NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2005
Winners
AgriQuality Champion New Cheese
Puhoi Valley Cheese Company Kaha Blue Region – Puhoi
Amcor Kiwi Packaging Champion Blue-veined Cheese
Whitestone Cheese Moeraki Bay Blue Region – Oamaru
Wild Appetite Champion Flavoured Cheese
Kapiti Fine Foods Herb and Garlic Region – Paraparaumu
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Champion Export Cheese
Mainland Products Blue Vein Region – Eltham, Taranaki
Dish Magazine Champion Original NZ Cheese
Whitestone Cheese Farmhouse Region – Oamaru
New World Champion Favourite Cheese
Puhoi Valley Cheese Camembert Region – Puhoi
Curious Design Champion Cheese Packaging
Delago Sheeps Milk Feta Region – Papakura, Auckland
Fonterra (NZ) Ltd Champion Cheeseboard
The Spencer on Byron Hotel Region – Takapuna, Auckland
Food & Beverage Magazine Champion Cheesemaker
Jason Tarrant, Whitestone Cheese Region – Oamaru
Hyatt Regency Champion Firm Unripened Cheese
Canaan Zefatit with Dill and Garlic Region – Mt Roskill, Auckland
Label & Litho Champion Soft Unripened Cheese
Puhoi Valley Cheese Company Bouton d’or Mascarpone Region – Puhoi
Innovative Packaging Champion Soft Ripened Cheese
Kapiti Fine Foods Tomato and Basil Brie Region – Paraparaumu
New World Champion Firm Cheese (aged over 180 days)
Karikaas Vintage Leyden Region – North Canterbury
Ecolab Champion Washed Rind Cheese
Kapiti Fine Foods Brick Region – Paraparaumu
Fonseca Port Champion Aged Cheddar
Kapiti Fine Foods Aged Cheddar Region – Paraparaumu
Sealed Air Champion Young Cheddar
Fonterra Lichfield Cheddar for General Trade by Rowan Pringle Region – Lichfield
Foodtown Champion Semi-soft Cheese
Kapiti Fine Foods Mt Herbert Region – Paraparaumu
Champion Blue Cheese with Soft White Rind Mainland Products Ferndale Captain’s Bay Blue Region – Eltham, Taranaki