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World Cheese Awards

The annual world cheese competition, judged in a single day; in 2026 it is held in Córdoba in southern Spain.

A banner indicating that this small local shop had won 2 (two) Great Taste awards in England with the flag of the province of Groningen in the Groninger village of Oude Pekela, Veenkoloniën.
Photo: Donald Trung Quoc Don (Chữ Hán: 徵國單) - Wikimedia Commons - © CC BY-SA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cheeses for World Cheese Awards

The World Cheese Awards, run by the Guild of Fine Food since 1988, bring thousands of cheeses from dozens of countries to one hall to be judged in a single day. Teams of judges, cheesemakers, buyers and writers, award bronze, silver, gold and super gold, and a final panel chooses the world champion from the super golds before the public. The competition travels: recent editions have been held in Norway, Wales, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland, and in 2026 it is held in Córdoba. Spanish cheeses such as Manchego, Torta del Casar and Idiazabal are the host country's pride.

The cheeses

Torta del CasarSpain's spoonable thistle-set sheep's cheese.IdiazabalThe Basque shepherds' raw-milk cheese.CabralesAsturias's cave-ripened blue.

Also part of it, and being written: Manchego (The sheep's cheese of the host country's central plain.).

About this page

Written by the EveryCheese desk with AI assistance. Background: "World Cheese Awards" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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