The 2021 Winners were judged and awarded on Tuesday 9th November.

SUPREME CHAMPION

Templegall – Hegarty Cheese

1 – Fresh/ Soft Cheese: Buffalo, Cow, Sheep, Mixed

Silver: Macroom Buffalo Mozzarella – Macroom Buffalo Cheese Products

Bronze: Dingle Farm Caisóg – Dingle Farm

2 – Fresh/ Soft Cheese: Goat Milk

Gold: St Tola Divine – St Tola Goat Farm

Silver: Ardsallagh Greek Style – Ardsallagh

Bronze: Aran Island Soft Goats Pearls – Aran Islands Goats Cheese

3 – Soft Cheese: Flavour Added

Gold: Ardsallagh Cranberry Roulade – Ardsallagh

Bronze: Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese with Honey

Bronze: Aran Island Dillisk Goats Pearls

4 – Soft White Cheese: All Milk Types

Gold: Drunken Saint made by Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese and Matured by Sheridans Cheesemongers

Silver: St. Tola Ash – St. Tola Goat Farm

Bronze: Cooleeney – Cooleeney Cheese

5 – Blue Cheese: All Milk Types

Gold: Cashel Blue Cheese – Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers

Silver: Ballyhooly Blue – Fermoy Natural Cheese

Bronze: Crozier Blue Cheese – Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers

6 – Smoked Cheese: All Milk Types

Gold: Smoked Durrus – Durrus Cheese

Silver: Smoked Coolattin – Coolattin Cheddar

Bronze: Knockanore Oak – Knockanore Farmhouse Cheese

7 – Hard Cheese: Flavour Added

Gold: Cais Dubh with Fenugreek – Fermoy Natural Cheese

Silver: Coolea Cumin – Coolea Farmhouse Cheese

Bronze: Burren Gold Cumin – Aillwee Cave

8 – Hard/ Semi Hard Cheese Under 6 Mths: Goat, Sheep, Buffalo

Gold: Killeen Goat Mature – Killeen Farmhouse Cheese

Silver: Killeen Goat – Killeen Farmhouse Cheese

Bronze: Mild Cratloe Hills – Cratloe Hills Sheep’s Cheese

9 – Hard/ Semi Hard Cheese Under 6 Mths: Cow Milk

Gold: Carraignamuc – The Lost Valley Dairy and Creamery

Silver: Kylemore Claddagh Cheese – Kylemore Farmhouse

Bronze: Cais Dubh – Fermoy Natural Cheese

10 – Mature Hard Cheese over 6 mths: All Milk types

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Gold: Templegall – Hegarty Cheese

Silver: Mature Coolea  – Coolea Farmhouse Cheese

Bronze: Whalley and Carr Irish Vintage Cheddar – Kerry Newmarket Creamery for Traditional Cheese

11 – Washed Rind Cheese (Semi-Soft): All Milk Types

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Gold: Durrus – Durrus Cheese

Silver: Gubeen – Gubeen Farm

Bronze: Durrus Óg – Durrus Cheese

12 –  Raw Milk Cheese: All Milk Types

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Gold: St Tola Original Log – St Tola Goat Farm

Silver: St Gall – Fermoy Natural Cheese

Bronze: Templegall – Hegarty Cheese

13 – New Cheese: All Types

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Silver: Galway Sinan – Galway Cheese

Bronze: Macroom Buffalo Buffaloumi

Bronze: Tullahay Farm Fresh Soft Cheese – Tullahay Farm

14 – Retailer Class: Cheddar

Gold: Aldi Specially Selected Vintage Slices 18 Month Matured by Glenstal

Silver: Aldi Specially Selected Irish Vintage 24 Month Cheddar by Carberry

Bronze: Lidl Extra Mature White Cheddar by Dale Farm

15 – Retailer class: Soft/ Semi-soft

Gold: Dunnes Simply Better Irish Farmhouse Ardsallagh Fresh Goats Cheese and Cranberries

Silver: Dunnes Simply Better Irish Farmhouse Durrus Óg

Bronze: Dunnes Simply Better Irish Farmhouse Wicklow Ban Double Cream Brie

16 – Retailer Class: Semi-hard/ Hard

Gold: Dunnes Simply Better Irish Farmhouse Killeen Goat’s Cheese Specially Matured

Silver: Dunnes Simply Better Irish Farmhouse Killeen Goat’s Cheese with Fenugreek

Bronze: Dunnes Simply Better Irish Farmhouse Knockanore Oakwood Smoked