World Cheese Awards 2017 opens for entry
The World Cheese Awards is now open for entry, with producers from across the globe invited to submit their cheese to be judged during the competition’s 30th anniversary celebrations.
Dedicated only to cheese, with no other dairy products able to enter, the awards will return to London on Friday 17 November, to form part of Taste of London Festive Edition at Tobacco Dock.
The Guild of Fine Food organisers are expecting entrants from over 30 different countries and around 3,000 cheeses from six continents to be featured at the event.
250 experts, including international buyers, retailers, writers and cheesemakers, will judge the entries to identify any cheeses worthy of a bronze, silver or gold award. Each table will then select its ‘super gold cheese’ to go forward to the final round of judging, before the World Champion Cheese is crowned later in the afternoon.
John Farrand, managing director of the Guild of Fine Food – the organisers of the World Cheese Awards, explains, “This global celebration of cheese seems to gather momentum every year, so we can’t wait to bring the world’s finest cheese back to home soil once again and give Taste of London Festive Edition’s 30,000 attendees a glimpse behind the rind.”
