VCA 2025
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Live Judging - Tues 10th June
Live Final - Weds 11th June
The agenda for both days can be found below, along with the live stream...
Day 1 - Category Final – Tuesday 10th June
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10.30am Welcome from Nigel Barden and VCA Founder Sarah de Wit
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10.45am Best Artisan Hard Cheese judging – Charlie Turnbull & James Grant
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11.30am Best Territorial Cheese – Ruth Raskin & Ned Palmer
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12.15pm Best Speciality Cheese – Charlie Turnbull & James Grant
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1.30pm Best Enhanced Cheese – Russell Hagatta & Paul Heasman
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2.15pm Best Artisan Soft Cheese - Ruth Raskin & Ned Palmer
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3pm Best Blue Cheese – Perry Wakeman & Simon Ferro
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3.45pm Best Cheddar Cheese – Russell Hagatta & Paul Heasman
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4.30pm Best Artisan Cheese from own herd – Perry Wakeman & Simon Ferro
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5.15pm Close
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Day 2 – Supreme Final - Wednesday 11th June
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12pm Nigel intro and meet the VCA team
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12.10pm The Big Interview with Sarah Miness, Waitrose
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12.30pm Excellence Awards Announced
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12.45pm British cheese & Miller’s Cracker Pairing with Nick Bayne, Fine Cheese Co and Stephen Fleming, George & Joseph
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1.15pm Meet ChecQR with Will Lahr
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1.30pm FINAL SUPREME JUDGING with Emma Young, Sarah Miness, Bronwen Percival and Kay Brennan
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3pm Celebrating women in cheese with Selena Cairns, Errington Cheese and Jane Stewart, St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese
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3.30pm Meet the maker: Roger Cowgill Lowfields Farm Dairy, Lancashire cheese
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3.40pm Headline sponsor: Reiser UK with Paul Rees and Danny Kenworthy
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4pm WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
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4.30pm Close

Live Final - Weds 11th June
