The contest World Cheese Awards celebrated its 36th edition a few days ago in Viseu, Portugal. The objective was to reward the best cheeses in the world. The 240 judges named this year’s world champion to the Traditional Solheira cheese, Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado, from Quinta Pomar.
It is an unctuous 100% sheep cake, made by the Spanish Sonia Marroyo in a family cheese factory, as Rosa Molinero Trias told in her article in EL PAÍS Gastro. Of the 4,786 cheeses submitted to the competition, 894 won a bronze medal, 694 a silver medal, 308 a gold medal and 104 won the distinction of “super gold”. More information
This 2024, Spain has achieved a total of 654 medals and two of its cheeses have gone to the final: La Cava Barus García-Baquero, from Lácteas García Baquero (Ciudad Real), and Valleclaro, from Quesos y Besos (Jaén). The first is a cured cheese made from unpasteurized cow, sheep and goat milk that has earned 84 points. The second, with 77 points, is made with pastured Malaga goat milk and soft pasta.
This is the complete list of the finalists for the best cheese on the planet:
The best cheeses in the world 2024
- Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado, from Quinta do Pomar (Portugal).
- Tea Fondada, from Chascharia Val Müstair (Switzerland).
- Alpenhorn Mifroma, Elsa Group (Switzerland).
- La Cava Barus García-Baquero, Lácteas García Baquero SA (Spain).
- Bayley Hazen Blue, from Cellars at Jasper Hill (USA).
- Pecorino Bislacco al Rum e Tabacco, by F.lli Petrucci (Italy).
- Blugins, from La Casearia Carpenedo (Italy).
- Affineur Walo Creamy Lion Cheese, from Walo von Mühlenen (Switzerland).
- Passionata, from Biopark (Brazil).
- Snertingdal ysteri Godbiten, from Snertingdal ysteri drift AS (Norway).
- Alte Hexe 9 Monate gereift, Bodensee Käse (Switzerland).
- Valleclaro, from Quesos y Besos (Spain).
- Baldauf 1862 Meisterstück Alpkäse, by Baldauf Käse (Germany).
- Tatie, from Latteria Moro di Moro Sergio (Italy).
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