NZ Champions of Cheese 2022

NZ Champions of Cheese, which is still scheduled for Sunday 28 February at WINTEC in Hamilton. The chair of the New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association (NZSCA) Catherine McNamara said “We have a watching brief on the Omicron outbreak and the Association has mandated that all judges and stewards must have a Vaccination Passport to attend.”

2021 Cheese Judging

The Competition categories include the judging of cheeses for goat as well as sheep milk. Jason Tarrant will continue in his role as Master Judge. Jason Tarrant is General Manager Strategic Projects & Technical at Open Country Dairy. His dairy industry career began as a management trainee at Mainland in 1993. Since then, he has worked for multiple iconic New Zealand dairy companies including; Fonterra, Whitestone Cheese Company, NZ Organic Dairy Company, Goodman Fielder and Open Country.

Head Judge Jason Tarrant Tarrant’s experience covers all forms of cheesemaking from speciality and organic to commodity cheddar. He will be overseeing the assessment of more than 300 cheeses with a team of 30 judges.

More information can be found on the association’s website www.nzsca.org.nz

Quarter wheels of our Te Mata Blue are available to order for the very special price of just $48 inc. freight*

Our locally-produced, double gold medal-winning blue is gorgeous, creamy and a winner on your charcuterie board or as a perfect match with fruit – or be the dinner party hero and melt it on a mouth-watering steak!

*Quarter wheels approx. 350g. Offer is currently only available to North Island urban addresses and while stocks last. Cannot be sent to rural addresses as we cannot guarantee chilled freight.

Full wheels of Te Mata Blue are also available for blue cheese enthusiasts (approx. 1.4kg), contact James or Kate for pricing and info