2025: A Year in Cheese at Sharpham Dairy From new product launches to awards, fantastic fundraising to record-breaking Christmas sales - what a year 2025 has been! Here are a few of our highlights: 🏃‍♀️We renewed our support for @hospiscaredevon, raised funds by running and cycling 100 miles in May, and won their ‘Flying the Flag’ Award. 🧀 Launched Sharpham Rustic with Smoked Chilli; Quince Jelly, and our new charcuterie range. 🌱 Launched a Crowdfunder to help make the dairy super sustainable. 🎥 Appeared on @jamesmartinchef Saturday Morning and the Great British Larder, and recorded a podcast with ‘It Runs in the Family’. 🐑 Brought back Washbourne, our sheep’s cheese, and picked up a Great Taste Star. ☀️ Installed solar panels and marked BCorp Month with an Exmouth beach clean. 🏆 Won Golds, Platinums and Regional Champion titles at the British Cheese, Taste of the West, Food Drink Devon and Great British Food Awards. 🥂 Hosted tasting events, appeared in @devonlifemag and sampled at cheese shops around Devon and London. 🎪 Pitched up at Devon County Show; eat Festivals; Love Local, Dartmouth & Totnes Shows; Toby’s Garden Fest and became regulars at Exeter Quayside Market… and we’ll be back at all of them next year! 🎉 We celebrated SIX years of owning Sharpham Dairy! 🪑Now for a sit down, a glass of red and some quality time with our family. Wishing you all a merry, peaceful and cheese-fuelled Christmas!

⭐️ Two records were broken here in the dairy today… 1. Nicky and the packing team packed and despatched the most hampers ever in one day. 2. Pete and the cheesemaking team made the most cheese ever in a day… it was Ticklemore Goat! What a day!

💝 Last minute gift? Sorted. 😬 For the cheese lover, the foodie, the tricky-to-buy-for... or that ‘oops, I forgot!’ moment, a Sharpham Gift Voucher is the perfect fix. ➡️ Choose from vouchers (£10–£50), our indulgent Seasonal Subscription, or a voucher for one of our best-selling hampers. 👩🏼‍💻 Email delivery is free and instant (or schedule it to arrive right on time). 📩 Prefer post? Order by noon on Saturday 20th December for pre-Christmas delivery. 🔗 Link to buy in our BIO! . . #giftvouchers #christmasgifts #cheesebypost #hampergifts #devoncheese #cheese

👀 Still searching for the perfect gift? Let the Sharpham crew help you out! 🎁 Big Cheese, GREG, loves the Sharpham Seasonal Subscription – a quarterly delivery of three Sharpham cheeses, a Devon guest cheese, crackers, chutney and his own tasting notes. The gift that keeps on giving! 🎁 Show Queen, KATE, recommends the Devon Box with Wine – a beautifully curated hamper featuring five Devon cheeses, crackers and a bottle of award-winning Sandridge Barton wine. A crowd-pleaser made easy. 🎁 Head Cheesemaker, PETE, says go bespoke: Build Your Own Hamper with your choice of cheese, our new charcuterie, a chutney trio gift box, olives, quince jelly, Nkuku cheese knives… even add in one of Pete’s own handmade cheeseboards! ➡️ Order by 21st (or before to keep our stress levels in check!) for delivery before the big day, add a gift message, and wrap up Christmas in style. 🔗 Hop over to our website shop at the link in our bio. . . #giftguide #devon #christmasgifts #cheesegifts #devoncheese #cheesebypost #christmashampers #devonfood

🎄THURSDAY 16th Dec | Sharpham will be sampling on the Tasting Table in the @fooddrinkdevon Christmas Cabin next to Exeter Cathedral main door… all day and evening! 🧀 Pop by and be among the first to try our brand new charcuterie, together with all your cheeseboard favourites including our six chutneys and of course Sharpham Brie, Ticklemore Goat, Rustic and more! 🥃 We’ll be sharing the Tasting Table with Gotland Gin and Rum! @gotland_gin 📍Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market @exexmasmarket 🗓️Thursday 16 December 10am - 9pm

😊 NEW | We’re proud to introduce you to two new additions to the Sharpham family… our SALAMI and CAPICOLLO - charcuterie handcrafted using traditional methods. 👉🏼 Our Salami is rich, savoury and delicately spiced. Inspired by the traditional French Saucisse Sèche, Sharpham salami is seasoned with a blend of clove, nutmeg, garlic, and pepper. Its standout feature is the infusion of Sandridge Barton Pinot Noir, an award-winning South Devon wine known for its soft fruit notes and subtle spice. 👉🏼 Our Capicollo is melt-in-the-mouth with beautiful marbling and a deep, rounded flavour. Made with pork shoulder, it is air-dried, fermented, and matured for three months to develop its deep, savoury character. A final wash with Devon Distillery’s SloeD Gin, infuses the meat with subtle sweetness and aromatic complexity.  Perfect partners for your Christmas cheeseboard… or build your own hamper and pop them in with your favourite Sharpham cheeses and chutneys. Find them now in our online shop. GIFT SUGGESTION! ⭐️ Order an Essential Devon Cheese Selection - our bestselling ready-made local cheeseboard. ⭐️ Add a mini Elmhirst or Cremet for a bit of creamy luxury. ⭐️ Add in Sharpham Salami and Capicollo. ⭐️ Add some deliciously flavoured olives from Westcountry Olives. ⭐️ Add a festive gift box of Sharpham chutneys - maybe a Fig & Pinot Noir Chutney, a Scotch Bonnet Chilli Jam and a Red Onion Marmalade? What a gift! Delivered in time for Christmas.

💛 For whenever you want to send a little LOVE! In our opinion there’s no better way than with a beautiful Brie heart. Especially at Christmas. The team has made and wrapped a limited quantity of these special cheeses and they’re ready to go! Add one to your order today. 🔗 As ever you’ll find our online shop link in our bio. Last order date for pre-Christmas delivery is 21st (or before if when we sell out). . . #christmascheese #cheese #artisancheese #cheesemaking #devon #christmasgifts

🎄WHERE TO FIND SHARPHAM! Support your local cheesemongers and delis – the experts in all things cheese! They can help you put together a beautiful festive cheeseboard. They’ve got knowledge, passion, and a huge range to choose from (including our award-winning Sharpham cheeses and chutneys of course!) Do ask for Sharpham at your local cheese counter, but if in doubt you’re sure to find our range in these fabulous Devon cheese emporiums. 👏🏼 Darts Farm near Topsham @dartsfarm 👏🏼South West Cheese Co in Barnstaple. @southwestcheese 👏🏼The Cheese Shed in Bovey Tracey @thecheeseshed 👏🏼Country Cheeses of Totnes, Tavistock & Topsham @countrycheeses 👏🏼Greendale Farm Shop near Exeter @greendalefarmshop 👏🏼Sidmouth Cheese Board @thecheeseboardsidmouth 👏🏼John’s of Instow & Appledore @johnsdelidevon We know we have lots of LONDON fans… so head to Bayley & Sage for your Sharpham festive fix @bayleyandsage Shop local, eat delicious – and make your cheeseboard one to remember! . . #cheese #christmascheese #cheesemonger #devon

🎄MONDAY 15th Dec | Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market @exexmasmarket. 🧀 Come and taste Sharpham handmade cheeses and chutneys, chat to Kate and prepare your festive cheeseboard! She’ll be there until 7pm. 🌧️ It might be rainy outside, but you can browse, taste and dodge the weather in the @fooddrinkdevon Christmas Cabin… stuffed with locally-made food and drink. 🫖 Kate’s sharing the Tasting Table with Ben and his @gatheredandgrownherbs teas.

🎅🏻 Christmas cheese calls for Christmas boxes… lots of them! 🎁 Our box elves are still hard at work building these beauties to carry your festive cheese orders safely to your doorstep! 🚨Last date for cheese orders is 21 December, but we recommend you order earlier and choose your delivery date, because it’s hard to predict what’s going to be popular and there’s a good chance we’ll run out of some cheeses!

👏🏼 Our Sharpham Saturday heroes! 👏🏼 Head Cheesemaker, Pete ran 15 miles - with not one, but two river crossings - to raise money for @hospiscare. Sponsor link in our bio! 👏🏼 Claudia and Molly manned the Exeter Christmas Market stand along with Jo from @figgyspuddings for @fooddrinkdevon - sharing and selling our cheeses and chutneys. They’re there until 9pm! 👏🏼 Up in the Big Smoke, Mollie and Jo offered cheesy tasters to shoppers in the beautiful @bayleyandsage food emporium. #cheesemaking #christmascheese #devon

Sharpham and Figgy’s together… we told you it was good! Looks like Exeter Christmas Market go-ers agree! GIVEAWAY | Win a large Elmhirst and a large pud in the giveaway in our grid. Closes Sunday 7th!

🎄Saturday 6th December | Join us at the @fooddrinkdevon Christmas Cabin at Exeter Cathedral Market for a festive treat! 🎄We’ll be there with our friends from Figgy’s Puddings sampling cheeses and chutneys, and Grand Champion Christmas pudding! 🎄Fancy trying something a little different? Taste our triple-cream Elmhirst paired with warm @figgyspuddings - it’s an unusual combo, but trust us… it’s good. 🎄Pop by for a taste, say hello to Sharpham cheesemaker Claudia in the morning… and Mollie in the afternoon, and get inspired for your festive feast! P.S. It’s also the pairing featured in our current giveaway – check our pinned post to enter (until Sunday 7th).

🔔 It’s not just our cheese that you can buy at upcoming markets and food festivals in the run up to Christmas. We also have six Sharpham chutneys… and a Quince Jelly (made by the monks at Buckfast Abbey). Oh, and two varieties of Sharpham sourdough crackers. 3️⃣ Buy three jars and pop them in a free gift box! 🔗 Explore the flavours on our website. Find the link in our bio.

GIVEAWAY | Head over to our grid post and enter the decadent and delicious @sharphamcheese x @figgyspuddings giveaway. Enter by 7 Dec for a chance to win triple-cream Sharpham Elmhirst and a large Figgy’s Christmas Pudding Together they’re a fabulous pairing - think Christmas cake and a hunk of cheddar, but steamier and creamier! ➡️ Find the giveaway post and ‘how to enter’ pinned to the top of our grid! Enter on that post, not this reel! 😁

🎄GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED. Thanks for entering) | Win a Sharpham & Figgy’s Festive Feast! We’ve teamed up with our Devon foodie friends to bring you a spectacular festive pairing, and one you absolutely need to try! 🎄One lucky winner will receive a @sharphamcheese Elmhirst Triple Cream Cheese AND a @figgyspuddings Luxury Christmas Pudding - together worth £45. 🤔 It’s a delicious and unexpected pairing, but trust us… rich, velvety Elmhirst on warm, fruity Figgy’s is an instant classic. ➡️ Swipe to see for yourself! HOW TO ENTER:   1️⃣ Make sure you’re FOLLOWING @sharphamcheese & @figgyspuddings  2️⃣ LIKE this post. 3️⃣ TAG a foodie friend in the comments. 4️⃣ For an EXTRA entry SUBSCRIBE to our mailing lists at the link in the @sharphamcheese bio. (You can unsubscribe at any time). 🎁 THE PRIZE: A 660g Elmhirst cheese made with Jersey milk and double cream. A 750g Figgy’s Luxury Christmas Pud made with Somerset Cider Brandy and Hanlons Port Stout (twice the size of the pud in the photo and Great British Food Awards Grand Champion!) . . . Delivery to UK addresses only. Giveaway closes on 7.12.25. Winner will be picked at random and notified only from the Sharpham Cheese Instagram account. Competition is not associated or endorsed by Instagram.

👋🏼 HELLO DECEMBER … we hope it’s a season of joy, of festive feasts and spending time with friends and family. ✨ Bring on the parties, the sharing, and the oozing cheeseboard. Let the Christmas magic begin!

📦 The box building elves are hard at work… creating towers of cardboard ready to hold all the wrapped cheeses. It’s all hands on deck at this time of year!

🎄Pick up a jar of our NEW Quince Jelly at Buckfast Abbey Christmas Market. 🎄Kate’s manning the Sharpham stand today (Friday 28th) and cheesemaker Claudia will be there on Saturday. They’ll have all our cheeses, chutneys, crackers… and now jelly too! 🎄Our Quince Jelly is made by the monks of @buckfastabbeyofficial - so there’s no better place to introduce it to the world!

Head Cheesemaker Pete is running the RACE THE LIGHT – 15 miles of shadowy estuarine trails, meandering through the privately owned Flete Estate. There’s a double crossing of the River Erme estuary so it’s a race against the light.. and the tide. So wet feet from the off! All to raise much needed funds for @hospiscaredevon - Sharpham’s chosen charity of the last few years. If you’d like to sponsor Pete and speed him on his way, you’ll find the link in our bio.

So much Sharpham cheese! Patiently waiting to be wrapped and despatched to cheese counters and Christmas cheeseboards around the country, from our little cheese dairy in deepest Devon! . . (Sorry Nicky 😂 the rest of the footage was great)

Sharpham QUINCE JELLY | Brand NEW, utterly delicious and created in collaboration with Monks’ Kitchen at @buckfastabbeyofficial. This bright, aromatic jelly is made from handpicked quinces, and is the perfect balance of tart and sweet. Want to try it? We’ll have it on our stand at the Buckfast Abbey Christmas Festival from tomorrow, Thursday 27 Nov - until Saturday. Come and tell us what you think and buy some for your Sharpham Christmas cheeseboard while stocks last. If we don’t sell out it’ll also be on our website very soon for you to add into your festive cheese orders.

🌿 Support SMALL and win a truly special hamper! This week we’re celebrating the power of supporting small family businesses - it’s Small Business Saturday during this week of retail madness! So, spend £50 or more on anything in our website shop this week and you’ll automatically go into our draw to WIN a South Devon Food Hub Hamper worth £95! 👉🏼 HOW TO ENTER. Simply spend £50 or more in one order between Mon 24th and Sun 30th Nov, and we’ll enter you into the draw. You’ll find our shop link in our bio. The winner will be chosen at random and contacted by email. 👉🏼 THE PRIZE. A South Devon Food Hub hamper worth £95. Packed with award-winning Sharpham cheese, local chocolate, cider, coffee, charcuterie and more - it’s a delicious thank you for supporting our small Devon cheese dairy.

Kate’s at @johnsdelidevon in Instow from 10am - 4pm today! Saturday 22 Nov. Sharing samples of our cheeses. Brave the weather for a warm welcome and lots of tasty treats from Sharpham and other producers.

🔐 Last orders for delivery in time for Christmas will be 21st Dec, BUT remember, remember you can order NOW and lock in your December delivery date! 🫵 Cheese lovers, don’t leave it too late! Some favourites will sell out, so BE NIFTY IN NOVEMBER and lock in your perfect festive cheeseboard while you can. (🤫Pssst! Watch out on our Instagram NEXT WEEK for a chance to shop small and win big with our answer to the Black Friday madness!)

CHRISTMAS WRAPPING (Sharpham style)… it’s that wonderful time of year when everything needs to be wrapped! Hundreds and hundreds of cheeses. Today was the turn of the Sharpham Brie squares. Just like cheese making, cheese wrapping is done by hand and takes time (although Nicky, Jane and Brigette make it look easy!) Who thinks we should have a ‘wrap off?!’ First to five maybe! #asmr

🎄Join Kate at the fabulously festive @greendalefarmshop Tasting Evening TONIGHT Thursday 20th November from 5-8pm. Greendale’s seasonal Tasting Evenings are always a fantastic celebration of local food and drink, and we’ll be there with many of our fellow local artisan makers. Come and chat, taste and get advice from Kate on a superb Christmas cheeseboard.

ABOUT US | With a few new followers and Christmas around the corner we thought we’d take a minute to reintroduce ourselves… and our small South Devon cheese dairy. So, swipe to find out more, meet the makers and some of our award winning cheeses… and find out why your support of small, indie businesses is so valued and important to us. . . . 🔗 Visit the link in our bio for recipes, cheese care, to subscribe to our newsletter and to visit our website shop to see what we hand-make here in Devon. Order with speedy delivery of cheese, chutney, crackers, hampers and other treats direct to your door. #cheese #cheesemaker #devon #bcorp @southdevonfoodhub @parsons.nicky

✅ We’ve given our Sharpham branded cool bag a glow up! We’ve switched from bulky cotton to a more durable non-woven polypropylene, and it’s now a lovely emerald green to celebrate the new design. It might not sound like this is a change driven by our sustainable goals, but it is. As a B Corp we consider all our packaging and products, and their impact on the planet, really carefully. PP non-woven plastic is a lightweight, durable, and reusable material, and provides really effective insulation - perfect for keeping Sharpham cheese cool… or cans, chocolate, ice cream (all the good stuff 😉) They’re available for £5 from our website shop to add to any order, and we’ll have them at upcoming markets and events to carry your cheese home. #peopleplanetprofit #bcorp #sustainability #cheese #devon

Sharpham Christmas Cheese Box Offer at @exequayside_farmersmarket. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT the preorder box. Don’t forget to pick up at the next market on 20th December! Seven cheeses at an amazing price! Order today and collect at the 20th December market, perfectly ripe and ready for your festive celebrations! Poor Kate! Thoroughly surprised by Greg bearing coffee and filming her without warning 😂