WEST Cork produced cheese had great success at the recent 2019 CÁIS Irish Cheese Awards.
WEST Cork produced cheese had great success at the recent 2019 CÁIS Irish Cheese Awards.
This year’s selection of judges included a number of well-known personalities such as Catherine Fulvio, TV chef, award-winning food writer, author and proprietor of Ballyknocken House & Cookery School; Ross Lewis, Michelin Starred head chef at Chapter One Restaurant in Dublin; and food writers/bloggers Patrick Hanlon and Russell Alford, collectively known as The Gastrogays.
Dan MacSweeney, Bord Bia’s chairman, said the sector is valued at €12m, having a major input into the Irish dairy industry and local communities.
West Cork winners included: washed rind cheese – Gubbeen produced by Gubbeen farmhouse products (Schull); semi hard cheese aged under six months – Dunmanus produced by Durrus cheese (Durrus); Semi hard to hard cheese aged over six months – Coolea mature produced by Coolea farmhouse cheese (Macroom); hard cheese flavour added – Coolea mature cumin produced by Coolea farmhouse cheese (Macroom), and public vote winner – Coolea farmhouse cheese (Macroom).
