Melbourne Specialist Cheese Show - 12th August 2007

[James]

A must in the foodie calendar this show devotes itself to my favourite food group - cheese! There's unlimited tastings of over 300 different cheeses, along with a selection of specialty wines and beers.

Sunday 12th August, 2007
11am - 4pm
Crown Towers Hotel,
Crown Entertainment Complex, Palladium Room
8 Whiteman Street, Southbank,
Melbourne, Victoria.

Show Ticket $35.00 (inc.GST)
Members 25% discount
Includes unlimited cheese tastings and 5 wine and/or beer tastings
Children under 15 years admitted free
Limited tickets available at the door.

More details are available on the Australian Specialty Cheesemakers' Association website.
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“Blessed are the Cheese Makers!” - Jesus, in the Life of Brian

[James]

The results from the Cheese Show judging have been announced, with The Milawa Cheese Company's "Milawa Gold" washed rind being given the gong of Champion Cheese.

AWARDS 2007 ASCA Cheese Show Melbourne

Champion Cheese - Milawa Cheese Company - Milawa Gold

1. Fresh Curd - Soft
Meredith Dairy - Ashed Pyramid
Udder Delights - Chevre

2. Fresh Curd - Textured
Capra Cheese - Allegro
Capra Cheese - Mountain Ash

3. Fresh Curd - Matured
Red Hill Cheese - Paradigm Log

4. Fresh Curd - Marinated
Meredith Dairy - Goat Cheese in Extra-virgin Olive Oil

5. White Mould
Udder Delights - Adelaide Hills Brie
Red Hill Cheese - Misty Valley (goat)

6. Blue Mould
King Island Dairy - Endeavour Blue
Jindi Cheese Company - Jindi Blue

7. Washed Rind
Barambah Organics - Gold Hawk
Milawa Cheese Company - Milawa Gold
* Special Commendation Chief Judge's Choice:
Woodside Cheese Wrights - Pompeii

8. Cheddar
Ashgrove Cheese - Cloth Mature

9. Semi Hard Cooked Style
Heidi Farm - Raclette
Woodside Cheese Wrights - Figaro

10. Hard Cooked Style
Donnybrook Farmhouse Cheese - Pasterello


I got my hands on a Milawa Gold yesterday as we drove back from weekend in Bright, it smells divinely pungent but I have yet to try it: stay tuned!
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“Blessed are the Cheese Makers!” - Jesus, in the Life of Brian