The Story of Simonton's World Famous Cheese Since 1947

This year as we celebrate 60 years of service, we thought it appropriate to share some of the history behind our company. To our old friends and customers, we say thank you again for making the following story a dream come true. And to all our new friends and customers, this is the reason why you will receive only the best at Simonton's Cheese & Gourmet House.

Simonton's Cheese & Gourmet House originally started as Simonton Dairy Inc. by C.C. and Pauline Simonton in 1947. It was the first plant to produce pasteurized milk for bottling and home delivery in Cumberland County,Tennessee. Their first home deliveries began with only 6 quarts of milk.

Over the next 40 years this grew into one of the largest businesses in the county. As dairy farming grew, there was too much milk for bottling, thus the idea of a cheese plant evolved to take care of the surplus milk. Simonton Dairy, Inc. became two businesses: a cheese factory and a milk bottling and delivery business for Cumberland and four other counties. About 3,000 pounds of cheese a day was eventually made and sold to the Clearfield Cheese Company.

The first hoops for gift cheese were sold to one of Crossville's prominent merchants as Christmas gifts for his employees. That first year about 50 gift cheeses were made.. Each year the gift business increased and as people in other parts of the country received these delicious cheeses, they too ordered for their friends and family, beginning a mail order business larger than ever seemed possible.

Now at Christmas time alone, thousands of three-pound hoops of cheddar are mailed or picked up in the cheese house to distribute to people all over the country and other parts of the world. We are proud of the fact that we have mailed our famous cheddar cheese to the White House!

In the last 27 years a gourmet shop has been added to complement our world famous cheddar. We now have one of the finest "Award Winning" cheese and gourmet shops in the south. Thus we changed our name to "Simonton's Cheese & Gourmet House". Our products are selected from across the country at Gourmet and International Fancy Food shows. We pick only the finest award winning products, and they are made especially for us. We manufacture our own gourmet cheese balls, which are made with our famous naturally aged cheddar cheese and flavored with gourmet sauces.

All of our fine products are available for shipping year round.

With the Christmas season fast approaching, it is a very busy time for us at Simonton's Cheese & Gourmet House. We hope your gift giving will include one of our special products available to you from our web site.

All of us at Simonton's Cheese & Gourmet House are committed to excellence in personal customer service and satisfaction and in providing only the finest quality gourmet products available at reasonable prices. We strive to make all your purchases, whether for yourself or as a gift, a pleasant experience.

With out the good Lord above, and the finest people on earth, you our customer, we would not have been able to stay in business for the past 60 Years!

May God Bless you and your family!
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Shelia & Jim Long
Owners