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On Top of the World- Dromona Declared World Champion Cheese
Locally produced Dromona Cheese has struck ‘Gold’ at the influential World Cheese Awards , held in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, with international judges awarding Dale Farm’s Dromona Mature Cheese the highest grade possible – declaring it ‘Best in Category’ and therefore ‘Best in the World’!
Uniting the opinion of judges from 24 nations across four continents, Dromona Cheese claimed four awards for its Mature and Medium cheddars. This brings the total number of major awards for this key Northern Irish agri-food brand to 13 in just six months, including wins at the famous Frome and Nantwich Cheese Shows and at the Guild of Fine Foods’ Great Taste Awards.
The World Cheese Awards – regarded as the world’s largest cheese competition – saw 150 judges from across the globe sample almost 2,500 entries in a marathon tasting session before agreeing on the bronze, silver and gold winners.
Bringing together key cheese buyers and opinion formers for over twenty years, the awards are a critical platform for cheesemakers to promote their products to potential customers on a world stage. Dale Farm says winning these latest awards will help develop new sales in national and international markets.
“To be judged by some of the world’s most revered cheese connoisseurs and come away with a declaration of best in category proves Dromona Cheese is literally a ‘world class’ product ,” said Rhonda Grant, Dale Farm’s cheese supply manager.
“Following significant investment over recent years we can now produce over 20,000 tonnes of cheese each year at our plant in Dunmanbridge near Cookstown. Hopefully these awards will help put Dromona Cheese on the world map and that senior buyers attending the awards will recognise that, although a dairy company from a small country, we have the capability and skill to produce some of the world’s best tasting cheese.”
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