The Neal's Yard Dairy Subscription (6 months pre-paid)

The Neal's Yard Dairy Subscription (6 months pre-paid)

The Neal's Yard Dairy Subscription brings you a selection of three surprise cheeses each month and includes tasting notes and free delivery. Each cheese is matured and hand-selected by our team in Bermondsey, London, and delivered to your door in our environmentally-friendly insulated packaging. Looking for a delicious gift idea? Just choose one of the pre-paid options below.

Click here for a downloadable gift certificate.

Your first payment will be taken when you place the order, and your first delivery will be on the date that you select at check out. Payment and delivery in subsequent months will be spaced approximately one month apart. If you choose a pre-paid option, full payment will be taken when you place the order.

Unfortunately we are unable to make substitutions within this subscription.

Monthly (Recurring) £28.50

3 Months Pre-Paid £83

6 Months Pre-Paid £162

Regular price £162.00 Sale

FAQs

Delivery Information

Standard delivery is free to most postcodes in the UK for orders over £29.50. Click here for a list of postcodes where additional delivery charges apply.

Collection from our London shops is free - choose Shop Collection at checkout.

Select your preferred delivery date at checkout. As we use third party couriers (typically DPD) we cannot guarantee the arrival day of your order but we will do our best to ensure that it arrives as close as possible to your chosen date. To be sure it arrives in time, we suggest choosing a date a couple of days ahead of when you would like to eat your cheese.

If you have ordered a cheese subscription, your second and subsequent deliveries will occur approximately 30 days after your first delivery date.

Find out More

This month's selection contains the three delicious cheeses listed below and weighs a minimum of 755g.

Towers of whole and cut pieces of orange coloured Appleby’s Cheshire cheese which is cloth-bound with a crumbly paste

Appleby's Cheshire

milk type
Cow

ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet

coagulant
Animal Rennet

A well-balanced raw milk cheese boasting rich mineral flavours upfront, a juicy acidity and the succulent yet crumbly texture that is so characteristic of a classic Cheshire.

Lucky Dip Cheese

milk type
Any

ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet

coagulant
Any

As we work with a handmade, highly variable product, often we are left with slightly underweight pieces of cheese when cutting to order for our online and wholesale customers. Typically these little pieces are diverted to our shops to be sold there, as they are perfectly delicious! At the moment with limited footfall to our shops, we have more undercut cheese than we can sell.

The piece of cheese you receive could be anything from our range. As such you need to be rather open minded and a true cheese lover.

Minimum: 100g.

Mature Sparkenhoe Red Leicester

milk type
Cow

ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet

coagulant
Animal Rennet

A more mature, meatier version of Sparkenhoe Red Leicester, selected by us and aged for up to 12 months in total, creating richly savoury, brothy flavours and a texture that is crunchier and more crystalline than elastic.

Clothbound with lard.

Riseley

milk type
Sheep

ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet

coagulant
Vegetarian Coagulant

A washed-rind sheep’s milk cheese with a rich paste beneath a vivid, tacky rind which sometimes has a salty crunch. Flavours are bold and savoury, with occasional hints of smoky bacon.

FAQs

Can I cancel my subscription?

Our cheesemakers make cheese to order for the Neal's Yard Dairy Subscription and, as such, subscriptions cannot be cancelled until after your first three deliveries. Following this, rolling subscriptions may be cancelled provided notice is given at least one week prior to your next delivery. Please contact us for further information.

How do the payments work?

The Neal's Yard Dairy Subscription costs £28.50 per month. Your first subscription payment will be taken when you buy the subscription on our website and your first delivery will be on the date that you select at checkout. Your second payment and delivery will be approximately one month after the first delivery. Subsequent payments and deliveries will continue monthly from then on.

how much cheese to buy?

As a general rule of thumb, we would recommend roughly between 100 and 150 grams per person for after dinner, and a bit more if cheese is the focus of the meal. If you are buying cheese to serve over a couple of days or as part of a buffet, it is advisable to buy a few larger pieces. This will both look better and keep better than many small bits. To help visualise weights, a good tip is to consider that a regular supermarket pat of butter weighs between 200 and 250 grams. If you are at all unsure please give us a call for some advice.

how should i store my cheese?

The best option is to keep your cheese wrapped in its paper within a box in the fridge. This will prevent the cheese from drying out and absorbing other flavours. Your cheese will arrive wrapped in waxed cheese paper, which achieves the best possible balance between maintaining humidity around the cheese and allowing it to breathe. We are happy to provide some free extra cheese paper, just search for "cheese paper" and add it to your basket. We don't recommend cling film or foil as it can cause the cheese to sweat which will negatively affect the flavour.

When will I receive my cheese?

Choose your delivery date at checkout and we will be in touch to let you know when we are preparing your order for dispatch. In addition our courier will contact you on the day of delivery with a one hour window slot. Please do not choose the redelivery option as your order will already have been picked up by the couriers and will remain in transit for an extended period. More information relating to courier deliveries can be found here. Your subsequent box will arrive approximately one month after the first, with each box arriving on a monthly basis thereafter. For example, if you receive your first box towards the end of July, your following boxes will arrive towards the end of each month going forward. Please let us know if you are planning to be away - we're always happy to deliver either side of those dates. https://www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk/pages/delivery-returns-feb-2020

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