World Championship Cheese Winners 2024. Wisconsin cheesemakers have once again demonstrated their exceptional craftsmanship, earning 117 cheese awards at the 35th biennial world championship cheese. Congratulations to cheesemaker michael spycher at mountain dairy fritzenhaus for gourmino ag in bern, switzerland for their world champion win with their cheese, hornbacher.

Out of 3,302 entries in the 2024 world championship cheese contest, judges have narrowed the field to just 20 finalists in the search for the next world champion cheese. The cheese, called hornbacher, is made.