Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Cheese Judging

Today Allison hosted a cheese judging for the 2009 PNE at Au Petit Chavignol. Allison and I were joined by Jeff from Bishop's and Jeff Van Geest from Diva, along with Claire from les amis. We only had 9 entries over four categories this year. Considering the many different cheeses made in BC, I was bit disappointed by the lack of entries. Perhaps next year we will get a larger level of participation from our BC cheese makers.

I won't say who, but similar to last year, there are clearly some good cheese makers in BC. I felt that one fresh cheese in particular could easily pass for a product from France. Another popular cheese was clearly an under performer today. When tasted in it's raw and naked state, it simply didn't cut it. Too bad, yet an eye opener at the same time. Unlike the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix (where Allison is also a judge) which only judges cheeses made from cows milk, this competition is open to cheeses made from milk other than cows milk. As previously said, I hope to see more entries next year. We all take cheese very seriously. It is a part of how we make our living.

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