Cheese and Dairy Produce
The Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show has traditions dating back to the 1870’s and is considered one of the most prestigious in the industry, awarding coveted industry accolades.
With classes in milk, butter and cheeses, including cheddar, labneh and haloumi, gelato, yogurt, buttermilk, custard and other milk products ranging from cows, sheep, goats, buffalo and camels.
The 2025 Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show will be held from 10-13 February 2025, and promises to discover exceptional cheese and dairy products. As one of the most prestigious competitions in the industry, Tiffany Beer and her esteemed panel of judges are perfectly positioned to declare Australia’s top cheese and dairy producers.
Seize the opportunity to win a coveted Sydney Royal Medal and be eligible for the significant benefits and promotional opportunities that come with a Sydney Royal victory. Enter your cheese and dairy products today!
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RAS Congratulates the 2024 Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show Champions:
Champion Butter
CopperTree Farms Cultured Salted Butter
Champion White Milk
Pauls Farmhouse Gold, produced by Lactalis Australia
Champion Flavoured Milk
Sharma’s Kitchen Milk Badam
Champion Cheddar Cheese
Bega Cheese Rindless Vintage
Champion Specialty Cheese
Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese Oak Blue
Champion Cow Milk Cheese
Bega Cheese Rindless Vintage
Champion Cheese of Show
Bega Cheese Rindless Vintage
Australian Cheeseboard
- Bega Cheese Rindless Vintage
- Lactalis Jindi President’s Camembert
- Bruny Island Cheese Co. C2
- Pecora Dairy Bloomy
- Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese Riverine Blue
Champion Full Cream Ice Cream or Gelato
Gelateria Gondola Nocciola Piemonte
Champion Low/Reduced Fat Ice Cream or Gelato
Cow and the Moon Madagascan Vanilla Bean
Champion Novel Ice Cream or Gelato
Bulla Dairy Foods Creamy Classic Honeycomb Stick
Champion Yoghurt or Cultured Milk Product
Gippsland Dairy Lemon Curd Twist Yogurt, produced by Chobani Australia
Champion Cream
Mungalli Creek Dairy Biodynamic Pouring Cream Organic
Champion Sheep, Goat, Buffalo or Camel Milk Product
Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese Riverine Blue
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Sydney Royal stewarding and judging expressions of interest
Chair of Judges: Tiffany Beer, Consultant, Food Production
Tiffany Beer is a food technologist with a background in food quality and safety, as well as product development and labelling. Her food expertise includes working with dairy products, ready-to-eat meals, baked goods, confectionery, frozen products and honey. Tiffany works alongside small and medium sized food businesses, ensuring compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
The Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Show engages respected industry professionals and judges and firmly endorses the development of future judges with a strong succession plan through Associate Judges.
All Judges involved in the Show have completed an accredited sensory training course. Judging panels of three to five Judges are constituted from a combination of the following:
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Manufacturers and technologists from industry
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Product users
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Product retailers
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Other specialist and industry judges
Associate Judging
The Committee has embarked on a path of growing the pool of Judges available and have adopted a rotation policy to refresh the judging panels and give them a different dynamic and capture potential new judges coming through the industry and therefore endorses the development of future judges by offering Associate Judging positions.
Conducted by the Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show judging panel, medals are determined by Judges using the following point scale:
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Gold medal for outstanding Exhibits gaining 18pts and over;
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Silver medal for excellent Exhibits gaining 17pts but fewer than 18pts;
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Bronze medal for quality Exhibits gaining 16pts but fewer than 17pts.
Stewards play a valuable part in the judging of each competition and ensure the day runs smoothly through the coordination and preparation of exhibits for Judges. Stewarding is a fantastic way of leaning more about the industry, competitions and the judging process, with opportunities to develop into Associate Judge and Judge roles in the future.
Supporting the Australian dairy produce industry
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW is a not-for-profit organisation that has been an influential force in the direction and development of Australian agriculture through competitions, education and events since its foundation in 1822. Today, through the Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show, we are promoting and rewarding excellence in the Australian dairy produce industry.
The Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show is committed to attracting the very best professionals as Judges and Stewards, providing an excellent environment for networking and professional development to all participants, resulting in benefits for the industry at large.
Development of Judges
Our Chair of Judges, Tiffany Beer and the RAS of NSW Dairy Produce Committee select the judging panel for the Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show aiming to include a combination of cheese & dairy producers, industry educators, communicators and retailers.
Exhibitor Information Pack
Exhibitors will be sent an Exhibitor Information Pack via email in early-mid January, which contains all the information required to prepare and send in products for judging. Once you have received this pack, label your products and send them to the RAS within the delivery date period as outlined in the information provided.
Amongst a range of competition classes in the Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show is the Research and Development Class. In this non-medal category our esteemed industry judges provide confidential feedback to exhibitors on the quality of their product, serving as the first stage of development of a new product with a professional and cost-efficient approach.
Tiffany Beer, Chair of Judges - Cheese & Dairy Produce answers some questions about this class below.
This class is judged using the same criteria as other classes, however, where appropriate we do use a larger number of judges to examine the product and provide expert comments back to the exhibitor. Those criteria are Flavour, Body and Texture, and Appearance.
Should the manufacturer ask us to look at any additional aspects of the product we can do that, as we have a large pool of expert judges with varied backgrounds and products knowledge.
All exhibitors to the Sydney Royal Cheese and Dairy Produce Show receive feedback on their products and they may contact the Chair of Judges to discuss their exhibit.
The criteria covers all aspects of the product from the packaging and product presentation right through to its consumption. For products that require further preparation before consumption, eg. cooking, we do conduct that step so that the product is judged as it would be by the end consumer.
The product will be assessed in one sitting by a range of highly qualified and experienced people from across Australia.