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Article: Blue triumphant
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- The Press
- Article date:
- April 13, 2006
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P icture this: 500 entries in Cuisine magazine's Champion of
Cheeses awards resulted in two tonnes of cheese being uncrated,
identified by number, cross referenced to entry details, sorted into
categories and set before the judges. A daunting task but one that
delighted master judge of the awards John Greeley.
Greeley, chairman of the American Cheese Society awards committee,
was in New Zealand for his third year as master judge of the New
Zealand awards.
He saw the number of entries (and tonnes of cheese) as a strong
indication New Zealand's cheesemakers are now taking the awards
seriously.
"Cheese companies and their marketing departments use awards to
direct customers to their ...