’s a real labour of love to mature a cheese deep underground in such a remote setting and for us, it’s absolutely worth it.” Snowdonia’s cheesemakers explored North Wales to find the perfect location for the cheese’s 18-month maturation. “The flavour is stunning and the setting is incredible – it’s a real honour to work with the natural landscape in this way, surrounded by the majestic beauty of Snowdonia,” he added. This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. ( April 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) The fact that Alex James has retreated to a farm in the Cotswolds to make cheese is either the most surprising turn-up for the books ever, or a predictable twist in the narrative of the modern celebrity. Formerly the most debauched member of the 1990s Brit Pop set, Alex James pursued a fast and definitively urban lifestyle for a decade. He was famous (the bass player for Blur), very rich, young and pretty, which facilitated all manner of bad behaviour. Women, private-members' clubs, booze and drugs, a rumoured tendency to do things like sleep under the snooker table of London's Groucho Club ... (Did he really do that? 'Yeah! For about a week! Hee hee!') James announced he would open his Oxfordshire farm to host an annual food and music festival. The event, titled Alex James Presents Harvest, [33] took place from 9 to 12 September 2011, in conjunction with promoter Big Wheel Promotions. Alex is showing me round his farm on a freakishly sunny day in autumn. He's lolloping round in a shambolically charming, floppy-fringed manner. He's still very pretty, although arguably not as pretty as this particular bit of the Cotswolds, which is more cliché-inspiring and idyllic than the countryside has any right to be. All of which makes my question a touch irrelevant - but he answers anyway.

Caspar Llewellyn Smith (3 June 2007). "The drinks are on you now, Alex". The Observer. London . Retrieved 25 March 2011. This section may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy. ( October 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Naughton, Philippe (16 January 2010). "Alex James on reuniting with Blur". The Times. London . Retrieved 23 April 2010. James's range of everyday cheeses hit the shelves of Asda in 2011. [29] The flavour combinations include 'cheddar and tomato ketchup', 'cheddar and salad cream', and 'cheddar and tikka masala'. [30] In 1989, James joined Coxon, Albarn and Rowntree's new band, Seymour, which would later be renamed Blur. He has been in the band ever since, although in 2008 he described the days of being a constant band member as "a past-life". [2]

He and Claire move in what passes as a glamorous set in the Cotswolds - a part of Britain which is famously populated by A-listers of the Elizabeth Hurley, Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes and Kate Moss variety, anyway. Claire's best friend has moved to a nearby village, where she's opened a gastro pub with a Babington House-style concern attached. It is, James says, more Notting Hill than Notting Hill round here these days. He takes me to Daylesford Farm Shop, spa and clothing emporium so that we can giggle at the prices and the dog yoga (Doga) books, and the absurdly good-looking staff; and then he spends 50 quid on a Daylesford lunch for us all. He's very hot on marketing. 'I think you could make money from agriculture, if you could get the blueprint on a farm shop right, I really do,' says James. 'Not like Daylesford, where the sheep farmers are too scared to go in! But get it right, replicate, bam bam bam, all over, Pret-A-Manger style.' The 2019 festival took place on 23–25 August. The music line-up included Elbow, Lewis Capaldi, Jess Glyne, Rudimental and Jonas Blue, with chefs including Prue Leith, Mark Hix and Candice Brown. a b Hyde, Marina (3 November 2011). "Dark days for Alex James's 'Worstival' ". The Guardian. London.

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This process, which usually takes 30-40 days, is responsible for the intense taste of the cheese. The climate of the Cyclades is also said to play a role, with the milk produced in April and May considered the best for making this cheese. It is produced in small batches across the Cyclades, but also via cottage industries. A mixture of cow, goat and sheep milk is used, with the quantities adjusted depending on whether the cheese will be buttery, sour, soft or sweet. The curds and whey are separated and the curds left to drain in cloths. After kneading them with salt, they are left to drain again. Then they are hung in a humid environment until a thin film of mold forms on the surface. The cheese is kneaded again to spread the mold evenly through the cheese for the maturing process. This is repeated 3-4 times. Alex James". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008 . Retrieved 14 July 2011. Hassall, Greg (16 March 2012). "Alex James: The Cocaine Diaries, Saturday, 17 March". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 16 February 2019. Alexjamespresentsharvest.com". Alexjamespresentsharvest.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012 . Retrieved 15 July 2012. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)