Cuisine NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2009
Category Winners
Yealands Estate Champion of Champions Award
Mercer Extra Mature with Cumin – Mercer Cheese
Cuisine Champion Artisan Cheese
Galactic Gold – Over the Moon Dairy Company
NZ Food Safety Authority Champion New Cheese
Rawhide – Neudorf Dairy
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Old Gold – Crescent Dairy Goats
NZSCA Champion Flavoured Cheese
Aroha Cumin - Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
NZSCA Champion Export Cheese
Kapiti Kikorangi – Fonterra Brands NZ
New World Champion Favourite Cheese
Bouton D’or Cow Feta – Goodman Fielder
NZSCA Champion Cheese Packaging
Whitestone Cheese Tin – Whitestone Cheese
Curds & Whey Champion Hobbyist Cheese
Cumin Gouda
Katherine Mowbray Champion Hobbyist Cheesemaker
Kyle Brennan
NZ Cheese School Champion Cheesemaker
Albert Alferink - Mercer Cheese
SKYCITY Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Puhoi Valley Crème Fraiche – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Foodtown Woolworths Champion Feta Cheese
Salt of The Earth – Crescent Dairy Goats
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind
Kaimai Double Cream Camembert – Kaimai Cheese Company
SABATO Champion Goat Cheese
Aroha Rich Plain – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
NZSCA Champion Sheep Cheese
Curio Bay Pecorino – Blue River Dairy Products
New World Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Galactic Gold – Over the Moon Dairy Company
Ecolab Champion Blue Cheese
Te Mata Creamy Blue – Te Mata Cheese Company
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar
Kapiti Tuteremoana Cheddar – Fonterra Brands NZ
NZSCA Champion European Style Cheese
Kapiti Karu – Fonterra Brands NZ
NZSCA Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Mercer Extra Mature with Cumin – Mercer Cheese
Gold Medal Winners
NZSCA Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Karikaas Vintage Gouda – Karikaas Natural Dairy Products
Very Old Gouda – Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese
Mercer Extra Mature – Mercer Cheese
Maasdam – Barry’s Bay Traditional Cheese
Ewe Gouda – Matatoki Farm Cheese
Mercer Extra Mature with Cumin – Mercer Cheese
Gouda – Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese
NZ Food Safety Authority Champion New Cheese
Rawhide – Neudorf Dairy
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Ferndale Shades of Blue – Fonterra Brands NZ
Puhoi Valley Kawau Blue – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Pakiri Beach Blue – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Windor Blue – Whitestone Cheese
Old Gold – Crescent Dairy Goats
Duntroon – Whitestone Cheese
NZSCA Champion Flavoured Cheese
Mainland Smoked Cheddar – Fonterra Brands NZ
Peppered Havarti – Barry’s Bay Traditional Cheese
Aroha Cumin – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Aroha Fenugreek – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Farmhouse with Cumin – Crescent Dairy Goats
NZSCA Champion Export Cheese
Kapiti Kikorangi – Fonterra Brands NZ
Whitestone Double Cream – Whitestone Cheese
NZSCA Champion Cheese Packaging
Whitestone Cheese Tin – Whitestone Cheese
Whitestone Gourmet Cheese Platter – Whitestone Cheese
SKYCITY Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Sulguni – Colchis
Puhoi Valley Crème Fraiche – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Foodtown Woolworths Champion Feta
Classic Feta – Zany Zeus
Salt of The Earth – Crescent Dairy Goats
Tussock Creek Feta – Blue River Dairy
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind
Kaimai Double Cream Camembert – Kaimai Cheese Company
SABATO Champion Goat Cheese
Aroha Rich Plain – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Flat White – Crescent Dairy Goats
NZSCA Champion Sheep Cheese
Curio Bay Pecorino – Blue River Dairy Products
New World Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Galactic Gold – Over the Moon Dairy Company
Richmond Red – Neudorf Dairy
Ecolab Champion Blue Cheese
Ferndale Blue Supreme – Fonterra Brands NZ
Te Mata Bay View – Te Mata Cheese Company
Kaimai Creamy Blue – Kaimai Cheese Company
Te Mata Creamy Blue – Te Mata Cheese Company
Te Mata French-style Blue – Te Mata Cheese Company
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar
Mainland Tasty Cheddar – Fonterra Brand NZ
Cheddar (aged up to 25 months) – Fonterra Lichfield
Kapiti Tuteremoana Cheddar – Fonterra Brands NZ
NZSCA Champion European Style Cheese
Kapiti Karu – Fonterra Brands NZ
Silver Medal Winners
SKYCITY Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Clevedon Buffalo Mozzarella – Clevedon Valley Buffalo Company
Clevedon Buffalo Ricotta – Clevedon Valley Buffalo Company
Ricotta – Crescent Dairy Goats
Summerlee – Te Mata Cheese Company
Foodtown Woolworths Champion Feta
Ornelle Chevre Salade – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Feta – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind
Joie – Cloudy Mountain
Over the Moon Camembert – Over the Moon Dairy Company
Ornelle Brie 110g – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Camembert 125g – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Farmhouse Camembert – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Ornelle Double Cream Brie – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Te Muri Triple Cream Brie – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Te Mata Goats Milk Brie – Te Mata Cheese Company
Whitestone Chefs’ Brie – Whitestone Cheese
Waitaki Camembert – Whitestone Cheese
Mt Domet Double Cream Maxi – Whitestone Cheese
SABATO Champion Goat Cheese
Delago Fresh Goat Cheese – Delago
Puhoi Valley Fiddlers Hill – Puhoi Valley Cheese
NZSCA Champion Sheep Cheese
Balfour – Gibbston Valley Cheese
Mt Arthur – Neudorf Dairy
Monte Cristo – Whitestone Cheese
New World Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Dirty Devil – Crescent Dairy Goats
Ecolab Champion Blue Cheese
Mainland Special Reserve Creamy Blue – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kaimai Blue Brie – Kaimai Cheese Company
Coromandel Blue – Matatoki Farm Cheese
Puhoi Valley Kawau Blue – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Ornelle Double Cream Blue – Puhoi Valley Cheese
NZSCA Champion Export Cheese
Kapiti Kahurangi Creamy Blue 1kg – Fonterra Brands NZ
Cheddar – Fonterra Edendale
Cheddar – Fonterra Edendale
Cheddar – Fonterra – Clandeboye
Cheddar – Fonterra – Clandeboye
Cheddar – Fonterra – Hautapu
Taupo – Fonterra – Lichfield
Cheddar – Fonterra – Stirling
Kaimai Creamy Blue – Kaimai Cheese Company
Kaimai Washed Rouge – Kaimai Cheese Company
Totara Tasty – Whitestone Cheese
Creamy Havarti – Whitestone Cheese
Stoney Hill – Whitestone Cheese
Airedale – Whitestone Cheese
Waitaki Camembert – Whitestone Cheese
Whitestone Brie – Whitestone Cheese
NZSCA Champion Cheese Packaging
Puhoi Valley Fresh Farm Goat Brie – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Fresh Farm Goat Garlic/Dill – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Farmhouse Camembert – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar
Mainland Vintage Cheddar – Fonterra Brands NZ
Cheddar (Mild Cheddars aged less than 6 months) – Fonterra Edendale Cheddar (Mild Cheddars aged less than 6 months) – Fonterra – Clandeboye
Cheddar (Cheddars aged up to 19 months) – Fonterra – Lichfield
Cheddar (Cheddars aged between 26 and 36 months) – Fonterra – Lichfield
NZSCA Champion European Style Cheese
Monowai Halloumi – Blue River Dairy Products
Old Gold – Crescent Dairy Goats
Mainland Special Reserve Creamy Havarti – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Kanuka Waxed Havarti – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Pamaro – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Emmental – Fonterra Brands NZ
Colby – Fonterra-Stirling
Kaimai Havarti – Kaimai Cheese Company
Creamy Havarti – Whitestone Cheese
NZSCA Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Karikaas Maasdam – Karikaas Natural Dairy Products
Karikaas Vintage Leyden – Karikaas Natural Dairy Products
Old Gouda – Meyer Gouda Cheese
Tasty Gouda – Meyer Gouda Cheese
Cumin Gouda – Meyer Gouda Cheese
NZ Food Safety Authority Champion New Cheese
Aroha Nutty Nanny – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Vintage Style Feta – Blue River Dairy Products
Cheddar – Fonterra-Lichfield
Puhoi Valley Fiddlers Hill – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Kapiti Awa Blue – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Trig & McKenzie Blue – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Mt Herbert – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Aorangi – Fonterra Brands NZ
Venus – Over the Moon Dairy Company
Puhoi Valley Farmhouse Camembert – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Port Ahuri – Te Mata Cheese Company
Paki Paki – Te Mata Cheese Company
Moeraki Bay Blue – Whitestone Cheese
Whitestone Baby Farmhouse – Whitestone Cheese
Monte Cristo – Whitestone Cheese
Island Stream – Whitestone Cheese
Whitestone Dansey’s Pass – Whitestone Cheese
Mt Domet Double Cream – Whitestone Cheese
NZSCA Champion Flavoured Cheese
Mainland Special Reserve Triple Cream
Fresh with Cracked Pepper – Fonterra Brands NZ
Tararua Traditional Cottage Cheese with Garlic & Chives – Goodman Fielder, Longburn
Garlic & Chive – Meyer Gouda Cheese
Puhoi Valley Basil Pesto Feta – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Manuka Feta – Whitestone Cheese
Mt Dasher – Whitestone Cheese
Katherine Mowbray Champion Hobbyist Cheese
Cumin Gouda – Kyle Brennan
Bronze Medal Winners
SKYCITY Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Kapiti Mascarpone – Fonterra Brands NZ
Tararua Cottage Cheese Traditional – Goodman Fielder, Longburn
Tararua Spreadable Cream Cheese – Goodman Fielder, Longburn
Kaimai Bocconcini – Kaimai Cheese Company
Foodtown Woolworths Champion Feta
Organic Cow Feta – Blue River Dairy Products
Hohepa Feta – Hohepa Homes
Kaimai Feta – Kaimai Cheese Company
Creamy Feta – Zany Zeus
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind
Mainland Special Reserve – Fonterra Brands NZ Double Cream Camembert
Sumner – Gruff Junction
Kaimai Camembert Square – Kaimai Cheese Company
Puhoi Valley Brie 1kg – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Bouton d’Or Brie 125g – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Brie 125g – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Mahurangi Brie – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Kidnappers – Te Mata Cheese Company
Whitestone Brie Maxi – Whitestone Cheese
SABATO Champion Goat Cheese
Mt Erin – Te Mata Cheese Company
NZSCA Champion Sheep Cheese
Mt Bruce Havarti – Kingsmeade
New World Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Kaimai Washed Rouge – Kaimai Cheese Company
Ecolab Champion Blue Cheese
Kapiti Kikorangi – Fonterra Brands NZ
Ferndale Shades of Blue – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kawerau Blue – Gibbston Valley Cheese
Puhoi Valley Distinction Blue – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Tinui Blue – Kingsmeade
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar
Mature Rinded Cheddar – Barry’s Bay Traditional Cheese
Mainland Superior Vintage Cheddar – Fonterra Brands NZ
Cheddar – Fonterra – Clandeboye
Cheddar – Fonterra – Hautapu
NZSCA Champion European Style Cheese
Port Cooper – Barry’s Bay Traditional Cheese
Havarti – Barry’s Bay Traditional Cheese
Farmhouse Mature – Crescent Dairy Goats
Colby – Fonterra – Hautapu
Halswelloumi – Gruff Junction Ltd
Neudorf – Neudorf Dairy
Halloumi – Zany Zeus
NZSCA Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Gouda – Barry’s Bay Traditional Cheese
Greenpark Gouda – Gruff Junction
Karikaas Gouda – Karikaas Natural Dairy Products
Very Old Edam – Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese
Gouda with Cumin – Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese
Mature Gouda – Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese
Old Gouda – Matatoki Farm Cheese
Garlic and Chive Gouda – Matatoki Farm Cheese
Mild Gouda – Meyer Gouda Cheese
NZ Food Safety Authority Champion New Cheese
Pirongia Farm House – Cloudy Mountain
Inguli – Colchis Ltd
Kapiti Trig & McKenzie Blue – Fonterra Brands NZ
Puhoi Valley Kawau Blue – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Flat White – Crescent Dairy Goats
Evansdale Tania – Evansdale Cheese
Ferndale Blue Supreme – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Kikorangi – Fonterra Brands NZ
Egmont – Fonterra – Hautapu
Puhoi Valley Matakana Blue – Puhoi Valley Cheese
NZSCA Champion Flavoured Cheese
Aroha Pepperazzi – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Aroha Herbal Experience – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Aroha Lighting – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Kapiti Smoked Havarti – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Port Wine Cheddar – Fonterra Brands NZ
Mainland Special Reserve Triple Cream Fresh with Herbs – Fonterra Brands NZ
Tararua Trad. Cottage Cheese & Chives – Goodman Fielder, Longburn Fenugreek – Meyer Gouda Cheese
Puhoi Valley Roasted Garlic/Dill – Puhoi Valley Cheese
NZSCA Champion Export Cheese
Kapiti Egmont 20g portion – Fonterra Brands NZ
Kapiti Aorangi 1kg – Fonterra Brands NZ
Egmont – Fonterra – Hautapu
Cheddar – Fonterra – Kaikoura
Cheddar – Fonterra – Kaikoura
Gouda – Fonterra – Lichfield
Cheddar – Fonterra – Stirling
Highland Blue – Whitestone Cheese
Windsor Blue – Whitestone Cheese
Fuchsia Creek – Whitestone Cheese