The International Cheese Awards Crown Colston Bassett Supreme Champion

Colston Bassett Dairy has just added another outstanding achievement to their continuing run of awards success – Supreme Champion at the International Cheese Awards, held in Nantwich, Cheshire.

Colston Bassett Dairy has collected a cabinet of awards in one day which were announced on the Trade Day 29th July with the official presentation on 30th July. Billy Kevan, Dairy Manager attended the prize giving to collect the trophies, including the much coveted title of Supreme Champion. This year there were 4,443 entries – a record breaking number, from all over the world.

Alongside the Supreme Champion title, Billy will also be taking home to Nottinghamshire – The Cathedral City Crown Stilton Trophy for the Best Stilton Cheese, The CHR Hansen Perpetual Challenge Trophy for the Best other Blue Veined Cheese, the title of Champion UK plus Gold for their Shropshire Blue cheese.  The Dairy is definitely making a good start to its second one hundred years!

Colston Bassett - Supreme Champion winners presented with trophy

The International Cheese Awards is the largest cheese awards in the World and 2014 is the 117th year for this world renowned showcase of cheese. The vast array of cheese are displayed in an 80,000 square ft complex. Each year the entries keep growing, with submissions coming in last year from 26 different countries.

Billy Kevan comments; “We are thrilled to have won such an outstanding accolade. Achieving Supreme Champion at Nantwich Show is recognition of the hard work by our team at Colston Bassett Dairy, in delivering consistently good cheese – for almost one hundred and one years! After having won Supreme Champion recently at the Great Yorkshire Show, we are extremely pleased to be adding another prized title so quickly this year. It is an honour to be awarded this at the International Cheese Awards.”

Last year Colston Bassett celebrated their centenary and the Stilton was awarded Best British Cheese at the World Cheese Awards. This year Colston Bassett Dairy has already collected two Supreme Champion titles – at Great Yorkshire Show and now at the 2014 International Cheese Awards.