Three Big Wins for Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company at the 2024 Good Food Awards

The second blue cheese made by Point Reyes Farmstead, rustic-style Bay Blue, along with two of the company’s uniquely flavored versions of classic Toma, TomaRashi and TomaTruffle, each won prestigious Good Food Awards at this year’s gala event in Portland, Oregon. In fact, Point Reyes Farmstead, now in its 24th year, was the only recipient in the cheese category of the competition to garner three of the winning recognitions.    

Point Reyes Wins at World Champion Cheese Contest

The week brought back the biennial World Championship Cheese Contest (WCCC), held in Madison, Wisconsin. A total of 25 countries and 32 US states were represented in the 2024 contest.  With an impressive 84 Best of Class finishes, American cheesemakers earned the highest number of gold medals. This year 3,302 entries from around the world competed across 142 categories. From March 5-7th, a team of 53 internationally renowned dairy experts from 19 nations evaluated cheese, butter and yogurt through visual inspection and sensory evaluation.