MADISON, WI – South Central Wisconsin cheese and dairy manufacturers are set to compete for the coveted title of World Champion at the 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest®, set for March 5-7 at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Their products are among 3,302 entries across 142 classes of dairy products.
“Competing in the World Championship Cheese Contest offers dairy processors a unique opportunity to earn a prestigious title, get product feedback from internationally renowned experts, and show potential customers just how outstanding their products really are,” said Kirsten Strohmenger, Contest Director for Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), proud host of the event.
The following businesses are set to compete among dairy processors from 25 countries and 32 U.S. states:
· Arena Cheese of Arena, Wisconsin
· Associated Milk Producers Inc. of Portage, Wisconsin
· Brunkow Cheese Company of Darlington, Wisconsin
· Carr Valley Cheese Company, Inc. of La Valle, Linden, and Mauston, Wisconsin
· Cedar Grove Cheese Inc. of Plain, Wisconsin
· Chalet Cheese Cooperative of Monroe, Wisconsin
· Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese of Waterloo, Wisconsin
· Dairyfood USA, Inc. of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
· Decatur Dairy Inc. of Brodhead, Wisconsin
· Edelweiss Creamery of Monticello, Wisconsin
· Emmi Roth of Monroe, Platteville, and Stoughton, Wisconsin
· Foremost Farms USA of Lancaster, Reedsburg, and Richland Center, Wisconsin
· Hoard’s Dairyman Farm Creamery of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
· Hook’s Cheese Company of Mineral Point, Wisconsin
· Kingston Creamery of Cambria, Wisconsin
· Klondike Cheese Co. of Monroe, Wisconsin
· Kraemer Wisconsin Cheese of Watertown, Wisconsin
· Lactalis Heritage Dairy of Belmont, Wisconsin
· Landmark Creamery of Belleville, Wisconsin
· Maple Leaf Cheesemakers, Inc. of Monroe, Wisconsin
· Meister Cheese of Muscoda, Wisconsin
· Milkhaus Dairy of Fennimore, Wisconsin
· Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. – Shullsburg Creamery of Shullsburg, Wisconsin
· Roelli Cheese Company Inc. of Shullsburg, Wisconsin
· Sabrosura Foods of Monroe and Monticello, Wisconsin
· Saputo Cheese USA Inc. of Reedsburg, Wisconsin
· Sigma Foods of Darlington, Wisconsin
· Specialty Cheese Company Inc. of Reeseville, Wisconsin
· Uplands Cheese of Dodgeville, Wisconsin
· V&V Supremo Foods of Arena and Browntown, Wisconsin
· W&W Dairy, LLC of Monroe, Wisconsin
· Yodelay Yogurt of Madison, Wisconsin
· Zimmerman Cheese of South Wayne, Wisconsin
Preliminary rounds of judging are open for public observation on Tuesday, March 5 and Wednesday, March 6 from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Attendance is free, and samples will be available. The exciting announcement of the 2024 World Champion will be livestreamed on Thursday, March 7 at 2:00 p.m. (CT) at WorldChampionCheese.org.
Hosted biennially by Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) since 1957, this competition is the largest technical dairy products evaluation in the world. For more information, visit WorldChampionCheese.org.
