About Sharpham Dairy

Celebrating over 40 years of artisan cheesemaking, Sharpham Dairy handmake a range of award-winning English cheeses in the rolling South Devon countryside close to the River Dart. Cheesemaking began in 1982, just over the hill from the current dairy, on the Sharpham Estate. It was the brainchild of estate owner and environmentalist Maurice Ash. Nowadays, Sharpham Dairy is owned by another local family, the Parsons, who are equally passionate about British cheese, the environment and their Devon home.

Greg and Nicky Parsons are both hands-on at the dairy and extremely proud that their small business became the very first cheesemaker in the UK to be certified as a B Corporation in 2022. B Corps are businesses who put people and planet before profit and meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.

Their small, expert team of cheesemakers, with over 100 years of cheese making experience between them, is led by Production Manager, Peter Howarth. Pete earned his cheese making stripes with Sharpham's former head cheesemaker, Debbie Mumford, before her retirement.