Grate is your local independent cheesemonger, championing local and British cheese. Our founder, Moz, discovered her love of cheese in the late 1990s when, working her first job at Fortnum & Mason, realised that not all cheese came in individual foil-wrapped triangles and that there is so much more to the delightful dairy dish.
Since then, she has worked for many independent food retailers including Fortnum & Mason, Bluebird at Chelsea and Fenwick, before deciding she wanted to be her own boss as she realised Newcastle lacked cheese stores where a passion for cheese was as the heart of the business. She quit her job in early 2020, and that’s when she established Grate. After a long delay due to Covid restrictions, the shop finally opened its doors to its Jesmond customers in October 2020.
