Applewood: A real English treasure. Made in the West Country from British cheddar and has a delicate smoky flavour and a lovely smooth texture, all finished with a dusting of paprika for good measure.

Ilchester® Red Leicester Cheese – Smooth and Nutty! Add a splash of colour to your cheese board with this traditional English cheese based on a classic Cheddar recipe. From beauty advent calendars containing miniature-sized versions of all our favourite products, to gin advent calendars, jewellery advent calendars and the prominent rise of food advent calendars, we're not ashamed to say the best part of Christmas, for us, is receiving one such wondrous calendar in the run-up to the big day, or just buying ourselves one instead. This time around we'll be buying one of the best cheese advent calendars.Ilchester® Wensleydale with cranberries – Traditionally made with a smooth and creamy gold award winning Wensleydale. It is creamy and smooth and perfectly paired with juicy sweet festive cranberries. Ilchester Double Gloucester: A hard cheese with a savoury, mellow flavour, and is famous for being the cheese that is rolled down Coopers Hill yearly, in May, for the UK’s most extreme cheese race! And of course, one of the best ways to get excited for Christmas is by counting down the days with a classic advent calendar. Start or end the day by opening the little cardboard window that has a special treat nestled inside. The best part is that everyone can partake in the fun. From advent calendars for kids with fun toys to alcohol advent calendars for adults with tasty beers and liquors, there are so many ways to feel merry and bright. And for foodies, they can enjoy sweet treats with a chocolate advent calendar or brew an aromatic cup of coffee with a coffee advent calendar! What: Cheesegeek's luxury offering comes with a hefty price tag, but it would make an excellent gift for a cheese-loving family if you're on the hunt for a shared prezzie. The whole thing houses just under 2kg of cheese, with each window hiding a new artisan selection. Cheesegeek is keeping its contents a secret though, to make every day that much more exciting!

We have improved the calendar and taken our previous offering of 9 varieties of cheese to a delicious 11 cheeses! I guess I just never thought a handmade prototype idea would come this far? I know that sounds kind of nuts, but I really didn’t set out to turn this into something as big as it has become. We may be in the era of increasingly niche advent calendars, but cheese advent calendars are still not as common as some other foodie Christmas countdowns, like chocolate, wine or gin advent calendars.Ilchester Apple, Onion and Sage: A versatile and uniquely flavoured British cheddar, carefully blended for a well-rounded, deliciously sweet, Apple flavour, with scrumptious savoury notes from the onion and aromatic sage. PDO (protected designation of origin) label is a type of geographical indication that means that a cheese was made in a specific region according to traditional methods. Sure, Christmas Day is the big date that we all look forward to around this time of year, but the days leading up to December 25th are just as fun and special. Perhaps you dress up in matching Christmas pajamas, marathon watch all your favorite Christmas movies or make homemade hot chocolate to sip on in the cold weather. This list is never-ending because there are so many ways to get into the Christmas spirit!