NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2007
Category Winners
Champion New Cheese
Aroha Pepperazzi – Aroha Organic Goats Cheese
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Old Gold - Crescent Dairy Goats
Champion Flavoured Cheese
Zefatit with Dill and Garlic - Canaan Cheeses
Hally Labels Champion Blue Cheese
Galaxy Creamy Blue – Fonterra Brand NZ
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Champion Export Cheese
Fonterra Hautapu Cheddar
New World Champion Favourite Cheese
Waimata Camembert - Waimata Cheese Company
Curious Design Champion Cheese Packaging
Whitestone Marinated Feta
Taylor’s Port Champion Cheeseboard
The Gondola’s Pinnacle Restaurant
Katherine Mowbray Champion Hobbyist Cheesemaker
Paula Levett
Curds & Whey Champion Hobbyist Cheese
Nelke Nero
New World Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Tararua Lite Crème Fraiche – Goodman Fielder
Hyatt Regency Auckland Champion Feta Cheese
Hohepa Feta – Hohepa Farms
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind Cheese
Bouton d’or Mini Brie – Puhoi Valley Cheese
Champion Goat Cheese
Aroha Pepperazzi – Aroha Organic Goat Cheese
Champion Sheep Cheese
Whitestone Island Stream – Whitestone Cheese
Ecolab Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Neudorf Richmond Red – Neudorf Dairy
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar Cheese
Fonterra Waitoa Cheddar
Foodtown Champion European Style Cheese
Ferndale Raclette – Fonterra Brands NZ
Arnott’s Cheeseboard Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Edam – Karikaas Cheese
Hospitality Magazine Champion Cheesemaker
Dave Newton, cheesemaker at Fonterra Eltham
Saint Clair Champion of Champions
Old Gold - Crescent Dairy Goats
Gold Medal Winners
Foodtown Champion European Style Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Raclette
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti NZ Parmesan
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Pyrenees Neudorf Dairy – Neudorf
Arnott’s Cheeseboard Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Karikaas Cheese – Old Maasdam
Karikaas Cheese – Edam
Karikaas Cheese – Leyden Vintage
Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese – Old Edam
Meyer Gouda Cheese – Vintage Gouda
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Crescent Dairy Goats – Old Gold
Crescent Dairy Goats – Flat White
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Maestro Blue
Champion Flavoured Cheese
Canaan Cheeses – Zefatit with Dill & Garlic
Hally Labels Champion Blue Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Creamy Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ– Galaxy Creamy Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Shades of Blue
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Sheeps Milk Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Maestro Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Kikorangi
Te Mata Cheese Company – Bay View Blue
Te Mata Cheese Company – Te Mata Creamy Blue
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Windsor Blue
New World - Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Goodman Fielder - Tararua Lite Crème Fraiche
Hyatt Regency Auckland Champion Feta Cheese
Hohepa Homes - Hohepa Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese - Buton d’or Cow Feta
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind Cheese
Puhoi Valley Cheese - Bouton d’or Mini Brie
Te Mata Cheese Company - Kidnappers
Champion Goat Cheese
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Pepperazzi
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Rich – plain
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Cumin
Gruff Junction Ltd – Selwyn Farmhouse Cumin
Champion Sheep Cheese
No gold medals awarded
Ecolab Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Neudorf Dairy – Richmond Red
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Port Nicholson
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Brick
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Old Southern Waxed Aged Cheddar Fonterra Waitoa - Fonterra Waitoa Cheddar
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Champion Export Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Mascarpone
Fonterra Hautapu – Fonterra Hautapu Cheddar
Champion New Cheese
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Pepperazzi
Silver Medal Winners
New World - Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Canaan Cheeses - Zefatit
Fonterra Brands NZ – Country Goodness Cottage Cheese Original Canaan Cheeses – Labane
Hyatt Regency Auckland Champion Feta Cheese
Blue River Dairy Products – Blue River Tussock Creek
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Basil Pesto Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Garlic & Cumin Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Cow Feta
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind Cheese
Waimata Cheese Co – Taepo
Fromage du Nord – Pukepoto Camembert
Blue River Dairy Products – Blue River Springhills
Fonterra Brands NZ – Galaxy Tomato & Olive Camembert
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Bouton d’or Brie segment
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Brie Segment
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Brie Segment
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Bouton d’or Ahuroa Brie
Te Mata Cheese Company – Te Mata Goat’s Brie
Champion Goat Cheese
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Herbal Experience
Crescent Dairy Goats – Herb Duet
Delago – Delago Capricious
Champion Sheep Cheese
No silver medals awarded
Ecolab Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Te Mata Cheese Company – Irongate
Fonterra Brands NZ– Ferndale Raclette
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Ramara
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar Cheese
Blue River Dairy Products – Blackmount
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Vegetarian Mild Cheddar
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Port Wine Cheddar
Fonterra Waitoa – Cheddar IQ06
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Champion Export Cheese
Fonterra Stirling – Cheddar
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Cow Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Goat Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Chevre Salade
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Double Cream
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Camembert
Fonterra Brands NZ – Galaxy Creamy Blue
Whitestone Cheese – Moeraki Bay Blue
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Windsor Blue
Foodtown Champion European Style Cheese
Canaan Cheeses – Halloumi
Crescent Daily Goats – Old Gold Hohepa Homes – Hohepa Tasty
Crescent Dairy Goats – Farmhouse Mature
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Parmesan
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Emmental
Fonterra Lichfield – SBRINZ BQ19
Arnott’s Cheeseboard Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Karikaas Cheese – Gouda Vintage
Karikaas Cheese – Maasdam
Meyer Gouda Cheese – Gouda with Garlic & Chives
Meyer Gouda Cheese – Gouda with Cumin
Karikaas Cheese – Gouda
Champion New Cheese
No silver medals awarded
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Awa Blue
Evansdale Cheese – Smoky Yellow
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Shades of Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Kikorangi
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Blue Supreme
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Kotuku
Waimata Cheese Co – Manuka
Champion Flavoured Cheese
Delago – Delago Marinated Goat Feta
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Cheddar Master’s Smoked Cheddar Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Smoked Cheddar
Canaan Cheeses – Zefatit Spicy Chilli
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Manuka Feta in Oil
Hally Labels Champion Blue Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Blue Vein
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Bleu de Montagne
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Awa Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Captain’s Bay Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Bleu de Montagne Midi
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Double Cream Blue
Te Mata Cheese Company – Port Ahuriri Blue
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Moeraki Bay Blue
Katherine Mowbray Champion Hobbyist Cheesemaker
Paula Levett – Nelke Nero
Bronze Medal Winners
New World - Champion Fresh Unripened Cheese
Goodman Fielder – Tararua Cottage Cheese with Chives
Canaan Cheeses – Galilee
Goodman Fielder – Tararua Cottage Cheese with Garlic & Chives Crescent Dairy Goats – Ricotta
Fonterra Brands – Galaxy Ricotta Crescent Dairy Goats – Flat White
Hyatt Regency Auckland Champion Feta Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Feta
Karikaas Cheese – Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Bouton d’or Basil Pesto Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Bouton d’or Chargrilled Capsicum Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Bouton d’or Olive Tapenade Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Bouton d’or Rocket Pesto Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Goat Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Cow Feta
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft White Rind Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Camembert
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Camembert
Waimata Cheese Co - Camembert
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Brie Round
Whitestone Cheese – Chefs Brie Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Brie
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Double Cream Brie Blue River Dairy Products – Blue River Cone Peak
Te Mata Cheese Company – Pakipaki
Te Mata Cheese Company – Mt Erin
Champion Goat Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Sainte Maure
Te Mata Cheese Company – Summerlee
Fonterra Brands – Kapiti Mt Hector
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Stinging Nettle
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Fenugreek
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Lightning
Champion Sheep Cheese
Blue River Dairy Products – Blue River Curio Bay
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Island Stream
Kingsmeade – Mt Bruce Havarti
Whitestone Cheese – Monte Cristo
Champion Flavoured Cheese
Wholesmoked NZ – Pohutukawa Smoked Gouda
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Smoked Cheddar
Wholesmoked NZ – Manuka Smoked Edam
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Cracked Pepper
Fonterra Brands NZ – Galaxy Creamy Havarti Cumin
Crescent Dairy Goats – Farmhouse with cumin
Delago – Delago Marinated Cow Feta
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Marinated Cow Feta
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Herb
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Mt Dasher Feta in Oil
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Champion Export Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Creamy Blue
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Mahu Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Vintage Cheddar
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Epicure
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Mild Cheddar
Fonterra Hautapu – Gouda
Fonterra Hautapu – Edam
Open Country Cheese Company – Open Country Colby
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Cow Feta
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Island Stream
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Ornelle Brie
Ecolab Champion Washed Rind Cheese
No bronze medals awarded
Hally Labels Champion Cheddar Cheese
Fonterra Lichfield – Cheddar
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Egmont
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Smoked Cheddar
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Smoked Cheddar
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Port Cheddar
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Riverdale Cheddar
Foodtown Champion European Style Cheese
Hohepa Homes – Hohepa Danbo
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Creamy Havarti
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Brick
Canaan Cheeses – Halloumi with Spicy Chilli
Canaan Cheeses – Halloumi with Basil Pesto
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Elsberg
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Gruyere
Arnott’s Cheeseboard Champion Dutch Style Cheese
Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese – Old Gouda
Meyer Gouda Cheese – Maasdam
Fonterra Hautapu – Edam
Fonterra Lichfield – Taupo
Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese - Edam
Champion New Cheese
Delago – Delago Zealandia
Fonterra Champion Original NZ Cheese
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Windsor Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Cheddar Master’s Blue Cheddar
Whitestone Cheese – Moeraki Bay
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Farmhouse Fonterra Lichfield – Egmont
Kingsmeade – Grasslands Gouda
Aroha Organic Goat Cheese – Aroha Lightning
Crescent Dairy Goats – Farmhouse Sting
Crescent Dairy Goats – Farmhouse Semi-Soft
Fonterra Brands NZ - Mainland Cheddar Masters Old Dark Cheddar Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Aorangi
Whitestone Cheese – Mt Domet Double Cream
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Port Nicholson
Hally Labels Champion Blue Cheese
Fonterra Brands NZ – Galaxy Cambozola
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Blue Brie
Fonterra Brands NZ – Ferndale Blue Supreme
Whitestone Cheese – Whitestone Highland Blue
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Bouton d’or Bohemian Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Mainland Special Reserve Blue Brie
Fonterra Brands NZ – Galaxy Blue Brie
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Blue Brie
Puhoi Valley Cheese – Puhoi Valley Kaipara Blue
Fonterra Brands NZ – Kapiti Baby Kikorangi
Curds & Whey Champion Hobbyist Cheese
Cloudy Mountain – Kiteroa Pepper
Paula Levett – Nelke Mild
Jacob Rosevear – Blue-bel