SA cheeses did it again. The 2009 World Cheese Awards drew entries from 34 countries on four continents and South African cheese makers did themselves proud by winning 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.
The annual competition, run by the UK's Guild of Fine Food, was staged this year in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on October 1. It was only the second time the Awards has been held outside Britain in its 21-year history. More than 150 judges from 24 countries, including Mexico, South Africa, Japan and Australia, scored the 2 440 entries in a marathon sensory evaluation session to select the award winners.
Kobus Mulder, Agri-Expo's Manager: Dairy, was one of the international judges and a member of the Supreme jury of 13 experts to select the World champion cheese from the 15 best cheeses. Only 140 cheeses from around the world were awarded gold medals.
Parmalat SA adds another outstanding achievement to their long list of awards for top products with two gold and two bronze medals. Their Smoked Salmon Cream cheese and Medium Cheddar received Gold medals, while the Green pepper Camembert and Simonzola were awarded Bronze medals.
Fairview Vineyard Cheesery in Suider-Paarl received Gold medals for their prizewinning Roydon Camembert as well as for the Blue Tower. Healy's Cheese in Somerset West received Gold and Bronze medals for their Traditional Farmhouse Cheddars while De Pekelaar Cheese from Patensie walked away with a Gold medal for their Oud Boerenkaas.
Lancewood Cheese follows suite with a Silver medal for their Superior cream cheese and Bronze medals for the Superior plain cream cheese and Low fat chunky cottage cheese.
Silver medals were awarded to Belnori Goat's Milk for their Goat's Milk Feta and Dalewood Fromage for their Huguenot.
Fairview Vineyard Cheesery received the sought after Agri-Expo Trophy for the best South African cheese during the Awards Dinner for their Blue Tower.
Full results on
www.finefoodworld.co.uk or phone Kobus Mulder at 021 975 440.
Issued by Agri-Expo
Contact: Mariana Rabie
Tel (021) 975 4440 / 082 871 1114
mariana@agriexpo.co.za
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