Dairy Farmers of Canada All You Need Is Cheese

DFC seminars popular feature of Cheese Festival program

The spotlight was on winners in the 2015 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix at educational seminars presented by Dairy Farmers of Canada and conducted by cheese educator Deborah Levy in the All You Need Is Cheese® Annex during The Great Canadian Cheese Festival.

Sponsored and hosted every two years by Dairy Farmers of Canada, the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix celebrates the high quality, versatility and great taste of Canadian cheese made from 100% Canadian cow’s milk.

Many of the Grand Prix winners, including Laliberté, the Grand Champion, were available for sampling and purchase in the Festival’s Artisan Cheese & Fine Food Fair.

Jean Morin of Fromagerie du Presbytère , an exhibitor at the Cheese Festival since 2011, won in three categories:

• Cream-Enriched Soft Cheese with Bloomy Rind: Laliberté

• Swiss-Type Cheese: Louis d’Or

• Blue Cheese: Le Bleu d’Élizabeth. With Laliberté, Morin was honoured as Grand Champion—the best of the best in Canada.

Fritz Kaiser, one of the pioneers in artisan cheesemaking in the 1980s, was named champion also in three categories for cheese made by Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser:

• Washed- or Mixed-Rind Semisoft Cheese: Raclette

• Flavoured Cheese with added non-particulate flavourings (except smoked cheese): Griffon Raclette

• Flavoured Cheese with added particulate solids and flavourings: Pepper Raclette.

Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser is distributed across Canada by Fromages CDA under the Amour & Tradition banner. Fromages CDA took over an entire wing at #TGCCF, representing a total of 10 artisan producers from Québec.