The Larder, Cheese & dairy

Famed for the smell that entices passers-by, Mellis is one of a kind – a rustic cheesemonger with maturing rooms in Edinburgh and five other branches across Scotland. Iain Mellis started the business over 15 years ago and the shops sell a wonderful…

Since opening his first premises in 1993, Iain Mellis has established a mini empire of cheesemonger's shops between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and St Andrews, with a reputation for supplying the best British farmhouse cheeses. Well-trained, friendly…

Iain Mellis has six shops in Scotland, though each has an individual feel, with rounds of cheese stacked high and staff in traditional aprons. The main focus is on farmhouse cheeses from around the UK and Ireland – Fife’s Anster standing proud among…

With a history stretching back nearly 50 years, McDonald's is a mini emporium of cheese owned by Caroline Robertson. The stock runs to 80 varieties of British and continental artisan styles and Swiss in particular – this is the place to go if you're…

The definition of a quirky, artisanal producer with just six cheeses available through farmers' markets and delis. In the five years since Standhill started production after Jim and Annie Shanks decided on a post-retirement cheese career, their Minto…

With branches all over Scotland, I.J. Mellis is a one-stop shop for dedicated cheese lovers. All types of farmhouse, artisan and speciality cheese can be found stacked high in the shop, from Isle of Mull cheddar to the Prima Dona Maturo, a Dutch take on…

The little sister of the well-established IJ Mellis group, this crowded cheese-haven is no less exciting for it. Though it doesn't have the space for the cured meats of the other stores, there remains the spectacular range of mainly artisan cheeses…

Using fresh whole milk from their herd of pedigree Holstein Friesian cows, Stewart Tower produces hand-made ice creams in a staggering range of flavours, as well as fruit ices and frozen yoghurts to sell from their parlour in converted farm steadings.

Dingwall (2nd Sat)

We produce 9 flavours of Sheese - a dairy-free alternative to hard cheese, and 5 flavours of Creamy Sheese - a dairy-free substitute for cream cheese.

Based in Downtown Dundee, this small but passionate independent cheesemonger sells quality regional and continental artisan cheeses. With an aim to offer customers new cheeses on a weekly basis, Dorothy Hegarty's range stretches to over 50 varieties…

Clarks is a respected fine foods wholesaler to restaurants and food shops in Scotland. Based in Midlothian, they are particularly noted for their cheeses, supplying most of the fine artisan cheeses of Scotland along with a selection from elsewhere in…

To see how the hand-made cheeses offered in the Connage Pantry are made, just look through the big window in this Ardesier farm shop. The process is laid bare, from the organic milk from Callum and Jill Clark's 140 cows grazing nearby, through to the…

Established in the early 1990s, Cream O' Galloway has been producing fair trade ice-cream for over a decade. Using only the finest organically grown ingredients, they are serious about their commitment to reduce their impact on the environment and trade…

Italian style ice cream and frozen desserts & sorbets

Humphrey Errington diversified into cheese-making in the early 1980s, with the now-famous Lanark Blue being launched in 1985. Ewe's milk Lanark and cow's milk Dunsyre Blue have become two of Scotland's best known and most highly respected cheeses, and…

cheese Farmers market stall: Glasgow Queens Park (2nd & 3rd Sat)

Traditional luxury dairy ice cream in a range of flavours – Traditional (natural & creamy), Honeycomb, Chocolate, Choc Mint, Strawberry & Cream, Raspberry Ripple

'Naturally we're local' runs the strapline, and this neatly sums up this community-minded family dairy business. Milk and cream are produced by the Mitchell herd just outside Inverurie and delivered throughout the north-east. Their produce, including…

Now into a third generation of ice-cream making, S Luca continues to delight Morningside and Musselburgh locals with its renowned speciality. Manufactured at its two outlets, Luca's ice-cream can be enjoyed in a variety of flavours, from the traditional…

Since 2008 the St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese Company’s varieties of Anster cheese have been developing a wider following, but a pilgrimage to the place they’re made is a treat in its own right. This fresh and strikingly new café on the Stewart family farm…