The National Dairy Awards is South Africa’s most important competition for dairy products. At the recent awards ceremony, Woolworths took the honours in a number of classes.

The awards ceremony took place in Stellenbosch on April  22, 2010.  Woolworths is proud to announce that 19 of their products won SA Dairy Champion Awards while 2 received Qualité Awards. Qualité, the most prestigious dairy award, is given to products in recognition of their outstanding characteristics / excellence. Here are Woolworths' results:

The following 2 Woolworths products received the prestigious QUALITE award:

Mature cheddar [6 months] 
Traditional Boerenkaas  (pictured above)

The following 19 products received FIRST prize:

Mild Cheddar 
Mature cheddar [6 months] 
Vintage Cheddar
Ayrshire Ricotta  (exclusive) 
Ayrshire Duetto with Date & Honey   (exclusive)
Angelot 
Danish Feta
Gruyere
Traditional Boerenkaas 
Blue Rock 
Chevin
Royden Goats milk camembert 
Ayshire Fat Free Pomegranate yoghurt (exclusive)
Ayrshire Low Fat Plain Prebiotic Yoghurt - (exclusive) 
Full Cream Strawberry Milkshake  (exclusive)
Real Mint Ice Cream   (exclusive) 
Marcel’s Frozen Yoghurt
Vanilla Custard 
Chocolate Mousse (exclusive)

A further 14 products took second prize, and 7 others came in under third prize. Well done Woolworths!

Here are some delicious recipes using Woolworths cheese:

Baked vegetable and cheese tortilla wraps

Cheese and swiss chard vegetable bake

Middle Eastern herb and feta eggah

Savoury goats milk cheese truffles