—Contest Entry Forms and Fees Due August 10th—
Do you want your cheese to get recognized for its amazing taste?
Enter the fourth annual Big E Gold Medal Cheese Competition.
If you make cheese and are a licensed cheese maker located in New England, submit your entry forms and fees by August 10th, then prepare to send your contest entries to arrive at the Eastern States Exposition by August 21st and 22nd for the Judging Day of August 24th.
Good luck!
The Maine Guildsters just before they enter the last event of this year’s ACS Conference.
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Good morning Raleigh Convention Center! Someone finally had the amazing idea to offer ALL the cultured dairy products like Creme Fraiche, yogurt, ricotta, and other mild less-than-solid competition entries for saturday breakfast (now called “Breakfast of Champions” because the awards are nestled with the winners, just like at the Festival), instead of presenting them with all the cheeses at the Festival of Cheese on Saturday night.
Wow! Instead of looking at them as the lonely girl/boy at the evening party (because they’re so awkward to sample when you’re standing up holding a glass of beer or wine), they are the Star of the Morning and you can really appreciate a selection of them for breakfast. I had tastes of as much as I could and wanted to go back for more, except I was at the breakfast to network with other cheese guilds around the US.
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