MAKERS of Wallace and Gromit's favourite cheese are celebrating after they won awards.
Wensleydale Creamery took five medals at the annual British Cheese Awards in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, at the weekend.
The dairy, in Hawes, North Yorkshire, won gold medals for its red Leicester and double Gloucester.
It also won a silver medal for its special reserve Wensleydale and bronzes for its sheep's milk Wensleydale and the Christmas Classic Wensleydale and cranberry.
Phil Jones, the dairy's sales director, said: "I am absolutely over the moon with the awards we have won, and they really are a credit to our cheesemakers, as well as the dairymen of the Dales that supply our milk.
"We have had a busy month in the headlines with the new Wallace and Gromit film, but these awards confirm that what we do best is make great cheese."
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