Press Release – Champions of Cheese Awards
This year’s New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards has recognised long term favourites as well as newcomers among its 27 trophy recipients.
The four Supreme Champion awards went to Kāpiti and Mahoe, two highly awarded cheesemakers with a proud history; The Drunken Nanny with 11 years of cheesemaking, as well as Annie & Geoff Nieuwenhuis of Nieuwenhuis Farmstead Cheese who were named MilkTestNZ Champion Cheesemaker after only three years of commercial cheesemaking.
The trophies were awarded at a Gala Awards Dinner at SkyCity in Hamilton last night (Wednesday 05 May 2021) and followed judging of more than 310 cheeses from 35 cheese companies at Wintec in February. Chief Judge Jason Tarrant led a panel of 32 judges to assess the cheeses.
Press Release – Champions of Cheese Awards This years New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards has recognised long term favourites as well as newcomers among its 27 trophy recipients. The four Supreme Champion awards went to Kpiti and Mahoe, two highly awarded cheesemakers with a proud history; …
This year’s New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards has recognised long term favourites as well as newcomers among its 27 trophy recipients.
The four Supreme Champion awards went to Kāpiti and Mahoe, two highly awarded cheesemakers with a proud history; The Drunken Nanny with 11 years of cheesemaking, as well as Annie & Geoff Nieuwenhuis of Nieuwenhuis Farmstead Cheese who were named MilkTestNZ Champion Cheesemaker after only three years of commercial cheesemaking.
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 5:37 am
This year’s New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards has
recognised long term favourites as well as newcomers among
its 27 trophy recipients.
The four Supreme Champion
awards went to Kāpiti and Mahoe, two highly awarded
cheesemakers with a proud history; The Drunken Nanny with 11
years of cheesemaking, as well as Annie & Geoff
Nieuwenhuis of Nieuwenhuis Farmstead Cheese who were named
MilkTestNZ Champion Cheesemaker after only three years of
commercial cheesemaking.
The trophies were awarded at
a Gala Awards Dinner at SkyCity in Hamilton last night
(Wednesday 05 May 2021) and followed judging of more than
310 cheeses from 35 cheese companies at Wintec in February.
Press Release – NZ Champions Of Cheese
Following judging for the first time in Hamilton, the New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association (NZSCA) has announced 265 medal winners in the
NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021.
Last month more than 310 cheeses from 35 cheese companies were judged by the panel of 32 judges led by Master Cheese Judge Jason Tarrant. Judging resulted in 265 medals being awarded;84 gold medals, 121 silver medals and 60 bronze medals.
While there are too many medal winning cheeses to mention each one, some of the interesting gold medal cheeses include;
Geraldine Cheese Company, Aged Deer Gouda which won gold in the Fonterra Co-operative Group Original Cheese category, New Zealand Food Safety New Cheese category gold medal winners Nieuwenhuis Farmstead Cheese, Poukawa Fog and Whitestone Cheese Co, Oamaru Blue; and Clevedon Buffalo, Buffalo Salted Curd which won gold in the IFF/Danisco Fresh Unripened Cheese category.
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