Discover our delicious story

We’re Tims Dairy – an award-winning family business, founded in 1949 and still run by us, the four Timotheou brothers: Chris, Peter, Bides, and Tony. It all began in a small basement on Warren Street, London, where our forefathers brought traditional yogurt-making skills from Cyprus to the UK. That same passion for authenticity and quality lives on in every pot we make today

Over the years, we’ve produced luxuriously thick Greek family yogurt and kefir, inspired by our cherished family recipe. Using fresh West Country milk, bio-live cultures, and only the finest natural ingredients, our team of 80+ skilled yogurt makers produces everything at our dairy in the Chiltern Hills.

People often fondly call us “The Tims” – and we’re proud to make yogurt that’s both delicious and nourishing. It’s a taste of tradition, made for today’s families.

The very early days started in central and north London,  producing yogurts in small batches by hand at the back of a shop. Post war consumers were not familiar with yogurt, so at first we made natural yogurts and creamy milk desserts for restaurants, delis and cafés.

Production in those days was very hands-on with all the family playing their part to ensure the best in quality.

Five-gallon milk churns were delivered fresh daily to the doorstep – instead of bottles of milk – which always raised a smile from our neighbours! All eight of us had to help out – washing the glass pots, sealing the fresh yogurts and learning the intricacies of our forefathers’ yogurt recipe.

In 1996 we moved to a former dairy site in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire, where we continue to produce our yogurts and cultured creams today. Heritage, passion and skill are still at the heart of every pot, so that the quality and great taste people enjoyed all those years ago can still be savoured today.

These continue to be exciting times at Tims Dairy. We now have a great team dedicated to bringing more and more Greek Family Yogurt into more and more homes across the UK.

Yogurt making has never been busier and the popularity of Greek Family yogurts continues to grow. Our yogurts are multi-award winning which is a great testimony to our Greek Cypriot heritage, passion, skill, experience and the family story of our lovely yogurts.

Try one of our favourite delicious family recipes from the early days – Greco Rosa Crema.