London-based Neal’s Yard Dairy revealed it had been the victim of the unusual heist in a post on Instagram last week, where it shared some “difficult news.” “Neal’s Yard Dairy has been the victim of a theft resulting in the loss of over 22 tonnes of clothbound Cheddar,” the post said. The company said it had been approached by a “fraudulent buyer posing as a legitimate wholesale distributor for a major French retailer.
Describing the theft as a “real shame,” Oliver went on to say: “If anyone hears anything about posh cheese going for cheap, it is probably some wrong’uns.” Questioning what the thieves might do with “lorryloads of posh cheese,” he said: “Are they going to unpeel it from the cloth, and cut it and grate it and get rid of it in the fast food industry, in the commercial industry? I don’t know – it seems like a really weird thing to nick.