Following over 3,000 cheeses being judged in a single day at the World Cheese Awards 2016, this year's World Champion Cheese will be crowned at approximately 5:30pm on Wednesday 16 November. The much-anticipated announcement will be made as day one of the inaugural International Cheese Festival draws to a close, at the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián.
Over 250 cheese experts from all corners of the globe will congregate in the Basque Country at the planet's largest cheese-only competition, to taste, nose and grade the cheeses, as well as assess the 'personality' of each cheese, from the intrinsic flavour and complexity to the process and point of perfection.
The first ever…
- World Cheese Awards to be held in San Sebastián
- cheese to be entered from Mozambique, a soft goat's milk cheese rolled in crushed cashew nuts and dipped in chilli chocolate sauce
- Champion of Champions event - at 9:30am on Thursday 17 November, this year's World Champion Cheese will line up alongside the previous winners of the World Cheese Awards
A record-breaking number of…
- entries - 3,021 cheeses from 31 countries, to be exact
- Parmigiano Reggiano entries, the most ever to be entered into a cheese competition
- entries from Spain, as the nation plays host to the global cheese community
The most popular categories in 2016 are…
- Cheddar
- Parmigiano Reggiano
- Manchego