The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association has chosen the judging team who will evaluate dairy-product entries at this year’s World Championship Cheese Contest, held March 5-7 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, Wisconsin. Judges evaluated 2,978 entries in 2022.
The judges include 53 cheese graders, cheese buyers, dairy-science professors, and researchers from 19 countries and 11 states. Several judges are Wisconsin-based.
• Greg Anderson, The Kroger Company
• K.J. Burrington, American Dairy Products Institute
• Luis Jiménez-Maroto, UW-Center for Dairy Research
• Aileen Kacvinsky, Schuman Cheese
• Kyle Koll, Sargento Foods
• Drew Kordus, Great Lakes Cheese
• Laura Laehn, Masters Gallery Foods
• Susan Larson, UW-Center for Dairy Research
• Arnoldo Lopez-Hernandez, UW
• Kate Neumeier Clarke, Wisconsin Aging & Grading Cheese
• Mike Pederson, retired from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
• Eric Vorpahl, Masters Gallery Foods