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Tuesday 12 December 2023

Cheese

…while entries open for NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 11th December 2023 /

…while entries open for NZ Champions of Cheese Awards

The New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards is calling for entries for 2024.


Watch: Plant-based cheese breakthrough wins Riddet researcher science prize 7th September 2023 /

Watch: Plant-based cheese breakthrough wins Riddet researcher science prize

Dr Debashree Roy from the Riddet Institute at Massey University has won the Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand competition.


Gouda result at Vegan Cheese Awards 25th July 2023 /

Gouda result at Vegan Cheese Awards

The Supreme Winner of the third annual Vegan Society Vegan Cheese Awards was Sonntag’s Cumin Gouda Style.


Top cheese store accreditation programme underway 19th July 2023

Top cheese store accreditation programme underway

New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association is launching the fourth year of its Top NZ Cheese Store accreditation programme.


Cheese export values stretch to $3bn 3rd July 2023 /

Cheese export values stretch to $3bn

Cheese exports rose $763m or 35% in the 12 months to May 2023, compared with the previous year reaching $3bn, according to Stats NZ.


Call out for vegan cheese makers 30th June 2023 /

Call out for vegan cheese makers

Registrations are now open for the third annual Vegan Society Cheese Awards.


Manawatu cheesemaker cleans-up annual awards 5th May 2023 /

Manawatu cheesemaker cleans-up annual awards

Cartwheel Creamery took home three coveted trophies from the 20th annual NZ Champion of Cheese Awards in Hamilton.


NZ Cheese Festival returning to Blenheim 20th April 2023 /

NZ Cheese Festival returning to Blenheim

New Zealand Cheese Festival is returning to Blenheim to tie in with NZ Cheese Month.


Cheese champion medals rolled out 28th March 2023 /

Cheese champion medals rolled out

A total of 162 cheeses have received medals in this year’s NZ Champions of Cheese Awards.


Cheese award judges head to Rotokauri 1st March 2023 /

Cheese award judges head to Rotokauri

Judging will take place this weekend for the 20th annual NZ Champions of Cheese Awards.


Get in for NZ Champions Of Cheese Awards 2023 16th December 2022 /

Get in for NZ Champions Of Cheese Awards 2023

Entry is open for the 2023 NZ Champions of Cheese Awards, which will celebrate 20 years next year.


Amateur cheesemaker award opens for entries 9th August 2022 /

Amateur cheesemaker award opens for entries

Students and hobby cheesemakers are invited to the revamped Curds & Whey Amateur Cheesemaker Award which is part of the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards.


Calling all Vegan Cheese Makers 5th July 2022 /

Calling all Vegan Cheese Makers

Registrations are now open for the annual Vegan Society Cheese Awards.


NZ Champions of Cheese 2022 crowned 1st July 2022 /

NZ Champions of Cheese 2022 crowned

A total of 29 trophies were doled out at the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards in Hamilton last night.


EU-NZ FTA: NZ cheesemakers want name use retained 21st June 2022 /

EU-NZ FTA: NZ cheesemakers want name use retained

New Zealand cheesemakers have called on the government not to give in to the “demands of Eurocrats” which would strip them of the right to use common description terms like Feta, Parmesan, and Gruyere, as part of EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement negotiations.


Gouda job! NZ Champions of Cheese 2022 medals dished out 4th April 2022 /

Gouda job! NZ Champions of Cheese 2022 medals dished out

The New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association has announced 254 medal winners in the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2022.


Last call for cheese award entries 11th February 2022 /

Last call for cheese award entries

Entries close today for this year’s Champions of Cheese Awards.


New sustainability award for Champions of Cheese 7th December 2021 /

New sustainability award for Champions of Cheese

A new award recognising and promoting sustainability has been created as part of the 2022 New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards. 


‘Cheese squeeze’ hits Waimata 16th November 2021 /

‘Cheese squeeze’ hits Waimata

The country’s largest independent cheese maker has been forced to end a retail product it has been making for 27 years.


Angel Food looks further abroad for bite of global dairy-free cheese market 29th October 2021 /

Angel Food looks further abroad for bite of global dairy-free cheese market

The company is exploring a licensing deal as it looks to leverage New Zealand’s global reputation for dairy products.


Whitestone offers free cheese for vaccinators to help rollout 3rd September 2021 /

Whitestone offers free cheese for vaccinators to help rollout

Otago cheese producer Whitestone has made an offer to provide free cheese to healthcare professionals in a bid to encourage staff to man a proposed drive-through Covid-19 vaccination centre in Oamaru.


Whitestone opens doors in Auckland 31st May 2021

Whitestone opens doors in Auckland

Oamaru’s Whitestone Cheese has opened its cheese bar in Auckland’s Viaduct.


Clevedon Buffalo moves into the black, eyes expansion 25th May 2021

Clevedon Buffalo moves into the black, eyes expansion

The award-winning specialist cheese producer is looking to buy its own farm and factory.


Cheese recall due to possible E. coli 20th May 2021 /

Cheese recall due to possible E. coli

Surti Indian Samosa Limited is recalling a specific batch of Surti brand Paneer due to the possible presence of E. coli.


Cheese champions crowned 7th May 2021

Cheese champions crowned

Awards given after judging of more than 310 cheeses entered in annual competition.


Whitestone Cheese advances in Auckland  but retreats from Aus, US markets 5th May 2021

Whitestone Cheese advances in Auckland but retreats from Aus, US markets

Oamaru-based artisan cheese producer Whitestone Cheese is building on their domestic market, shifting efforts from export markets.


NZ cheesemakers to EU: hands off ‘halloumi’ 29th April 2021

NZ cheesemakers to EU: hands off ‘halloumi’

New Zealand cheesemakers are up in arms over the European Commission’s continuing campaign to restrict the use of common names in international cheesemaking, with halloumi the latest target.


Medals for NZ Champions of Cheese announced 16th March 2021 /

Medals for NZ Champions of Cheese announced

The New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association has announced 265 medal winners in the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021.


Champions of Cheese judging moves to Hamilton 17th February 2021 /

Champions of Cheese judging moves to Hamilton

Judging of the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021 will go ahead in Hamilton this weekend after Auckland’s snap Covid-19 alert level 3 lockdown.


Call goes out for 2021 cheese champions 2nd December 2020

Call goes out for 2021 cheese champions

Entries are now open for the 19th annual New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards.


Zealong, Meyer partner for world first 3rd November 2020 /

Zealong, Meyer partner for world first

Zealong Tea Estate and Meyer Cheese have created a so-called world first tea-infused cheese.


Record sales for New Zealand cheese industry 1st October 2020

Record sales for New Zealand cheese industry

The New Zealand cheese industry has seen record supermarket sales for much of 2020, despite the varying impacts of Covid-19.