{"id":7679,"date":"2021-12-14T21:45:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T01:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:11:19","slug":"punching-above-your-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/2021\/12\/14\/punching-above-your-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Punching above your weight at Royal cheese competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cheesemaker Jason Fuoco face-to-face with a water buffalo at Fromagerie Fuoco north of Montr\u00e9al.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You know there is hope for the future of artisan cheesemaking in Canada when smaller cheesemakers punch well above their weight in a major competition such as the 2021 Canadian Cheese & Butter Competition at The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.<\/h4>\n
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Cheeemaker Cindy Hope of Cross Wind Farm at Keene, Ontario.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That was the torch held high by Jason Fuoco and Cindy Hope in the oldest cheese competition in Canada that dates back 99 years to 1922 when the Fair was first held at Exhibition Place in Toronto.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Fuoco, the exquisite soft washed rind cheese that Jason Fuoco makes with the rich milk from his herd of 60 water buffalo in the Lanaudi\u00e8re region of Qu\u00e9bec, was crowned Grand Champion in Goat, Sheep, Water Buffalo and Mixed Milk Cheese.<\/h5>\n
Cindy Hope, who creates lovely goat\u2019s milk cheese on the farm she and her husband, Kevin, run near Peterborough, Ontario, won two first-place ribbons with her signature Artisan Ch\u00e8vres and another first with Maggie Smoked Gouda.<\/h5>\n
Jason started making cheese in 2012, Cindy a few years earlier.<\/h5>\n
Learn more here:<\/h5>\n