Curd Nerd 🧀

It's a whey of life.

2017 – 315 entries 2018 – 311 entries 2019 – 280 entries 2020 – almost 300 entries 2021 – 310 entries 2022 – over 380 entries 2023 - ? 2024 – over 250 entries 2025 - 240 entries Some years total entries included cheese, butter and yoghurt.

And that's it.

Here we go again, New Zealand Cheese Awards 2025 is about to be announced. Or - the phenomenon of accepting and even glorifying average or below-average performance or quality, rather than striving for excellence? The world whey-ts...