Cornish Blue [SEP] country of origin
Cornish Blue
Cornish Blue is a type of blue cheese from Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is made by the Cornish Cheese Company at Upton Cross. 
It has won Gold in the British Cheese Awards 2004, Best Blue & Best English Cheese 2007, Royal Bath & West Supreme Champion Cheese 2010, and was recognised in December 2010 as the winning cheese in the World Cheese Awards ahead of 2600 other entries from 26 countries.
See also.
- List of Cornish cheeses
- List of British cheeses
alternative origin of the name derives from an old miners' name for the zinc ore sphalerite which they called "Black Jack". Thus the unique blue stone mined in these caverns could easily have become known as "Blue John".
Another derivation comes from the Cornish miners who began working the Derbyshire lead mines in the 1740s. The name Blue John is used for several rocks in Cornwall, including fluorspars, and derives from the Cornish language word "bleujenn", in Old Cornish "blodon", a flower,