Here are the best cheeses in the world, and there are Swiss

Portuguese cheese Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado was crowned World Cheese Champion on Friday at the World Cheese Awards 2024. Several Swiss cheeses appear in the top 10.

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The World Cheese Awards aim to select the ultimate cheeses. This year, 4,786 participants from 47 countries challenged themselves.

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The 240 experts who have the heavy task of tasting and rating all these cheeses crowned, Friday, November 15, the Buttery Sheep’s Cheese, a soft sheep’s cheese. So he is the best cheese of the year.

This prize was won at home, since the competition was held for the first time in the municipality of Viseu, Portugal.

Manuel Maia, Portuguese cheese exporter and member of the international jury, described in the columns of CNN this sheep’s milk cheese as being “very balanced” and “voluptuous”. Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado is produced by a small company of ten employees in Quinta do Pomar, in Soalheira. This cheese achieved a score of 86 points.

Le Buttery Sheep Cheese is a «voluptuous» fromage vraiment.Image: X @Ryhn76732552

A big event

The World Cheese Awards competition has been organized annually since 1988 by The Guild of Fine Food.

It is one of the largest cheese competitions in the world. It attracts applications from small and large producers from all over the world. For a cheesemaker, obtaining this quality label is a valuable asset for selling its production, whatever the size of its structure.

Teams of two or three judges are distributed over each of the tables and evaluate theappearance, smell, taste and texture in the mouth by assigning a score of up to 100.

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4,786 participants from 47 countries compete in the “best cheese in the world” competition.Image: Guild of Fine Food

The Swiss in excellence

Swiss, Brazilian, American, Norwegian, Italian and Spanish cheeses received top marks. In the Swiss wines, we find in second position a cream cheese from Grisons, called Chascharia Val Müstair.

Chascharia cheese from Val Müstair, Graubünden.Image: val-muestair.ch

In third position, we also find theAlpenhorn de Mifromaone of the largest Swiss cheese maturers.

Alpenhorn Alpine cheese.Image: Mifroma

Finally, in this top 10, a creamy wine from Thurgau called Lions Cheese is displayed in 8th position.

The creamy cheese from Thurgau.Image: affineur walo

The top 10 best cheeses in the world