‘World’s Best Cheese’ Costs $45 A Pound And Is Available — Finally — In Utah

It may seem cruel to announce the winner of the World’s Best Cheese contest and then make aficionados wait more than a year to taste it.

But Cornish Kern, a buttery British cheese that won the global title in November 2017, is worth the 16 months of anticipation, says Mariah Christensen, the specialty cheese buyer for Harmons Grocery — the only place in Utah to get this rare cheese.

Made in southwest England’s county of Cornwall — Cornish Kern topped 3,000 other cheeses for the global honor. Judges select the winner based on taste, color, texture, consistency, rind and body of the cheese.

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