ABOUT US

We create the highest quality of full flavored cheeses, each packed with big, bold taste. Yancey’s Fancy is Your Trusted House of Flavor™ and we are here for all of your snacking and entertaining occasions.

Our Story

Following World War I, Leo Kutter emigrated from Bavaria, Germany to New York State, home of North America's first cheese factory. He brought his cheese making knowledge and skill to a small factory in Cowlesville, NY where he made Limburger cheese. Mr. Kutter made cheese in Cowlesville from 1926 until World War II broke out. The war left the area with too little milk for cheese making so Mr. Kutter had to wait until it ended before he could get back to his trade.

Our Story

Following World War I, Leo Kutter emigrated from Bavaria, Germany to New York State, home of North America's first cheese factory. He brought his cheese making knowledge and skill to a small factory in Cowlesville, NY where he made Limburger. Mr. Kutter made cheese in Cowlesville from 1926 until World War II broke out. The war left the area with too little milk for cheese making so Mr. Kutter had to wait until it ended before he could get back to his trade. In 1947 he built a new factory in Corfu, NY and began making Swiss, brick, cheddar and Limburger cheeses. His sons, Richard and Tony, started working in the factory and learning the trade while they were quite young. In 1962, Leo passed away leaving the business to both of his sons.

In 1947, he built a new factory in Corfu, NY and began making Swiss, brick, cheddar and Limburger cheeses. His sons, Richard and Tony, started working in the factory at a young age and when Leo passed away in 1962, he left the business to both of them. In the early sixties, the Kutter's began a long business relationship with the Yancey family, owners of the Original Heluva Good Cheese Company. The Kutter's added many new products including sour cream dips and the very first Horseradish Cheddar to their fine line of cheeses. In 1998, Richard and Tony Kutter decided to retire. It was at that time new leadership joined forces to purchase the Kutter's Cheese business and factory, creating the Yancey's Fancy brand you've come to know and love. 

60 Years of innovation

Throughout its sixty plus year history, Kutter's Cheese/Yancey's Fancy has established a reputation for high quality, great tasting products. In recent years, Yancey's has launched in excess of fifty new and exciting varieties of cheeses that reintroduced the flavors that made New York famous for handcrafted cheddar cheeses so many years ago. Yancey's Fancy continues to create new varieties of delicious products which are perfect for any everyday meal or gathering large or small!

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