The California State Fair is inviting commercial producers to enter cheese competitions in an effort to determine the best products in the state. The California Commercial Cheese Competition is open to California cheese producers and offers six divisions intended to showcase the diversity of artisan cheeses throughout the state. These six divisions are Cottage Cheese, Cultured Cheese, Soft Cheese, Semi-soft Cheese, Semi-hard Cheese, Hard Cheese and California Originals. Each division is divided into multiple classes and is open to cheese made from a variety of milk types including cow, sheep, goat and buffalo.
Submission for 2016 will be judged Wednesday, May 11 in the Expo Center, Building 5 at Cal Expo. Award winning cheeses will be on display in California’s Kitchen in Building B during the 2016 California State Fair. Last year, 168 cheeses were judged as part of the competition. Online entry is open from now until April 27. The entry fee is $35 per cheese.
The California State Fair will recognize this year’s Best of Show producers of cheese at the annual award event on the steps of the State Capitol on June 23. Select winners will also be invited to participate in the Best of California tasting event which will be held at 5:30 p.m. on June 23 prior to the annual California State Fair Gala.
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