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2022 Maine Cheese Festival
Sunday, September 11, 2022 in Pittsfield Maine.
Experience great cheese, live music, food trucks, and more including the announcements of winners from the 2nd Annual Maine Cheese Awards.
2022 Maine Open Creamery Day
Sunday, October 9, 2022 all over Maine
This Guild sponsored event showcases Maine's may artisanal creameries, their farms, animals, cheeses and other products, right at the source. Always the Sunday of Indigenous People's Day.
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Guild Events ListingsPRESENTING OUR 2021 MAINE CHEESE AWARD WINNERS
FRESH CHEESE
1. ChiGoBee Farm (Pownal) – Plain Chevre
2. Noisy Acres Farm (Buxton) – Plain Chevre
3. Flying Goat Farm (New Gloucester) Plain Chevre
Honorable Mention:
Pineland Farms (Bangor) - Cheddar Curds
Springdale Farm (Waldo) - Cream Cheese
Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm ( Sidney) Chevre
FLAVORED FRESH CHEESE
1. York Hill Farm (Washington) – Green Peppercorn and Nutmeg Roll
2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) – (Appleton recipe) Chevre in Oil
3. Crooked Face Creamery (Skowhegan) – Garlic & Rosemary Ricotta
Honorable Mentions:
Abrahams Creamery (Newport) -Herbs De Provence
Sunflower Farm Creamery (Cumberland) - Marinated Chevre
Dreahmin Fahm Dairy and Creamery (Wilton) - Garlic and Basil Chevre
SOFT RIPENED CHEESE: Bloomy
1. Winter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Tideline
2. Silvery Moon Creamery (Westbrook) - Camembert
3. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) - Out & About
Honorable Mentions:
Silvery Moon Creamery ( Westbrook) - Camembert with Fenugreek
Flying Goat Farm - (New Gloucester) - Grace
Lakins Gorges Cheese at East Forty Farm ( Waldoboro) - Rockweed
WASHED RIND CHEESE
1. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefiield) - Cyclone
2. Josh Pond Farm (Whiting) - Rocky Lake Raclette
3. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) – Quaker Hill
Honorable Mention:
Winter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Tideline
AGED NATURAL RIND CHEESE
1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) – Torrin Tomme
2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) – Windswept
3. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) – Sugarloaf Mountain
Honorable Mention:
Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) - Haymaker Cheddar
Pineland Farms ( Bangor) - two vintages that more or less tied with each other Josh Pond Farm (Whitibng) Down East Tomme
BLUE CHEESE
1. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) - Fraffie
2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) - Polar Vortex
3. Spring Day Creanery (Durham) - Deja Blue
Honorable Mention:
Winter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Bradbury Mountain Blue
FLAVORED CHEESE
1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) – Cotswold
2. Dreamin Fahm (Wilton) – Smoked Gouda
3. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) - Smokey Ghost
Honorable Mention:
Yellow Birch Farm (Deer Isle) - Lichen
BEST IN SHOW
York Hill Farm – (Washington) _ Green Peppercorn and Nutmeg Roll
(Penny & John Duncan – Founding members of the Maine Cheese Guild retired after 36 years and their legacy continues with new owners of York Hill to Yuki Goseki & Josh Fratoni
Runner up is Winter Hill (Freeport) - Tideline
MAINE CHEESE GUILD MISSION STATEMENT
The Guild’s mission is to support and encourage the Maine cheesemaking community. We will do this through development of a collective voice to promote Maine cheese and cheesemakers, educate cheese makers and consumers, coordinate resources and share the joy and art of regional cheeses.
Maine Cheese Guild Statement Related to Local Food Ordinances
"The Maine Cheese Guild stands by its Quality Statement, issued in May 2009, with regard to the Local Food Ordinance proposals we have seen, and to the legislative bills introduced for the 2011 session (LD330 and LD366)."...