Cheese Categories
Includes all cheese products: Irish; Continental; hard and soft; goats, sheep etc.
Products with dropdown options within categories will be split where necessary to ensure products are judged alongside similar ones.
(All Year Round) Hard Cheese
Any cow’s milk cheese which is hard in texture, i.e. cheddar.
- Irish e.g. cheddar, Cashel blue
- Continental e.g. gruyere, Manchego
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(All Year Round) Soft Cheese
Any cow’s milk cheese which is soft in texture, i.e. spreading cheeses, brie, camembert and soft cheeses.
- Irish e.g. Tipperary brie
- Continental e.g. burrata mozzarella, camembert
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(All Year Round) Speciality Cheese
Any cheese made from any animal other than a cow, including buffalo, sheep and goats’ cheese, feta, halloumi etc.
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