Posted: 18/07/2022

World Cheese Market 2022


The World Cheese Market takes place on 2 November, alongside the world’s most important cheese awards, the World Cheese Awards, at the International Convention Centre Wales.

Join us to discover:

  • Welsh Food & Drink showcase and sampling
  • Over 30 trade stands, including cheesemakers, affineurs and cheese accessories
  • Young Cheesemonger of the Year, organised by the Academy of Cheese
  • Watch the Super Jury decide the World Champion Cheese 2022
  • Unparalleled dairy industry networking


Who should attend?

Anyone who buys, sells, or makes cheese in a trade environment:

  • Deli, farm shop and food hall buyers
  • Importers and exporters
  • Cheesemakers and affineurs
  • Food & drink journalists

Pre-event registration will be required for all trade and press visitors.


Timetable for the event:

10.00 World Cheese Market opens

‘Meet the producer’ at the Welsh Food & Drink Showcase

World Cheese judges assess over 4000 entries

13.30 Young Cheesemonger of the Year, run by the Academy of Cheese

16.00 Watch the Super Jury as they judge the final 16 cheeses in the World Cheese Awards

Announcement of the World Champion Cheese

17.00 Event closes

Visiting cheese producers in Wales

Make the most of your trip to Wales by visiting some of the local cheesemakers.


View our Exhibitors below

Long Clawson Dairy has been making English cheeses for over a century, and we continue to use the same methods that our founders used to produce award-winning cheese.

Stand 25

www.clawson.co.uk

The freshness of the milk and the sustainable approach to farming is a major contributor to the delicious and distinctive taste of our award-winning Godminster cheese.

Stand 10

www.godminster.com

Maintaining their culture of effort and teamwork all the way through to today since 1963, producing and delivering the finest cheeses to your fridge.

Stand 7

www.grupotgt.com

Sodiaal is one of the leading dairy cooperatives in France; their products range from PDO cheeses to Brittany butter and UHT milk and cream.

Stand 29

www.sodiaal.co.uk

Yorkshire Dama Cheese is a story about finding a new place to call home and new experiences which has led to the creation of a British multi-award-winning cheese and dairy company.

Stand 11

www.yorkshiredamacheese.co.uk

A Ukrainian structured group of companies with 23 years of experience in import and sale of cheese, experts in the production of fresh cheese.

Stand 16

www.ardis.ua

“No2” was Established in 2010, this award-winning British delicatessen & wine shop is based in the heart of The Chilterns, Buckinghamshire. They specialise in British Artisan Cheese not only as retailers, but affineurs, educators and wholesalers.

Stand 5

www.2poundstreet.com

Cornish Blue has been produced on the Stansfield’s farm on Bodmin Moor since 2001. It has now gone on to win multiple awards such as UK best blue goats cheese and a Gold award at the International Cheese Awards.

Stand 32

www.cornishcheese.co.uk

The Fine Cheese Company

The Fine Cheese Co. is a maturer, wholesaler, retailer and exporter of artisan British cheeses, most of which are unpasteurised and all of which are traditionally made.

Stand 15

www.finecheese.co.uk

Isigny Ste Mère

Thanks to an exceptional terroir, combined with the know-how of the cooperative, they can offer a range of high quality products. Many of them have won awards or carry official quality marks.

Stand 19

www.isigny-ste-mere.com

Kalt Maschinenbau AG

Kalt has been working according to the principles of lean management for years. All processes aim at the complete fulfillment of external and internal customer requirements and the minimization of waste.

Stand 18

www.kalt-ag.ch

Attested since 1115, the manufacture of cheese in the region continues today according to a proven traditional recipe in the village cheese dairies of its region of origin.

Stand 13

www.gruyere.com

Treur Kaas

A family business since 1955. We are based in Woerden, the cheese centre of The Netherlands. With passion and consistently high commitment the family build up their own warehouse, the knowledge from maturing Gouda’s and a big network in the top of the Gouda cheese world. 

Stand 22

www.treurkaas.nl

Parmigiano Reggiano

Parmigiano Reggiano features a unique and extraordinary journey that has lasted a thousand years and continues to this day in the same places, with the same passion and the same ingredients.

Stand 17

www.parmigianoreggiano.com

Quicke's Est. 1540

At Quicke’s they understand that great cheesemaking is an art. They have been nurturing the family’s land for 14 generations from this idyllic corner of Devon.

Stand 23

www.quickes.co.uk

Shepherd's Purse

Shepherds Purse has grown from the late 1980s and remains a proud, independent family business, making cheese in the traditional way on their farm in North Yorkshire. The Shepherds Purse team is now a team of 35 passionate artisans being led by Judy’s two daughters Katie and Caroline.

Stand 28

www.shepherdspurse.co.uk

Snowdonia Cheese Co

Today, Snowdonia Cheese Company continue to focus on the finest fresh and natural ingredients and dedicate ourselves to ensuring the highest levels of product quality.

Stand 31

www.snowdoniacheese.co.uk

White Lake Cheese

White Lake’s home is set at Bagborough Farm – just near to the Glastonbury Festival site, in Pylle, Somerset. The milk they use to create their wonderful goat’s cheeses is provided by Roger’s own beloved herd.

Stand 30

www.whitelake.co.uk

Consorzio Gourm.it is a network of producers created in 2000 in Pegognaga, Mantua by some young parmesan cheese makers, dreaming of using technology to get their products known outside the traditional channels.

Stand 9

www.gourm.it

The Book and Bucket Cheese Company hand make award winning artisan cheese in the heart of Dorset from sheep and cow’s milk. All our milk is sourced locally, collected within 24hrs of being milked and is made into cheese that day. 

Stand 6

www.thebookandbucketcheesecompany.co.uk

The Fresh Flour company makes “Everyday products, brilliantly” to make the grain system work – for agricultural people.  They partner with organic farmers and pay them a decent amount for their grain so they can tend the soil and environment, without fear of survival.

Stand 27

www.freshflour.co.uk

Caseificio LaViaLattea is a small family-run artisan dairy that produces raw milk goat cheese without preservatives and thickeners. Here you will find over 100 varieties of different cheeses born from our inspiration and daily adapting the production to the type of milk, to enhance their specific characteristics. 

Stand 8

www.caseificiolavialattea.it

South Caernarfon Creameries, Wales’ largest dairy co-operative which has been farmer-owned since 1938, is at the heart of the Welsh community.

Stand 3

www.sccwales.co.uk

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