Day one – 14th May 2024

• 10.30am    Welcome and introductions

• 10.45am                      Best Cheddar cheese judging with Sarah Miness, Waitrose & Russell Haggata, Morrisions

• 11.30am                      Best Territorial cheese judging with Deiniol ap Dafydd, Blas ar Fwyd & Will Chapman, Neals Yard Dairy

• 12.15pm                      Best Artisan Soft cheese judging with Emma Young, The Cheese Explorer & Ceri Cryer, Brinkworth Dairy

• 1pm                             Best Enhanced cheese judging with Nicola Beardmore, Ornua & Sarah Miness, Waitrose

• 1.45pm                        Best Speciality cheese judging with Paul Heasman, Rowcliffe & Stephen Fleming, George & Joseph

• 1pm                             Meet the VCA team

• 2.30pm                        Interview: Richard Clothier, MD Wyke Farms

• 3pm                             Best Blue cheese judging with Richard Newell & Simon Ferro, The Courtyard Dairy

• 3.45pm                        Best Artisan Hard cheese judging with Emma Young, The Cheese Explorer & James Grant, No2 Pound Street

 

Day two – 15th May 2024

• 12pm                           Welcome and meet the VCA team

• 12.10pm                      Interview: Hero Hirsh, Pick & Cheese

• 12.30pm                      Excellence Awards Winners Announced

• 12.45pm                      British Cheese and Peter’s Yard cracker pairing with Charlie Turnbull and Perry Wakeman

• 1.15pm                        Meet the VCA Founder and learn how to judge

• 1.30pm                        Final Supreme Judging

• 3pm                             Interview: Mark Lee Torpenhow Farmhouse Dairy

• 3.20pm                        Bronwen Percival Neals Yard Dairy announces Science of Artisan Cheese Bursary winners

• 3.40pm                        Interview: James Grant and Amy Brice talk about the Real Cheese Project

• 4pm                             VCA Winners announcement and Best of British Supreme Champion