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Adelaide’s Green Ant Cheese Blows Judges Minds At World Cheese Awards

Adelaide Hills Cheesemaker Kris Lloyd was not only the only Aussie judge at the World Cheese Awards, but her cheeses have scooped a pile of awards!

One of South Australia’s favourite cheeses has to be the table talker, the piece of art, the delicious delicacy that is the Woodside Cheese Wrights Monet. Created by artisan cheese maker, Kris Lloyd, the Monet is one of an extensive line up of groundbreaking cheese to come out of Lloyd’s Adelaide Hills business. Not one to set on her laurels though, Kris has been busy taking cheese-making to new heights, and decided to bring an all-new cheese with her when she embarked on her latest adventure to San Sebastian to judge the World Cheese Awards.

Monet is like a work of art.

Monet is like a work of art.

Held in the European Capital of Culture, San Sebastian, the World Cheese Awards saw 3021 cheeses from over 30 countries judged by 266 international judges from across the globe.

Kris Lloyd certainly made her mark on the competition, both as the only Australian judge invited to participate, but also as an award-winner, taking home 1 super gold, 4 gold medals, 2 silver, and the trophy for Best Australian cheese.

While we’re all familiar with the Monet – which took out a silver medal, it looks like we have a list of new cheeses to add to the cheese board this Summer – in particular the Woodside Cheese Wrights, Kris Lloyd’s “Anthill” a fresh goat cheese encrusted with Native Australian Green Ants!

“Antill” beat over 3000 cheeses to take out a Super Gold medal, which means it first made it to the top 66 cheeses that went on for judging in the next category. A Super Jury of 16 esteemed judges then chose only one cheese each to champion as the best cheese they had tasted at the competition, reducing it to a total of 16 cheeses competing for the illustrious title of “World Champion”.

Kris LloydAmongst the top 16 cheeses was Kris Lloyd’s “Anthill”, chosen by Judge Adrian Boswell from London. He championed the unusual cheese from Australia saying, “it is like nothing I have ever tasted – light and citrus with perfect seasoning and a slight crunch from the delicate little green ants, it’s creative and innovative, such a great cheese.”

Kris Lloyd one of the 16 international judges appointed to the Super Jury was asked to step down from the panel given her cheese was one of the 16 in the running for the grand champion.

Kris said, “it was a bitter-sweet moment, all cheeses are judged blind and judges entering their cheeses must not judge their own.

“Anthill was a true representation of Australian cheese, and to see it charge through over 3000 cheeses finishing in the top 16 that caught the judges palate, well, who would have thought!” said Kris.

The tally of medals for the South Australian cheesemaker Kris Lloyd with her Woodside Cheese Wrights and Kris Lloyd Artisan brands is as follows:

1 super gold – Woodside Cheese Wrights Anthill

4 gold – Woodside Cheese Wrights Anthill, Kris Lloyd Artisan Banquet, Woodside Cheese Wrights Pompeii, Kris Lloyd Artisan Blend Persian Feta

2 silver – Woodside Cheese Wrights Monet, Woodside Cheese Wrights Figaro

Trophy – Best Australian cheese – Woodside Cheese Wrights Anthill

All but one of the cheeses Kris Lloyd entered in the competition was acknowledge with a medal.   http://krislloyd.com.au   http://woodsidecheese.com.au

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