Awards
As a UK cheese maker we’ve entered many national and international competitions and have been lucky to win several awards including the prestigious Super Gold at the World Cheese Awards.
British & Irish Cheese Awards
Gold, 3 x Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Gold, Bronze
International Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
2 x Silver, Bronze
British & Irish Cheese Awards
Gold, 2 x Silver, Bronze, Best Organic Cheese
British Cheese Awards
Silver, 2 x Bronze
International Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Silver, 2 x Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
4 x Bronze
Virtual Cheese Awards
Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Silver
International Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Silver, Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, 2 x Bronze, Best Sheep Cheese
World Cheese Awards
SUPER Gold
International Cheese Awards
2 x Silver
British Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Silver, 2 x Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, 3 x Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Bronze
International Cheese Awards
3 x Gold, Silver, Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
2 x Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
SUPER Gold
International Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Bronze, Highly Commended
British Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, 4 x Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Bronze
International Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Silver, 4 x Bronze
British Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Highly Commended
World Cheese Awards
Super Gold, Bronze
International Cheese Awards
Highly Commended, Silver
British Cheese Awards
3 x Silver, 2 x Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver
International Cheese Awards
Gold
British Cheese Awards
3 x Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
2 x Bronze
World Cheese Awards
2 x Bronze
British Cheese Awards
Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Silver
International Cheese Awards
2 x Silver
British Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze
British Cheese Awards
Gold, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Silver
International Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Silver, Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, 2 x Bronze, Best Sheep Cheese
World Cheese Awards
SUPER Gold
International Cheese Awards
2 x Silver
British Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Silver, 2 x Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, 3 x Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Bronze
International Cheese Awards
3 x Gold, Silver, Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
2 x Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
SUPER Gold
International Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Bronze, Highly Commended
British Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, 4 x Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Bronze
International Cheese Awards
2 x Gold, Silver, 4 x Bronze
British Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Highly Commended
World Cheese Awards
Super Gold, Bronze
International Cheese Awards
Highly Commended, Silver
British Cheese Awards
3 x Silver, 2 x Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver
International Cheese Awards
Gold
British Cheese Awards
3 x Bronze
Artisan Cheese Awards
2 x Bronze
World Cheese Awards
2 x Bronze
British Cheese Awards
Bronze
World Cheese Awards
Silver
International Cheese Awards
2 x Silver
British Cheese Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze
British Cheese Awards
Gold, Bronze
awards and still counting…
World Cheese Award
Press release from the WCA :
High Weald Dairy based on the farm in Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, has been named among the winners at the World Cheese Awards, which was held at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport, on Wednesday 2 November. Standing out from the 4,434 entries, Seven Sisters, a sheep milk cheese won a coveted Super Gold award in the world’s most prestigious cheese-only event.
The cheese impressed some of the world’s leading experts in cheese, featuring cheesemakers, cheesemongers, buyers, chefs, retailers, and writers. The cheeses were scored on aspects such as the appearance of the rind and paste, as well as the cheese’s aroma, body, and texture, with the majority of points awarded for flavour and mouthfeel.
The World Cheese Awards is organised by the Guild of Fine Food.
Judges work in teams of two to three, identifying any cheeses worthy of a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Super Gold award. They assess the look, feel, smell and taste of each entry, scoring aspects such as the appearance of the rind and paste, as well as the cheese’s aroma, body, and texture, with the majority of points awarded for flavour and mouthfeel.
Each team then nominates one exceptional cheese as the Super Gold from their table. These cheeses are the best in the world and are judged a second time by the Super Jury of 16 internationally recognised experts, who each select a cheese to champion in the final round of judging.
The Super Jury, representing all four corners of the globe, then debates the final 16 in front of a live audience, before choosing the World Champion Cheese live on WCA TV.
Named after the picturesque Seven Sisters white cliffs off the south coast of Sussex, the award-winning semi-soft Seven Sisters cheese is made using organic sheep milk.
It is matured for over 3 months before being lightly coated in organic seaweed. The cheese has a fresh nuttiness, and the seaweed coating makes it difficult to resist.
Mark Hardy at High Weald Dairy commented : “We are delighted to have won a Super Gold award at this year’s World Cheese Awards for our Seven Sisters, proving it to be one of the top 98 cheeses in the World !“
“Having the seal of approval from so many experts in the cheese world is priceless for a cheesemaker. At the dairy, we put everything we have into our cheeses and only strive to make the best for our customers, so winning this trophy proves it’s all been worth it.”
This year’s World Cheese Awards was the 34th edition and has seen more entries than ever before with a record-breaking 4,434 cheeses submitted from 42 countries and 900 companies from around the globe (10.9% UK based, 89.1% international). The cheeses included increased entries from Canada, Argentina, Slovenia, and Israel, whilst India followed its first entry in 2021 with several more this year and Ukraine saw a huge increase in entries after the World Cheese Awards was moved to Wales from its original 2022 location of Kyiv. Well-established cheesemaking nations such as France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom were well represented by both returning and new entrants, with a notable increase in Swiss entries.
All entries were judged in a single day, as 250 experts from 38 different nations studied their appearance, texture, aroma, and flavour. Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Super Gold accolades were awarded during the morning session before the Super Golds were reassessed to find this year’s top 16 cheeses and this year’s World Champion Cheese.
Seven Sisters wins again…
We were very pleased to be presented with this Trophy for our Seven Sisters Sheep milk Cheese with its Hebridean seaweed coating, as the Winner of the Sheep Cheese Class at the Artisan Cheese Awards, held in Melton Mowbray on the 30th May 2023.
Seven Sisters : Gold and Best in Class
Brighton Blue : Bronze
Sussex Velvet : Bronze
This follows the cheese winning a Gold award at the British Cheese Awards and Super Gold at the World Cheese Awards, both in 2022!
Sussex Blossom wins
We were very pleased to announce the latest silver award for our Sussex Blossom Sheep milk Cheese with its floral coating of edible organic Safflower and Calendula petals.
The award was presented at the 2023 World Cheese Awards, held in Trondheim, October 2023.
Read more about High Weald Dairy in the press
The Telegraph – Hands off our British halloumi!
The Sussex Express – Sussex cheese is one of the best in the world – official
The Argus – Sussex cheese named among world’s best at awards ceremony
Ashdown Radio – Local cheese wins Super Gold at World Cheese Awards
yahoo! – Find out about the cheese named among the world’s best at prestigious awards
BBC – Sussex cheese fifth best in world
latest, first for culture – A double celebration for High Weald Dairy
