BRITISH CHEESE AWARDS - SCHEDULE - ENTRIES CLOSE | 28 AUGUST 2020
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SCHEDULE
BRITISH
A CELEBRATION OF
GREAT BRITISH
CHEESE
AGRICULTURE
AWARDS
ENTERTAINMENT
FOOD & DRINK
ENTRIES CLOSE | 28 AUGUST 2020
JUDGING | 7 OCTOBER 2020
www.britishcheeseawards.com
Bath & West Shows Limited
(Registered in England & Wales with Number 8680261)
The Dairy Show
Shepton Mallet
Wednesday 7 October 2020
BRITISH CHEESE AWARDS SCHEDULE
ENTRY FEES
(BASED ON OVERALL AVERAGE ANNUAL VOLUME, NOT VOLUME PER CHEESE)
£15.00 / Entry: up to 25 tonnes
£22.50 / Entry: 25-60 tonnes
£32.50 / Entry: 60-120 tonnes
£45.00 / Entry: More than 120 tonnes
£30.00 / Entry: Retailer Classes
QUANTITY TO ENTER
Small cheeses – minimum 600g or 3 cheeses, enter cheeses weighing less than 1kg whole
Large cheeses – minimum 1.5kg or maximum 5kg block
KEY DATES
Judging & Awards Presentation: Wednesday 7 October
Deliveries to Peter Green Chilled: Wednesday 30 September – Friday 2 October
Due to COVID19, we are encouraging exhibitors to send their entries via Peter
Green Chilled. If you are unable to do this, deliveries by hand will be accepted on
Tuesday 6 October. A one-way system and social distancing will be in place.
ENTRIES CLOSE:
ONLINE – 28 August @ 12 noon
(www.britishcheeseawards.com)
NO ENTRIES, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE
ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE
Chief Executive: Rupert Cox
THE SHOWGROUND, SHEPTON MALLET, SOMERSET BA4 6QN
Telephone: 01749 822209FRESH Class 1 Fromage Frais Class 2 Feta Style Class 3 Stretched Curd Class 4 Other Cooking – with or without additive, mould ripened Class 5 Cottage & Ricotta Style Class 6 Lactic - Cow, Goat, Sheep or Buffalo Class 7 Aged Fresh Lactic - Those with Geotricum type moulds. SOFT WHITE Class 8 Cow [up to 500gm] Class 9 Cow [over 500gm] Class 10 Cow [with added cream] Class 11 Goat Class 12 Sheep or Buffalo RIND WASHED & SEMI-SOFT Class 13 Soft/Semi-Soft Class 14 Semi Hard/Hard Class 15 Cow (not rind washed) Class 16 Non-Cow (not rind washed) CHEDDAR Class 17 Cheddar - Mild (open to traditional, cylinder or block) - up to 6 months Class 18 Cheddar - Mature Traditional/Cylinder - 7-12 months Class 19 Cheddar - Mature Block (Classic Starter) - 7-12 months Class 20 Cheddar - Mature Block (Modern Helveticus) - 7-12 months Class 21 Cheddar - Extra Mature Traditional/Cylinder - 13-18 months Class 22 Cheddar - Extra Mature Block (Classic Starter) - 13-18 months Class 23 Cheddar - Extra Mature Block (Modern Helveticus) - 13-18 months Class 24 Cheddar - Vintage Traditional - 18+ months Class 25 Cheddar - Vintage Block - 18+ months Class 26 PDO/PGI Cheddar Class 27 Reformed & Mini Cheddars
TERRITORIALS Class 29 Cheshire - Coloured/White Traditional/Cylinder Class 30 Cheshire - Coloured/White Block Class 31 Lancashire - Tasty Traditional/Cylinder Class 32 Lancashire - Tasty Block Class 33 Lancashire - Creamy Traditional/Cylinder Class 34 Lancashire - Creamy Block Class 35 Lancashire - Crumbly [Acid] Traditional/Cylinder Class 36 Lancashire - Crumbly [Acid] Block Class 37 Red Leicester - Traditional/Cylinder/Wheel Class 38 Red Leicester - Block Class 39 Wensleydale - Traditional/Cylinder/Wheel Class 40 Wensleydale - Block Class 41 The Gloucesters - Double Gloucester Traditional/Cylinder Class 42 The Gloucesters - Double Gloucester Block Class 43 The Gloucesters - Single Gloucester PDO Class 44 Caerphilly - Traditional/Wheel Class 45 Caerphilly - Block Class 46 Other Territorials - White Stilton Class 47 Other Territorials - Derby & Sage Derby (not blended) MODERN BRITISH Class 48 Cow [up to 3 months] Class 49 Cow [3-6 months] Class 50 Cow [7-12 months] Class 51 Cow [over 12 months] Class 52 Goat [up to 3 months] Class 53 Goat [over 3 months] Class 54 Sheep [up to 3 months] Class 55 Sheep [over 3 months] Class 56 Buffalo [Hard] Class 57 Other - European Style
BEST DRESSED Class 58 Best Dressed Cylindrical Traditional Cheese BLUE Class 59 Stilton - whole Class 60 Stilton - cut in half Class 61 Shropshire Blue - whole Class 62 Shropshire Blue - cut in half Class 63 Blue Cow [up to 6 weeks] Class 64 Blue Cow [6-12 weeks] Class 65 Blue Cow [over 12 weeks] Class 66 Blue Goat / Sheep / Buffalo Class 67 Soft White Blue [Any milk] FLAVOUR ADDED (NON-BLENDED) Class 68 Dessert / Fruit / Sweet / Nuts / Seeds / Spices Class 69 Smoked - Cheddar Class 70 Smoked - Goat / Sheep / Buffalo Class 71 Smoked - Territorials/Other Class 72 Chives / Onions / Pepper / Chilli / Garlic Class 73 Herbs / Leaves / Foliage Class 74 Other FLAVOUR ADDED (BLENDED) Class 75 Blended - Sweet Class 76 Blended - Savoury Class 77 Blended - with Garlic / Pepper / Chilli Class 78 Blended – Smoked REDUCED FAT CHEESE Class 79 Hard [17-22%] Class 80 Hard Half Fat [less than 17%]
NEW - Open to any cheese created since January 2019 and not previously entered in the British Cheese Awards.
Class 81 Fresh - Plain
Class 82 Fresh - Flavoured
Class 83 Soft White
Class 84 Semi-soft
Class 85 Hard - Cow
Class 86 Hard - Goat / Sheep / Buffalo
Class 87 Blue
Class 88 Flavour Added - Sweet
Class 89 Flavour Added – Savoury
EXPORT - Open to British Cheese currently being sold outside Britain and Ireland. Irish Cheeses are not eligible.
Allowed to be shown in final brand packaging.
Class 90 Soft / Semi-soft
Class 91 Cheddar
Class 92 Other Territorial
Class 93 Modern British Cow
Class 94 Goat / Sheep / Buffalo
Class 95 Blue - Stilton
Class 96 Blue - Other
Class 97 Flavour Added/Blended
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Class 98 Butter - Unsalted
Class 99 Butter - Salted
Class 100 Butter - Flavoured
Class 101 Whey Butter
Class 102 Branded Butter (To be shown in final branded packaging)
Class 103 Clotted Cream
Class 104 Double Cream
Class 105 Yoghurt - Plain (set/stirred)
Class 106 Yoghurt - Greek style plain
Class 107 Yoghurt - Flavoured
Class 108 Yoghurt - Fruit (stirred)
Class 109 Branded Yoghurt (to be shown in final branded packaging)PACKAGING
Class 110 Any British made cheese in branded packaging (Judged on appearance).
RETAILER CLASSES – Cheese must be ENTERED, PURCHASED and TWO CHEESES SUBMITTED by the Retailer.
Class 113 Fresh / Soft White / Semi-soft
Class 114 Cheddar (up to 12 months)
Class 115 Cheddar (over 12 months)
Class 116 Red Leicester
Class 117 Other Territorials
Class 118 Modern British Hard
Class 119 Blues - Traditional
Class 120 Blues - Modern
Class 121 Flavour Added
Class 122 Reduced Fat
Class 123 Dairy Products (plain) - Butter
Class 124 Dairy Products (plain) - Cream
Class 125 Dairy Products (plain) - Yoghurt
Class 126 Packaging
BRITISH CHEESE AWARDS RECEPTION & PRESENTATIONS
The British Cheese Awards reception is an opportunity to celebrate the Cheese Industry and
present the awards from judging earlier in the day.
In this format, we are confident that we will be able to provide enough space to ensure social
distancing can be maintained.
For more information or to book please contact Charlotte O’Neill:
charlotte.o’neill@bathandwest.co.ukTROPHIES & AWARDS
SUPREME CHAMPION – Mathews & Skailes Cup
RESERVE CHAMPION – K D Maddever Challenge Cup
CHAMPION RETAILER
RESERVE CHAMPION RETAILER
COUNTRY AWARDS
BEST ENGLISH CHEESE – Patrick Rance Memorial Trophy
BEST SCOTTISH CHEESE – Jeff Reade Memorial Trophy
BEST WELSH CHEESE – Dougal Campbell Memorial Trophy
BEST IRISH CHEESE – Eugene Burns Memorial Trophy
MAIN CATEGORY AWARDS
(The winners of the following categories will go forward to the Supreme Championship)
BEST FRESH
BEST SOFT WHITE
BEST SEMI-SOFT
BEST CHEDDAR – WM Cary & Son Rose Bowl
BEST TERRITORIAL – Aplin & Barrett Trophy
BEST MODERN BRITISH
BEST BLUE
BEST FLAVOUR-ADDED
BEST NEW CHEESE
SPECIAL AWARDS
(Winners are chosen from Gold medal winners across multiple categories)
BEST TRADITIONAL CHEDDAR
BEST BLOCK CHEDDAR
BEST GOAT CHEESE
BEST SHEEP CHEESE – Ann-Marie Dyas Memorial Trophy
BEST ORGANIC CHEESE – Gordon Perry Salver
BEST PDO/PGI CHEESE – Farmhouse Cheesemakers Trophy
BEST CHEESE FROM A MEMBER OF THE SCA
STAND-ALONE AWARDS
BEST EXPORT – Dairy Crest Cup
BEST DAIRY PRODUCT – Dairy Produce Trophy
BEST PACKAGING AWARD
BEST PREPARED BLOCK CHEESE – Chris Braund Memorial Trophy
BEST DRESSED CYLINDRICAL TRADITIONAL CHEESE – R & B Longman TrophyHOW TO ENTER
Either enter on-line at www.britishcheeseawards.com or complete the enclosed entry form and send it,
together with your fee to Charlotte O’Neill, Entries Office, Bath & West Shows Limited, The Showground,
Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN to arrive no later than 12 noon on 28 August. Cheques should be made payable
to Bath & West Shows Ltd. No entries will be accepted after the entry close date.
Please note: As a condition of your entry limited exhibitor information will appear in the catalogue and on
the Society’s website. Please see the Society’s website for full details of our privacy policy.
Entries can ONLY be made by the Cheesemaker however wholesalers can deliver the cheeses on behalf of a
cheesemaker and retailers can request the cheesemaker to enter a cheese, with a unique recipe, on their
behalf.
What happens next
After the close of entries, you will be sent a pack containing the following:
➢ Exhibitor’s letter giving full details of when to deliver or stage your exhibit.
➢ Pre-Show vehicle pass valid for Tuesday 6 October only. This pass will not admit to the
showground at any other time.
➢ Your admission ticket to the show (1 entry – 1 ticket, 3 entries – 2 tickets, 6 entries and more – 3
tickets).
➢ Any additional tickets which you purchased when entering.
➢ The ‘A’ labels are to be stuck on the outside of your box(es) to identify your entries.
➢ The ‘B’ label identifies each individual cheese.
➢ Packs will not be sent out until after 18 September.
Then
Exhibits to be delivered to Peter Green Chilled, Leighton Lane, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4
6LQ and the show will stage the exhibits for you. Exhibitors to send entries to Peter Green Chilled between
Wednesday 30 September and Friday 2 October. The carriage of exhibits in all cases must be paid by the
exhibitor.
Due to COVID19, we are encouraging exhibitors to send their entries via Peter Green Chilled. If you are
unable to do this, deliveries by hand will be accepted to The Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4
6QN between 9.00am and 5.00pm on Tuesday 6 October. A one-way system and social distancing will be in
place.
Finally
Exhibitors must make their own arrangements for the return of their exhibits. All exhibits must be removed
between 5:00pm and 7:00pm using the one-way system and social distancing on Wednesday 7 October. At
the end of the Show, cheese deemed fit for consumption will be sold, with all proceeds going to charity.DISQUALIFICATION
1. If it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Stewards or Show that an exhibitor or competitor has knowingly
signed an incorrect certificate, or has attempted to obtain a prize by any other unfair means at this or any other
Agricultural Society’s Show, the Show shall have the power to decline his or her entries, to cancel all awards made
to him or her, to disqualify him or her from exhibiting or competing at futures Shows, and to give publicity to their
action in this respect.
INFRINGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
2. All exhibits, and all persons in charge of the same, will be subject to the orders, regulations and rules of the Show,
and the Stewards shall have the power to remove from the ground the property belonging to, and to cancel the
admission ticket of, any exhibitor who shall infringe any of the regulations or conditions of the Show, or who shall
refuse to comply with any instructions given by the Stewards, without any responsibility attaching to the Stewards
or the Shows Company in consequence of such removal.
3. Any infringement of any of these or any other prescribed regulations or conditions will subject the exhibitor or
competitor to the forfeiture, by order of the Shows Company, of any prize to which he or she may be entitled (in
addition to all other consequences attaching to such infringement).
AWARDS
4. Each exhibitor is restricted to three entries per class, excluding the Retailer section.
5. Cheese and dairy products must be made in the British Isles from milk produced in the UK or Northern Ireland.
6. Cheeses should not have been bored or ironed more than once.
7. The Show reserves to itself the right to withhold any prize, if, in the opinion of the Stewards, the conditions and
regulations have not been properly complied with. Only the signed awards of the judges are accepted as evidence
that a prize has been awarded, and the production of the prize card by an exhibitor will not entitle him to the prize.
8. In no case shall a prize be awarded unless the Judge deems the entry to have sufficient merit; and where there is
only a small entry in a class and the judge considers the exhibits unworthy of the highest prize offered, it shall be in
his/her power to award a lower prize.
9. Retailer classes are open to any British retailer with over 15 stores. Cheeses must be ENTERED, PURCHASED and
TWO CHEESES SUBMITTED per entry by the Retailer. There is no limit on the amount of entries per class in the
Retailer section.
10. Only a selection of prizes will be presented on Wednesday 7 October. Prize winners will be notified of the
arrangement for collection of their awards. Uncollected trophies will not be forwarded by the Show. The cost of
returning a trophy must be borne by the holder and not the Show.
OBJECTIONS
11. Any exhibitor wishing to lodge an objection against an exhibitor or competitor must make the same in writing on a
form to be obtained from the Show Office, and deposit with him the sum of £50. If on investigation the objection
is not sustained to the satisfaction of the Stewards, the sum thus deposited shall, at the discretion of the Company,
be forfeited to the funds of The Show. All objections must be delivered to the Show Office in the Showground on
the day on which the award is made, and no objections will be subsequently received, unless a satisfactory reason
be assigned for the delay. The Stewards will consider such objections at the Show Office, at which time and place
any person making the objection must attend or be represented by an authorised agent. The decision of the
Stewards shall be final.ADJUDICATION OF PRIZES
12. The Judges are instructed as follows, and entries are received subject to this:
(a) Not to award any prize or commendation unless the entry possesses sufficient merit, or sufficiently fulfils the
requirements.
(b) To draw the attention of the Stewards to any exhibit which has been improperly prepared for exhibition or is
wrongly entered.
(c) Immediately after the judging to deliver to the Stewards their signed awards, stating the numbers to which the prizes
are adjudged, and noting all disqualifications.
(d) Should any questions arise upon which the Judges may desire a further opinion, the Stewards will call upon the
referee. If a judge in the British Cheese Awards finds before him/her an exhibit which he/she has had an interest in
he/she shall place all the other exhibits in the class and call in the Shows referee to place the exhibit in question.
SHOWGROUND NOTICES
(e) No person shall be allowed to fix any placard or take down any official placard in the Showground without the
written permission of the Stewards.
(f) After judging is completed the Stewards will affix labels on the cheeses denoting variety of cheese. Exhibitors may
add promotional material to their entries after judging.
RESPONSIBILITY
(g) The Show will not be responsible in any way for any article, plant, machinery or object of any kind exhibited on the
Showground. The exhibitor shall assume full responsibility therefore, including liability for all claims arising out of
the exhibition, handling or housing of such exhibits and the conduct of the stand generally. The exhibitor shall
indemnify the Show against all claims, damages or expenses whatsoever in any way arising out of the presence of
the exhibitor or his exhibits on the Showground. Acceptance of the foregoing provisions shall be a condition of entry.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
(h) In this clause the term exhibitor shall include persons taking part in any competition or display arranged by the Show
and the owner of animal, plant, machinery or other thing involved in any such competition or display or otherwise
exhibited on the Showground. Save for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the Company, its
servants or agents, the Show will not be responsible for death, injury, disease, damage or loss caused to any
exhibitor or to his or her servant or agent or to any animal, article, plant, machinery or thing or whatever nature
brought onto the Showground by the said exhibitor from whatever cause, death, injury, disease, damage or loss
arises.
(i) The Show cannot guarantee cheeses will be held at an appropriate or consistent temperature during the complete
period of the Show.
HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS
(j) Exhibitors are reminded that they must conform to the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
(as amended), the Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations 1972 (as amended).
Exhibitors must also comply with The Disability and Discrimination Act. The Regulatory Reform Act 2005, Health Act
2006 incorporating the Smokefree Legislation, Environmental Health Officers and Fire Officers will be in attendance
at the Show and have their appropriate authority.
(k) Smoking is prohibited in all buildings.
(l) The Society is closely following Government advice on COVID19 related guidelines and will act accordingly.
INTERPRETATION OF CONDITIONS
(m) The Company reserves to itself the sole and absolute right to interpret these or any other prescribed conditions and
regulations, or prize sheets, and to arbitrarily settle and determine all matters, questions or differences in regard
thereto, or otherwise arising out of, or connected with, or incidental to the Show. Also, to refuse and cancel any
entries, disqualify exhibitors, prohibit exhibition of entries, vary or cancel awards or prizes and relax conditions, as
the Company may deem expedient. No refunds will be given due to misinterpretation of regulations.
By Order of the Show Telephone: (01749) 822200
Chief Executive www.bathandwest.com
Bath & West Shows Limited
The Showground,
Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN Registered in England & Wales No. 8680261You can also read
