Last evening, the Texas winners of the recent American Cheese Society Competition 2011 displayed their award-winning cheeses at Celebration Restaurant. What a great turnout! The room was SRO with cheese lovers. It was so crowded I could barely get around the space to sample all of the cheeses and during my attempt to do so, I dropped my camera and the last hundred I shot are out of focus. However, I was thrilled to taste Pure Luck Farm and Dairy’s Hopelessly Blue goat cheese, Mozzarella Company’s Hoja Santa goat cheese, and Brazos Valley’s creamy cheddar. All of the cheesemakers and cheeses in attendance are listed below, along with the photos I salvaged. These people work their butts off to produce some fine cheese. Buy it. In quantities. Go Texas cheese! (And Rangers!)
Jump for the glorious cheeses.
Mozzarella Company, Dallas, TX
Paula Lambert
Goat Ricotta 1st place
Hoja Santa (Herbal Goat) 1st place
Pecan Praline Mascarpone Torta 1st place
Queso Blanco with Chile and Epazote 3rd place
Brazos Valley, Waco, TX
Rebeccah Durkin
Eden (Brie) 1st place
Brie (Brie) 2nd place
Cheddar 3rd place
Pure Luck Farm and Dairy, Dripping Springs, TX
Amelia Sweethardt
Hopelessly Blue (Goat Blue) 2nd place
Basket Molded Chevre 2nd place
Three Happy Cows, Dallas, TX
Edgar Diaz
Blueberry Drinkable Yoghurt 2nd place
Plain Drinkable Yoghurt 3rd place
Eagle Mountain, Granbury, TX
Dave Eagle
Birdville Reserve (Am-made Intl style) 1st place
Latte Da Dairy, Flower Mound, TX
Dr. Anne C. Jones
Goat Cheese Truffles 2nd place
Empire Bakery
Meaders Ozarow
