Blocks and wheels of raclette wait to be judged during the 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest. This year's edition of the dairy industry's premier event begins Tuesday at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Aileen Kacvinsky, left, with Schuman Cheese in Madison, and Mirjana Curic-Bawden, with Novonesis in Milwaukee, judge yogurt and cow’s milk during 2024's World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace. The contest is named for cheese, but entries include a range of dairy categories.
Judges hoist the winning cheese in the 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest, a specialty mountain cheese called Hornbacher made by Michael Spycher at Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus for Gourmino AG in Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss cheesemaker has won best in show four times in total.
Visitors sample cheese during the World Championship Cheese Contest in 2024. The event, presented by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, will see a team of international judges taste, smell and inspect nearly 3,400 entries in 150 classes over the next two days.
It’s been 10 years since Emmi Roth took the top honors with a cheese made in Monroe. Prior to that, it was 1988 when a string cheese won.
Visitors sample cheese during the World Championship Cheese Contest in 2024. The event, presented by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, will see a team of international judges taste, smell and inspect nearly 3,400 entries in 150 classes over the next two days.
Aileen Kacvinsky, left, with Schuman Cheese in Madison, and Mirjana Curic-Bawden, with Novonesis in Milwaukee, judge yogurt and cow’s milk during 2024's World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace. The contest is named for cheese, but entries include a range of dairy categories.
Blocks and wheels of raclette wait to be judged during the 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest. This year's edition of the dairy industry's premier event begins Tuesday at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Judges hoist the winning cheese in the 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest, a specialty mountain cheese called Hornbacher made by Michael Spycher at Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus for Gourmino AG in Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss cheesemaker has won best in show four times in total.
