From our Market Hall shop, we also sell fresh bread, sandwiches, pork pies, pastries and our ever popular locally made oatcakes.
Browse through our website to find details of the products we
sell, from our
wide range of cheese - traditional English, English blue, British
additive,
goat / sheep milk, French, other continental cheeses and other
associated items
- through to our speciality "celebration" cheese cakes. Follow the link
to Wedding Cheese Cake
or to Celebration
Cheese Cake for this
delightful new approach to "cakes" for a special occasion.
In our
proprietor, Simon, we have a wealth of experience in selecting,
sourcing,
storing and serving the best of English and Continental cheeses to both
the
general public and to the trade. Our staff are all knowledgeable in the
field
of cheese and will be happy to advise you.
We are conveniently placed in North Derbyshire, adjacent to the Peak
District
National Park and within easy reach of Sheffield and the rest of South
Yorkshire. If you have the opportunity, why not visit our wonderful
market town
of Chesterfield, the extensive open market and the refurbished Market
Hall.
Of course, no such visit can be complete without walking into our
shop,taking
in the aromas, viewing the marvellous extensive selection of cheeses,
and
perhaps even purchasing some to enjoy with your family and friends.
"Don't
quibble, ask for a nibble", prior to making your choice. If you're
local,
consider coming to one of our Cheese
Tasting Evenings.
In our selection of French Cheese, you will find some from products
from the
area surrounding Chesterfield's twin town of Troyes. In particular,
there's our
Chaource cheese . In due course, our website will feature our French
connection. One new addition to our product lines is Pete Welbourne's
award
winning Lincolnshire
Plum Bread
excellent with our cheeses.
Most recently, we have begun to stock cheese from Sean Wilson's Saddleworth Cheese Company. Many of you will recall Sean as Martin Platt in Coronation Street for more than 20 years. Sean joined our stand at Bakewell Show this and last year year and succeeded in carrying off a major prize in the Cheese competitions. View some of our photos. Sean also joined us, with his own stall, at the Chesterfield Market Festival at the end of October 2009. View a short film on YouTube of Sean in Chesterfield.
If you think you might be interested in one of our Cheese Wedding Cakes or Cheese Celebration Cakes, why not have a look at some of the examples and forms of construction.
Simon is running some tasting evenings at the shop . If you are interested, please telephone him on 01246 201203 or 07970 281717 for dates and times and to reserve a place.
31 The Market Hall
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 1AR
(Use postcode S40 1TL, and house no. 1 for Satnav)
Tel. 01246 201203
Mob. 07970 281717
E-mail:- sales@cheese-factor.co.uk
You will find us on the North side of the
Market Hall, in one
of the external facing units, opposite the Post Office (S40 1TL above).
View
a Google map showing how to find the market hall area.
Please note we do not normally operate a mail order
service -
except for Wedding and Celebration cheese cakes.
If you've travelled to our shop from
afar, never fear, we can
vacuum pack your cheese purchase to extend its quality and freshness.
In April 2009, the Hairy Bikers, Si (Simon) King and Dave Myers visited our shop. See some photos.
Congratulations to Peak-FM on it's 10th birthday ! See photo with our cheese celebration cake here.
See also a movie clip of a visit to the shop in January 2012 !
2012 Peak FM Calendars for sale in our shop.
The 2010 Friday 4th June show was from our shop. Also, last year, Becky
Measures from Peak FM Breakfast show "lost" the challenge with Sean to
have to
shout "Pound a Bag" outside the shop. See the
YouTube footage.
Also see our Show Photo
page for some still
images of both occasions.
We exhibit at a number of local food fairs including the Derbyshire Food Fair (this year was at Hardwick Hall on 21st / 22nd May. We also exhibit at Denby Christmas Food Fair on 3rd and 4th December and Belper(Sunday 17th July). Our major outing, was at Bakewell Show (3/4 August 2011).
We participate in Sheffield Farmers Markets on Fargate, the last Thursday of each month commencing 28 April then 26 May, 23 June, 28 July, 25 Aug, 22 Sept, 21 Oct and 24 Nov.
We participate in the Chesterfield Market Festival at the end of October.
Browse
some photos from our
previous show activities.
We are also providers of Ploughman's Lunches to the Annual CAMRA Chesterfield
Beer
Festival at the Winding Wheel and to the CAMRA
Chesterfield Market Beer
Festival and the Beer2Net festival at the B2Net Stadium.
Last year, we joined with Brampton Brewery and provided ploughman's lunches for the Mayor's Appeal.
Follow our cheese page link to find details of our cheese selections.
Link to our display of a selection of Photos from the Country Fairs, shows and Food Fairs we attend.
R.P. Davidson is a long established traditional cheese factor based in Chesterfield, historic market town, famous for its "crooked spire", the parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints.
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