Jongia (UK) News

Cheesemakers large & small, if you need a fab new vat or any Cheesemaking equipment, check out @jongiauk

10th February 2012

Dutch Farmhouse cheese makers visit Germany.
Jongia (UK) spent a few days in Germany with a group of Dutch farmhouse cheesemakers. The report (in Dutch) can be read here...Zelfkazer

4th February 2012

Artisan Cheese Making
Julie Wing of Blackdown Hills Dairy is starting small with her cheese making operation on Blackdown Hills Farm in Somerset... read more

9th October 2011

Jaap de Jonge, MD of Jongia (UK) has been featured in a major dairy trade journal (Dairy Industries International), you can read the article here.

21 July 2011

Our first Dutch Artisan cheese maker customer started making Cheddar in the Netherlands, using an ASTA-eismann supplied 100l vat and cheese press. See him in action here

14th May 2011

Suzanne Christiansen joined us on another trip, this time along four farm house cheese makers in the Midlands. Her report can be found here.

5th March 2011

We have commissioned the cutter now and I would like to forward my most sincere thanks for such a wonderfull piece of work.

The blades are artfull in motion and cut all styles of hard and semi hard cheeses very cleanly with a very good wedge shape, and most of all with a very small amount of waste or recycle product.

Please pass my thanks onto your staff and be sure to get Jaap to get customers over here to see a demonstration.

Many thanks

Adrian Fowler
Fowlers Forest Dairies Ltd

14th November 2010

The focus on functional
Suzanne Christiansen, Editor of Dairies Industries International joined Jongia (UK)’s Westphalia trip in September....read more Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

Duchy Organic Brie awarded best soft white cheese at British Cheeese Awards

We were delighted to be see the Cornish Country Larder's Duchy Brie (available at Waitrose) receive the best soft white cheese award at the British Cheese Awards in Cardiff recently. We are proud to be the supplier of the rennet for this excellent cheese.

School of Artisan Food

The new School for Artisan Food (http://bit.ly/95PRdd) will be instructing its students at the dairy course on a very nice 300L ASTA-eismann vat. http://twitpic.com/2tol32

Ludlow Food Centre

The first ASTA-eismann butterchurn in the UK has started churning butter at the Ludlow Food Centre (http://bit.ly/aefCui). Sandy Boyd, Manager of the business ,is extremely satisfied with the quality of the vat and the butter that comes out of it. http://twitpic.com/2t5519

 

12th October 2010

Ludlow Food Centre (www.ludlowfoodcentre.co.uk)

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Thank you Jaap,

It was good to see you both again. You will be pleased to hear that we have made our first batch of butter today. The equivalent of 14 old (Ice cream maker) batches were done in one batch in our beautiful new butter churn... in 12 minutes. Our jaws were on the floor, fantastic!! As is the taste and quality. We managed to make it in time for the directors lunch and they were delighted.Thanks again.

Sandy

 

14th August 2010

Halloumi on High Weald
High Weald Dairy has collected awards and won business through diversity. Full report HERE.

 

14th August 2010
Spot the Gallybagger
The Isle of Wight Creamery is putting the Isle of Wight on the cheese making map. Click HERE to see the report.

 

8th July 2010
Scottish cheesemakers using our cleaning system for cleaning his equipment is satisfied:

"I could do with another heating/aeration devise that you put in before. It works very well and I would happily recommend it to anyone." Rory Stone, owner of Highland Fine Cheese

 

7th July 2010
Jongia (UK) organised a cheese maker viewing at the Isle of Wight Cheese Co. and High Weald Dairy. We attracked a crowd of over 20 artisan cheese makers. A report of the first visit can be read here. We organise visits to cheese makers in the UK and abroad on a regular base. Please contact us if you would like to be on our mailing list.

International success for West Sussex cheese
West Sussex cheese has been named as the fifth best in the world at an international competition, with the help of Jongia supplied equipment. Click here for all the info. 

 

Autumn Trips 2010
We are preparing our Autumn trips to visit German farmhouse cheese makers. The Westphalia trip to take place 13-14 September. the trip will include five cheesemakers and a visit to ASTA-eismann (equipment) and Finktec (cleaning technology).

Bavaria 25-27 October, four dairies and a visit to Schmid Folien and the Berlin day trip 28th October takes in three or perhaps even four dairies. Please contact us to register a place.

 

Britian's newest cheese is full of Norfolk Charm
Our latest customer of our small vat had it quickly in her local news paper!...visit their website

 

Dairy Seminar
We are organising the first Dairy Seminar for the UK dairy Industry. on 5 October 2010. This seminar is the networking event for the industry. Talks will be given by key persons supporting the industry. Be there to be educated and seen! More information on www.dairyseminar.co.uk.


Isle of Wight Cheese
One of the fastest growing artisan cheesemakers in the country has honoured us with a repeat order, more than doubling his output. As Richard Hodgson wrote to us: "Thanks for all your help and patience in putting the quotes together. I'm really pleased to be ordering all this with you, ASTA and Laude. Names that I can trust."


Woolsery Cheese is a cheesemaker in Dorset. The manual curd mill was making work hard and it was time to look for a motorised curd mill. This is how Annette (owner and cheesemaker) feels: "Just to let you know I am very pleased with the curd mill - don't know what I would do without it now."

 

A few testimonials we have received from satisfied customers over the years:

 

...you show loyalty to your suppliers and customers... (dairy in Scotland)

 

Jaap de Jonge is one of the best people in the dairy industry to buy from. He is polite but here's the best bit, he does not mince his words when it comes to advising you on which is the right piece of equipment to buy so not only does he save you money he also makes sure you don't waste it. (dairy in Shropshire)

 

The help Jaap has given us over the last years has been great, providing advice, sourcing equipment and products. (dairy in Scotland)