World Cheese Awards 2015Palmares leaves 18 medals 60 Canarian cheeses presented competing with other 2.727 of all the world.

A total of 18 Canary cheeses have been awarded at the World Cheese Awards competition 2015, prestigious international contest held last week in the English city of Birmingham, in which participated 2.727 productions around the world.

According to data published by The Guild of Fine Foods, entity responsible for organizing the meeting, in his web page, the awards earned by participants Canary Islands production, some 60 references, They spread over two golds, eight silvers and eight bronzes.

The cheeses awarded gold medal were Roque Big Cheese Cured Goat (Gran Canaria) Hard pure milk and goat cheese factory El Guanche (Tenerife).

The silver medals were awarded to Secret Majo Finca de Uga (Lanzarote), Old Goat cheese-paprika Artisan Cheese factory Montesdeoca (Tenerife), Mix cheese Cured Sheep and Goat Good Shepherd (Gran Canaria), Caideros farmhouse cheeses Cured Sheep (Gran Canaria), Maxorata semicurado Maxorata paprika and paprika cured of Ranchers Group Fuerteventura (Fuerteventura).

The jury valued cheeses chose to contest consisted, among other members, from different parts of the world, eight specialists Islands between a coach Canarian Institute of Food Quality was (ICCA), autonomous agency attached to the Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Water of the Canary Islands Government and responsible for the development and promotion of the Canary Islands products.

Registration of cheese canaries in this meeting was made by the Island Councils in some cases, and so independent from dairies.

The categories of the contest has been seven; goat milk, sheep, of semi-hard cow, hard and very hard, semi-soft and soft cow, blue cow milk cheese, specialties, and other cheese, mode in which they are included cheeses with additives.

LIST OF WINNERS CANARIOS
WORLD CHEESE AWARDS 2015

OROS
-Roque Big Cheese Cured Goat. Gran Canaria.
-Pure Hard goat milk. Quesería El Guanche. Tenerife.

PLATAS
-Secret Majo. Finca de Uga. Lanzarote
-Maxorata semicurado paprika. Ranchers group Fuerteventura. Fuerteventura
-Maxorata cured paprika. Ranchers group Fuerteventura. Fuerteventura
-Old Goat cheese-paprika. Artisan Cheese factory Montesdeoca. Tenerife
-Mix cheese Cured Sheep and Goat. The Good Shepherd. Gran Canaria
-Caideros farmhouse cheeses Cured Sheep. Gran Canaria
-Maxorata cured paprika. Ranchers group Fuerteventura. Fuerteventura
-Maxorata semicurado paprika. Ranchers group Fuerteventura. Fuerteventura

BRONCES
-White Mountain Semicurado. Mountain Cheese Factory Guatisea. Lanzarote
-Pink. Finca de Uga. Lanzarote
-Cured Cheese Goat Bolaños Pajonales. Gran Canaria
-Curado Tinache. Lanzarote
-Cured White Mountain. Mountain Cheese Factory Guatisea. Lanzarote
-Ovejita. Finca de Uga. Lanzarote.
-Smoked Jersey. Finca de Uga. Lanzarote.
-Goat cheese curds Gofio. Artisan Cheese factory Montesdeoca. Tenerife