A SOUTH East Cornwall firm is up for a national award for its cheese.

The Cornish Cheese Company, based at Upton Cross, has been shortlisted for a Great British Cheese Award 2017 in the Best Blue Cheese category for its Cornish Blue.

Founder Philip Stansfield said: ‘We are extremely pleased to have made the finals of the Great British Cheese Awards particularly as the finalists are determined by the public, so we are very grateful to everyone who voted for us.

‘Awards can make a huge difference to food companies, as we discovered when Cornish Blue became World Champion cheese in 2010. Last year we won the People’s Choice award at the Great British Cheese awards so we are hoping to emulate that success again this year.’

The overall category winners will be announced on October 11 at an awards ceremony in London.