” LEPETIT, Un grand nom qui se mérite ”
LEPETIT is the most important and the oldest cheesemaker for traditional Camemberts.
In 1872, Léontine and Auguste LEPETIT open in St Pierre sur Dives (Calvados) on the street going to Thiéville the first establishment under their name : LEPETIT. Auguste LEPETIT is learning his know-how as cheesemaker since 1870 by working with his neighbour and friend Léon SEREY, himself producing Camemberts in Bretteville sur Dives.
In 1875, the activity of the firm is diversified : they begin to sell eggs and butter for which the package is specially adapted for long travels.
In 1890, Léontine and Auguste LEPETIT acquire the beautiful and vast Domain of Saint Maclou in Sainte Marie aux Anglais near Saint Pierre sur Dives. This domain is located in the famous ” Vallée d’Auge “. It remains still today the place where the Camembert LEPETIT is produced.
In 1902, Auguste LEPETIT creates a partnership under the name ” Auguste LEPETIT et ses fils “. It is also the period during which the milk cow’s breeding is growing successfully. From this breeding will born the famous Serpentine, a cow which will arrive first during the General Agriculture Show, and whose effigy is still present today on the labels of the Camembert LEPETIT.
Thanks to its leaders’courage and initiative sense, the firm will soon become a modern cheesemaking factory where 7 to 8000 camemberts are daily produced by 85 employees.
The high requirement will of Léontine LEPETIT, as well as the respect for tradition and the love for work well done, will help the brand LEPETIT by being recognized as the one of an equilibrated tasted Camembert often choosen by juges as one of the bests during Agriculture Shows.
In the thirtees, LEPETIT has already being three times rewarded with honours, and has received the highest distinction of Agricultural Merit as well as 58 gold and silver medals from which the most beautiful are still today represented on the label. In the forties, the firm LEPETIT is the leader of the Camembert’s french market.
LEPETIT has become a great brand of traditional cheese.
LEPETIT remains still today the most important reference in terms of ” AOC raw milk Camemberts ” ( which are the only one being from Normandy). It has also enriched its range of products with other traditional cheeses from which one can name the followin ones :
” Coulommiers Fromager ”
” Brie de Meaux ”
” Petit Brie Crémier ”
“Chaource ”
SOCIÉTÉ FROMAGÈRE DE SAINT MACLOU
Domaine de Saint MACLOU, Sainte Marie aux Anglais
14270 MEZIDON
Tél : 02.31.63.82.05 Fax : 02.31.63.17.95
http://www.camembert-aoc.org/unil-uk/htm/mesnil-uk.htm
You can visit the website of LEPETIT by clicking hereafter : www.lepetit.fr ” Brillat Savarin Affiné “.
