Canadians Cause A Stink With Their Award-Winning Camembert

IT WAS one of Napoleon’s favourite cheeses, but French pride in their camembert has suffered a blow after a -Canadian version of the soft, creamy delicacy native to Normandy was voted the world’s best.

A cheese made in Quebec has come first in the camembert category at the World Championship Cheese Contest, held in Wisconsin.

L’Extra, produced in Saint-Hyacinthe, east of Montreal, beat the top French camembert, Isigny Sainte-Mere, which won the title in 2010 but was placed only 12th this year.

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