New Zealanders are buying better quality cheeses as they explore different speciality cheese including locally-made takes on classics such as feta, halloumi and Parmesan. Speciality cheese is the big winner with Nielsen Supermarket Sales MAT to 14 July 2019, showing specialty cheese has grown by 7.3% in value and volume compared to the corresponding time last […]

C’est Cheese has been named Huntley & Palmers Speciality Cheese Shopping Experience Winner 2019, thanks to online voting by New Zealand’s cheese lovers! Since it opened in 2003, C’est Cheese in Featherstone has been a champion of New Zealand-made artisan cheese, with 90% of its sales coming from cheese made here. Recent renovations have made […]

Hamilton Wednesday 23 May 2019: Two gouda cheeses made by family-owned cheese companies have taken the top honours at the annual New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards. Meyer Cheese Goats Milk Gouda was named Countdown Champion of Champions (Commercial); and Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese, Cumin Gouda was awarded Puhoi Valley Champion of Champions (Boutique Cheese Award). […]

The Association’s 2019 AGM will be held at 2.30 on the Tuesday 21 May 2019, at the Distinction Hotel, 100 Garnett Rd, Hamilton. AGM Agenda 2019 and Minutes of the 2018 AGM are hyperlinked here. Finance reports are being prepared, and these will be sent to members prior to the AGM. All members are encouraged […]

Monday 25 March 2019: NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2019 has awarded 223 medals to locally-made cheese, proving the quality of New Zealand speciality cheese continues to improve. Organised by the New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association, the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards has been run since 2003. The Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal winners have […]