Yealands Estate Champion of Champions Award:
Kapiti Kikorangi – Fonterra Brands NZ

Cuisine Champion:
Artisan Cheese Mercer 50/50 Gouda – Mercer Cheese

NZ Cheese School Champion:
Cheesemaker Miel Meyer – Meyer Gouda Cheese

Category Winners

Fresh Unripened Cheese: Mt Crusader - Neudorf Dairy

Feta Cheese: Salt of the Earth – Crescent Dairy Goats

Innovative Packaging Soft White Rind Cheese: Ornelle Camembert – Goodman Fielder

Goat Cheese: Over the Moon Goat Curd – Over the Moon Dairy Company

Sheep Cheese: Pecorino Mature – Matatoki Farm Cheese

Washed Rind: Kapiti Ramara – Fonterra Brands NZ

Blue Cheese: Vintage Blue – Whitestone Cheese

European Style: Garlic Halloumi – Over the Moon Dairy Company

Dutch Style: Sheep Gouda – Matatoki Farm Cheese

New Cheese: Kapiti Traditional Camembert – Fonterra Brands NZ

Original Cheese: Kapiti Kahurangi Creamy Blue – Fonterra Brands NZ

Flavoured Cheese: Meyer Gouda Fenugreek – Meyer Gouda Cheese

Cheddar: Fonterra Edendale Cheddar – Fonterra Edendale (aged up to 19 months)

Export Cheese:Kapiti Kikorangi – Fonterra Brands NZ

Favourite Cheese: Bouton d’Or Cow Feta – Goodman Fielder

Packaging Award: Whitestone Selection Two Cheese Platter – Whitestone Cheese

Hobbyist Cheese: Mozzarella by Emilio Festa

Hobbyist Cheesemaker: Emilio Festa of Christchurch