Guild of Fine Food

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The Guild of Fine Food Limited
Company typePrivate Company
Founded1992
FounderBob Farrand
Headquarters
Gillingham, Dorset
,
UK
Number of locations
2
Websitewww.gff.co.uk

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All five directors are members of the Farrand family. Bob Farrand is the chairman, his son John Farrand is the managing director, daughter-in-law Tortie Farrand marketing director, his wife Linda Farrand a director and niece Sally Coley [3][4]

GFF promotes the Great Taste Awards and also the World Cheese Awards, which were initiated in 1988.[5]

From its base in Gillingham, near Shaftesbury in Dorset, it promotes producers and sellers of "artisan food and drink" across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.[6]

Great Taste Awards

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The Great Taste Awards are open to members and non-members, but only products that pay an entry fee of between £38 and £240 per product are judged.[7] Winning products receive one, two or three stars.[8] In 2018, 12,634 food and drink products were judged.[8]

World Cheese Awards

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The following cheeses have been named champion at the World Cheese Awards:[9][10]

Year Winner Venue and other details
1988 England Blue Cheshire by Hutchinson-Smith & Sons[11]
1989 England Blue Stilton by Dairy Crest
1990 England Mature Traditional Cheddar by Dairy Crest
1991 France Fourme d'Ambert by Hennart Frères
1992 Switzerland Le Gruyère Premier Cru by von Mühlenen
1993 England Double Gloucester by Dairy Crest
1994 France Brie de Meaux AOC by Hennart Frères
1995 England Shropshire Blue by Cropwell Bishop Creamery
1996 England Lord of the Hundreds by Traditional Cheese Dairy
1997 Italy Parmigiano Reggiano by Caseificio Vittorio Quistello
1998 England Mature Traditional Cheddar by Dairy Crest
1999 Error creating thumbnail: Kollumer 18 months by Frico Cheese
2000 England Mature West Country Farmhouse Cheddar by Brue Valley Farms
2001 France Camembert Super Medaillon by Isigny Sainte-Mère
Republic of Ireland Mature Cheddar by Carbery
2002 Switzerland Le Gruyère AOC Reserve by von Mühlenen
2003 France Chevre d'Or Camembert by Eurial-Poitouaine/Eurilai
2004 France Camembert de Normandie by Isigny Sainte-Mère
2005 Switzerland Le Gruyère Premier Cru by von Mühlenen
2006 France Ossau-Iraty by Fromagerie Agour
2007 France Brie de Meaux by Rénard Gillard
2008 Spain Queso Arico Curado Pimentón by Sociedad Canaria de Formento[12]
2009 Canada Le Cendrillon by La Maison Alexis de Portneuf[13]
2010 England Cornish Blue by Cornish Cheese Company[14]
2011 France Ossau-Iraty by Fromagerie Agour[15]
2012 Spain Manchego DO Gran Reserva by Dehesa de Los Llanos[16]
2013 Germany Montagnolo Affiné by Käserei Champignon Birmingham, England; 2,777 cheeses[17]
2014 England Bath Blue by Bath Soft Cheese London, England; 2,600 cheeses[18]
2015 Switzerland Le Gruyère AOP by von Mühlenen Birmingham, England; 2,727 cheeses[19]
2016 Norway Kraftkar by Tingvollost San Sebastián, Spain; 3,060 cheeses[20]
2017 England Cornish Kern by Lynher Dairies Cheese Company London, England; 3,001 cheeses[21]
2018 Norway Fanaost by Ostegården Bergen, Norway; 3,472 cheeses[22]
2019 United States Rogue River Blue by Rogue Creamery Bergamo, Italy; 3,804 cheeses[23][24]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19.[25]
2021 Spain Olavidia by Qesos y Besos (Lacteos Romero Pelaez) Oviedo, Spain; 4,079 cheeses[26]
2022 Switzerland Le Gruyère AOC by Vorderfultigen Gourmino Newport, Wales; 4,434 cheeses[27]
2023 Norway Nidelven Blå by Gangstad Gårdsysteri Trondheim, Norway; 4,502 cheeses[28]
2024 Portugal Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado by Quinta do Pomar Fundão, Portugal; 4,786 cheeses[29]
2025 Switzerland Le Gruyère AOP by Bergkäserei Vorderfultigen Bern, Switzerland; 5,244 cheeses[30]

References

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