U.S. Championship Cheese Contest announces top 20 finalists
The contest received a record number of entries for 2019.
Out of a record-breaking 2,555 entries in the 2019 United States Championship Cheese Contest, just 20 cheeses remain in the hunt for the U.S. Champion Cheese title, said the Madison, Wis.-based Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), the contest's host organization. A team of 60 elite cheese judges evaluated entries from 35 states March 5 through March 7 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The team judged the entries based on technical merits, including flavor, texture, appearance and taste.
The names and makers of the cheeses being judged for the top prize include, by order of class number: