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2009 Cheese Awards Results

Havelock 10 March 2009

Te Mata Cheese Company continues its record of performing extremely well at the Annual National Cheese Awards, with a total of 9 medals in this years show..

Te Mata received 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal for its blue cheeses with Te Mata Creamy Blue being awarded the Champion Trophy in the Blue Cheese Class. 'I am thrilled with this result' Karryn Bish, co-owner said. "At Te Mata we have been focussing on our blue cheeses, and it is great to see that hard work paying off."
 
"Blue Cheeses are a personal favourite of mine, and of our cheesemaker Benny Matthews' said Mrs Bish.

Cheesemaker Benny Matthews describes Te Mata Creamy Blue as" a great blue cheese with full mouth feel, rich and creamy with a clean full blue flavour.'

'Te Mata Creamy Blue is part of our premium supermarket range of cheeses' Mr Matthews says, 'it is widely available throughout New Zealand.'

As well as doing extremely well with the blue cheeses, Te Mata picked up silver and bronze medals for many other cheese types. For full results click here