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2009 United States Championship Cheese Contest Results

2009 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest results are complete! Please note that only the top five scores in each class are displayed, yet all entries are listed in order of place.

US Champion

John Griffiths

Sartori Foods, Antigo, WI

SarVecchio Parmesan

Champion Round Score: 99.015

First Runner Up

Team TFI

Tumalo Farms, Bend, OR

Classico Hard Goat's Milk Cheese

Champion Round Score: 98.93

Second Runner Up

Pat Whalen

McCadam Cheese

Chateaugay, NY

New York Medium Cheddar

Champion Round Score: 98.85

2009 United States Championship Cheese Contest

Class: 42 Open Class Hard Cheeses | Back to All Classes

38 Entries

Name	Company	Location	Country	Score	Place	Description
Galen Musser	Milton Creamery, LLC	Milton IA	USA	99.35	Best of Class	Prairie Breeze
John Hoyt	Leelanau Cheese Company	Suttons Bay MI	USA	99.2	Second Award	Aged raclette
Gary Domke	Sartori Food Corporation	Antigo WI	USA	99.1	Third Award	SarVecchio asiago
Tony Ignaczak	Agri-Mark for Kraft Foods	Glenview IL	USA	98.85		Lake Champlain special reserve
Alan Graveen	Harmony Specialty Dairy Foods LLC	Edgar WI	USA	98.6		Double Gloucester
Ashe County Cheesemakers	Ashe County Cheese	West Jefferson NC	USA	98.5		Sienna
John Griffiths	Sartori Food Corporation	Antigo WI	USA	98.5		SarVecchio asiago
Wayne Casper	Sartori Food Corporation	Plymouth WI	USA	98.5		BellaVitano block
Gary Grossen	Babcock Dairy Plant	Madison WI	USA	98.5		Romano
Bob Adamick	BelGioioso Cheese, Inc.	Pulaski WI	USA	98.45		Romano
Jeffery Catrambone	Vella Cheese Co.	Sonoma CA	USA	98.4		Special Select
Team LCD	Lake Country Dairy	Turtle Lake WI	USA	98.35		Romano
Team Cass Clay	Cass Clay Creamery / AMPI	Hoven SD	USA	98.3		Romano
Tony Ignaczak	Agri-Mark for Kraft Foods	Glenview IL	USA	98.2		Lake Champlain reserve
John Ludy	Lake Country Dairy	Turtle Lake WI	USA	98.2		Romano
Mark Cleereman	BelGioioso Cheese, Inc.	Pulaski WI	USA	98.05		Aged asiago
Team Cass Clay	Cass Clay Creamery / AMPI	Hoven SD	USA	98		Asiago
Pollock Team	DairiConcepts	Pollock SD	USA	98		Asiago
Willows	Rumiano Cheese Company	Crescent City CA	USA	98		Monterey jack coated with mineral oil & cocoa powd
Mike Matucheski	Sartori Food Corporation	Antigo WI	USA	98		BellaVitano Gold
John Rohner	Washington State University Creamery	Pullman WA	USA	97.95		Natural Cougar Gold
Bruce Willis	Burnett Dairy Cooperative	Grantsburg WI	USA	97.85		Alpa's Morning Sun
Steve Hurd	Park Cheese Company, Inc.	Fond du Lac WI	USA	97.85		Asiago
Grafton Cheesemakers	Grafton Village Cheese Company LLC	Grafton VT	USA	97.8		Grafton Cave-aged Truckles
Brian Civitello	Calabro Cheese Corp.	East Haven CT	USA	97.8		Caciocavallo
Lower Make Team	Saputo Cheese USA Inc.	Almena WI	USA	97.8		Fontinella
Team LCD	Lake Country Dairy	Turtle Lake WI	USA	97.75		Romano
Pollock Team	DairiConcepts	Pollock SD	USA	97.7		Romano
Cheddar Team 2	Rogue Creamery	Central Point OR	USA	97.7		Touvelle
Ignazio "IG" Vella	Vella Cheese Co.	Sonoma CA	USA	97.65		Romanello Dolce
Roger Rannikar	Vella Cheese Co.	Sonoma CA	USA	97.65		Mezzo Secco monterey jack
Lower Make Team	Saputo Cheese USA Inc.	Almena WI	USA	97.5		Asiago old
Dane Huebner	Flat Creek Lodge	Swainsboro GA	USA	97.3		Cotija
Dane Huebner	Flat Creek Lodge	Swainsboro GA	USA	96.65		Farmhouse
Alan Graveen	Harmony Specialty Dairy Foods LLC	Edgar WI	USA	96		Aged yellow Cheshire
Fons Smits	Traders Point Creamery	Zionsville IN	USA	95.8		Fleur de la Terre
Sid Cook	Carr Valley Cheese Co.	La Valle WI	USA	95.4		Fontina
Jaime Graca	Karoun Dairies, Inc.	Sun Valley CA	USA			Cotija