FRANCE: Winner of the second International Caseus Award
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When Cheese becomes a Star
24 cheese professionals, working in 12 cheese shops throughout the world, pitted their skills against each other in teams of two in the International Caseus Award contest. An event promoting quality and products bearing Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), that aims to present to a large public the specific know-how of master cheese-makers and also the best cheeses in the world. A surprising event, featuring tests involving cutting, tasting, selling, preparing… of cheeses.
This surprising contest was created two years ago by Hervé Mons. It is financed with the participation of the European Union, the Office de l’Elevage et des professionnels laitiers (the Livestock and Dairy Professional Association) through the CNAOL [Conseil National des Appellations d’Origine Laitières (National Committee for Dairy PDO)] via CIDIL (Centre Inter-profession Centre for Documentation and Dairy).
The International Caseus Award took place on January 20th as part of the Sirha (International Hotel Catering and Food Trade Exhibition), in Lyon, (Lyon-Eurexpo venue).
The winning team of the second edition of the International Caseus Award is FRANCE
Rodolphe LE MEUNIER and Bernard MURE-RAVAUD have won a Gold trophy, a four-day stay in a French region producing Dairy Products bearing Protected Designation of Origin, also a set of cheese knives.
The team that achieved second place is BELGIUM. Damien AVALOSSE and Yannick MICHEL have won a Silver Trophy, a three-day stay in a French region producing Dairy Products bearing Protected Designation of Origin, also a set of cheese knives.
The team that achieved third place is ITALY. Maero Ivano GIACOMO and Renato BRANCALEONI have won the Bronze trophy, a three-day stay in a French region producing Dairy Products bearing Protected Designation of Origin, also a set of cheese knives.