The World Cheese Awards 2025 They were held in mid-November in Switzerland and leave us with an unprecedented scenario for the award-winning Canarian cheesesIf in 2024 the Canary Islands swept the board 49 medals (including two Super Golds), this 2025 harvest has been reduced to less than half, with 22 awardsBut the most surprising thing isn't the number of award-winning cheeses, but which island ended up without any medals. Keep reading to find out. Official list of award-winning Canarian cheeses and we will solve the mystery of the missing island.
Award-winning Canary Island cheeses at the World Cheese Awards 2025
This 2025, the The world's most important cheese competition has recognized the flavor of our islands with 21 awardsAlthough there are fewer medals than in the previous edition, the quality remains outstanding. The international judges particularly valued the artisanal textures and our famous goat cheeses. If you're looking for the Canary Island cheeses with World Cheese Awards 2025 prize For purchases and trials, here's the definitive list organized by island.
Gran Canaria cheeses awarded at the World Cheese Awards 2025 🧀
Gran Canaria has been the island with the most medals in total (9 awards)This year, the following have stood out a lot: cheeses from the north and the midlandsIf you want to get them, you have to look for these brands in the Gran Canaria markets, stores and possibly in the Cheese House:
- Era del Cardón Cheeses: Silver Medal for its Semi-cured goat.
- Cheese San Mateo: He takes home two medals. A silver one for his curing of mixture and a Bronze for "Volcania", a semi-cured wine goat with paprika coating.
- Los Altos de Moya Cheeses: Bronze medal in the category of Half Guide Flower (PDO), made with a mixture of milk and vegetable rennet.
- La Caldera Cheeses: Bronze medal for its matured sheep's cheese, also a benchmark in Half Guide Flower (PDO).
- Flor de Valsequillo Cheeses: Bronze Medal for its Semi-cured of goat coated with paprika.
- El Draguillo Cheeses (Acodeli Livestock Farm): Bronze Medal for its Semi-cured of goat.
- The El Montañón Farmhouse: Bronze Medal for its exclusive Curing of sheep.
- Fuente Morales Estate: Bronze Medal for his Curation of mixture (cow, goat and sheep).
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Award-winning cheeses Lanzarote 2025 🧀
Lanzarote has been the big winner in terms of the importance of the awards. With 8 medals, this volcanic island has shown that its cheeses have a unique character.
- Uga Farm: It was the star. Its cheese. "Little Bodeguita" (a mix of goat and sheep) has won the Gold and the award for Best Cheese in the Canary Islands. In addition, it won Silver with the "Rojillo" (goat's milk cheese coated in paprika) and Bronze with the "Bodega Oveja" (100% sheep's milk cheese, matured).
- Montaña Blanca Cheese Factory: An incredible result for their goat cheeses. They won two Gold medals with the "Guatisea Semicurado" and the "Guatisea Semicurado con Pimentón," and a Silver medal with their goat cheese with Provençal herbs.
- El Faro Cheese Shop: Bronze Medal for its cured goat cheese spread with paprika.
Cheeses from Tenerife with a 2025 medal 🧀
Tenerife remains on the list thanks to one of its most famous cheese dairieswhich never disappoints in these international competitions. If you're going to be in Tenerife, keep in mind that they also offer organized tours with tastings, and you can book on this page.
- Montesdeoca Cheese Factory: He won two bronze medals. One for his smoked semi-cured cheese from cow and goatand another for its original cured mixed cheese (cow and goat) with a coating of gofio.
Cheeses from La Palma with a World Cheese Award 2025 prize 🧀
La Isla Bonita also has its place on the podium thanks to the good work with the La Palma goat:
- Las Cuevas Farm: He won a Silver medal with his 8-month cured cheese and a Bronze medal with his paprika cheese, both made from Palmera goat's milk.
Cheeses from El Hierro win World Cheese Awards 2025 🧀
Meridian Island also joins the celebration in Switzerland with an award for its most emblematic cooperative:
- SCL Ganaderos de El Hierro (Quesos El Herreño): Bronze Medal for his Smoked Soft Herreño Cheese.
What happened with Fuerteventura at the World Cheese Awards 2025?
I'm sure that when you read the list of Canary Island cheeses win medals at the World Cheese Awards 2025 You've missed something. Where's the Majorero cheese? It's the big surprise of 2025. Fuerteventura, which is usually the island that wins the most medals (with famous brands like Maxorata or El Tofio), It does not appear in the official medal table of BernKeep in mind that they won 5 medals in 2024.
It's not that their cheeses have stopped being good (in fact, they won gold medals in other competitions just a month ago). Everything points to the Large cheese dairies in Fuerteventura decided not to participate to this competition in Switzerland. That's why this year the spotlight has shifted entirely to Gran Canaria and Lanzarote.
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