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World Cheese Awards 2024 Trophy Winners

A truly global cheese event, World Cheese Awards 2024 took place at Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu in Portugal on Friday 15 November 2024, where 4,786 cheeses from around the world were assessed and and Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado made by Quinta do Pomar was crowned World Champion Cheese 2024.

Watch: World Cheese Awards 2024 highlights

World Cheese Awards 2024. Credit Guild of Fine Food (Paulo Fernandes) (3)

WORLD CHEESE AWARDS 2024 WORLD CHAMPION CHEESE


Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado
made by Quinta do Pomar from Portugal

World Cheese Awards 2024 trophy winners:

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Best American Cheese

Bayley Hazen Blue

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Best Australian Cheese

Raw Tom

from Bruny Island Cheese Co.

Australia

BERTSCH
Best Austrian Cheese

Kronprinz Rudolf

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Best Belgian Cheese

Lotenhulle Rouge

from Little Cheese Farm

Belgium

Haute Fromagerie
Best British Cheese

Stoney Cross

from Lyburn Farmhouse Cheesemakers

England

Sponsored by Haute Fromagerie

Boska
Best French Cheese

PDO Ossau Iraty raw sheep's milk cheese

from Agour

France

Sponsored by Boska

InterCheese
Best German Cheese

Baldauf 1862 Meisterstück Alpkäse

from Baldauf Käse

Germany

Sponsored by Intercheese AG

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Best Greek Cheese

Graviera Naxou PDO Pittara

from Nikolaos Emm. Pittaras

Greece

Best Irish Cheese

Mount Leinster Clothbound

Atalanta
Best Italian Cheese

Pecorino Bislacco al Rum e Tabacco

from F.lli Petrucci

Italian

Sponsored by Atalanta Plaza

Japanese Cheese Council
Best Japanese Cheese

Setana

from Cheesedom

Japan

Sponsored by Japanese Cheese Council

Lacteo
Best Latin American Cheese

Passionata

from Biopark

Brazil

Sponsored by Lacteo Network

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Best Netherlands Cheese

MA Montbeliarde

from Kaashandel Remijn

Netherlands

Meny
Best Norwegian cheese

Snertingdal ysteri Godbiten

from Snertingdal ysteri drift

Norway

Sponsored by MENY

Lactogal
Best Portuguese Cheese

Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado

from Quinta do Pomar

Portugal

Sponsored by Lactogal

AgriExpo
Best South African Cheese

Oak Smoked Stanford

from Klein River Cheese

South Africa

Sponsored by Agri Expo

Forever Cheese
Best Spanish Cheese

La Cava Barus García-Baquero

from Lacteas Garcia Baquero

Spain

Sponsored by Forever Cheese

Kalt Maschinenbau AG
Best Swiss Cheese

Alpenhorn Mifroma

from Elsa Group (Mifroma)

Switzerland

Sponsored by Kalt Maschinenebau AG

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Best Ukrainian Cheese

Lopta

from Mamyn Syr

Ukraine

Snowdonia Cheese Co.
Best Cheddar Cheese

Tillamook Maker’s Reserve 2014 Extra Sharp White Cheddar

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Best Female Cheesemaker

Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado

from Quinta do Pomar

Portugal

Le Gruyere aop
Best Le Gruyère Cheese

Margot Fromages SA Alpage Bucley Le Gruyère d'Alpage AOP

from Interprofession du Gruyère

Switzerland

Sponsored by Le Gruyère Cheese

Barbers
Best New Cheese

Leirgrøv Naturell Vellagra

from Hol Ysteri

Norway

Rowcliffe
Best Raw Milk Cheese

Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado

from Quinta do Pomar

Portugal

Sponsored by Rowcliffe

RUPP
Best Smoked Cheese

Oak Smoked Stanford

from

Klein River Cheese

South Africa

Sponsored by Rupp AG

Specialist Cheese Makers Association
Best SCA Cheese

Stoney Cross

The Fine Cheese Co.
The Ann-Marie Dyas Award for Best Artisan Cheese

Valleclaro

from

Quesos y Besos

Spain

Sponsored by The Fine Cheese Co.

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Exceptional Contribution to Cheese

Maunel Maia

from Tradifoods

Portugal

Take a look at the judging in action:

Sponsors of this year’s event: