Fairview Cheese has brought home not one, but six First Prizes from the 2011 South African National Dairy Championships, when the results were announced at a gala dinner recently.
The highly acclaimed Paarl cheesery also produced eight second prize cheeses and six third places. The annual SA National Dairy Championships judge locally produced cheeses according to international standards, awarding prizes for outstanding production of quality dairy products.
A selection of Fairview goats’ milk and cows’ milk cheeses were entered into the competition this year. La Beryl, Blue Tower, Bleu en Blanc, Cambozola, Chevin with Black Pepper and Paprika and newcomer, Caraway Cheese all walked off with first places at the awards ceremony on the 27th of April.
“A good all-round performance”, said Louis Lourens, Fairview cheese maker. “It was also encouraging to see our new innovative cheeses receiving mostly second prizes, and a first prize”. Fairview’s dedicated cheese team have been hard at work, developing new and inventive cheeses, some of which are currently on sale at the Fairview tasting room.
Previous winners at the SA National Dairy Championships include the Roydon Camembert and Blue Rock, to mention but a few.
All the cheeses are available at the Fairview farm shop as well as selected supermarkets countrywide.
