Stilton cheese stocked a generic "British Blue cheese". Other makers have adopted their own names and styles. Other examples of blue cheeses include Gorgonzola cheese of Italy, which is made from cows' milk; and the French cheeses Fourme d'Ambert from Auvergne and made with cows' milk and Roquefort, which is made with ewes' milk. Blue Stilton is often eaten with celery or pears. It is also commonly added as a flavouring to vegetable soup, most notably to cream of celery or broccoli. Alternatively it is eaten with various crackers, biscuits and bread. It can also be used to make a blue cheese
The Great British Cheese Festival The Great British Cheese Festival The Great British Cheese Festival, is a festival held in Wales (previously held in the South or West of England) on the last weekend of every September. The first annual event was held in 2000 in Oxfordshire, and was founded by Juliet Harbutt. Each year it is preceded by the "British Cheese Awards", a ceremony which she created in 1994, judged by food experts and farmers, in which the best cheeses are awarded bronze, silver and gold medals. All cheeses are tasted blind, and the winners can then display their awards during the public-attended festival.