The 2012 Dairy Awards
2012 is the Year of the Farmer, so the recently named 13th Australian Grand Dairy Awards (AGDA) has extra significance.
There are 19 categories and the Champions of each of those are then judged to determine the Grand Champion Cheese product and Grand Champion Dairy product.
Ian Halliday, the Managing Director of Dairy Australia commented, “The dairy industry has a strong history of innovation and inspiration, our dairying tradition has been forged by people with vision and a determination to succeed and is literally brimming with inspirational stories of resilience, passion and energy.”
The 2012 Grand Champions were:
Cheese – Maffra Cloth Aged Cheddar, Maffra Cheese Co (VIC)
Dairy – Gippsland Dairy Pure Double Cream, Bead Foods (VIC)
The 2012 AGDA Cheese Champions were:
Fresh Unripened Cheese – That’s Amore Burrata, That’s Amore Cheese (VIC)
Cheddar-Style Cheese – Maffra Cloth Aged Cheddar, Maffra Cheese Co (VIC)
Washed Rind Cheese – King Island Dairy Stormy, Lion Dairy & Drinks (TAS)
White Mould Cheese – Tasmanian Heritage Signature Camembert, Lion Dairy & Drinks (TAS)
Hard Cheese – Puglia Pecorino Romano, The Fresh Cheese Co (VIC)
Flavoured Cheese – Barambah Organics Labna with Fennel & Sea Salt, Barambah Organics (QLD)
Semi-Hard and Eye Cheese – Tasmanian Heritage St Claire, Lion Dairy & Drinks (TAS)
Blue Cheese – King Island Dairy Roaring Forties Blue, Lion Dairy & Drinks (TAS)
Goat’s or Sheep’s Milk Cheese – Woodside Monet, Woodside Cheese Wrights (SA)
The 2012 AGDA Dairy Champions were:
Natural Yogurt – Mundella Premium Natural Yoghurt, Mundella Foods (WA)
Flavoured Yogurt – Gippsland Dairy Blueberry Twist Yogurt, Bead Foods (VIC)
Ice Cream – Cocolat Pistachio Ice Cream, Cocolat (SA)
Dairy Gelato – Caffe e Gelato Milany Banana Gelato, Caffe e Gelato Milany (QLD)
Dairy Dessert – King Island Dairy Belgian Chocolate Crème Dessert, Lion Dairy & Drinks (TAS)
Milk – Pura Original Milk, Lion Dairy & Drinks (VIC)
Specialty White Dairy Drink – Sungold O’ Frothy One, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory (VIC)
Flavoured Dairy Drink – Oak Egg Nog, Parmalat (SA)
Cream – Gippsland Dairy Pure Double Cream, Bead Foods (VIC)
Butter or Butter Blend – Tatura Continental Unsalted Butter, Tatura Milk Industries (VIC)