The Guild of Fine Food is a UK-wide membership organisation established in 1995. It promotes the Great Taste Awards and also the World Cheese Awards which were initiated in 1988. From its base in Gillingham near Shaftesbury in Dorset, it supports producers and sellers of 'artisan food and drink' across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
World Cheese Award "World Champion" has been awarded to:
1988 Blue Cheshire by Hutchinson-Smith & Sons, England.
1989 Blue Stilton by Dairy Crest Foods, Hartington, England.
1990 Mature Traditional Cheddar by Dairy Crest, Sturminster Newton, England
1991 Fourme d'Ambert by Hennart Frères, France
1992 Le Gruyère Premier Cru by von Mühlenen of Switzerland.
1993 Double Gloucester by Dairy Crest, Longridge, England
1994 Brie de Meaux AOC by Hennart Frères, France
1995 Shropshire Blue by Cropwell Bishop Creamery, England
1996 Lord of the Hundreds by Traditional Cheese Dairy, England
1997 Parmigiano Reggiano by Caseficio Vittorio Quistello, Italy
1998 Mature Traditional Cheddar by Dairy Crest, Sturminster Newton, England
1999 Kollumer 18 months (Old Dutch master) by Frico Cheese, Holland
2000 Mature West Country Farmhouse Cheddar by Brue Valley Farms, England
2001 Camembert Super Medaillon by Isigny Sainte-Mère, France and Mature Cheddar by Carbery, Ireland (two winners)
2002 Le Gruyère AOC Reserve by von Mühlenen of Switzerland
2003 Chevre d'Or Camembert by Eurial-Poitouaine/Eurilai, France
2004 Camembert de Normandie by Isigny Sainte-Mère, France
2005 Le Gruyère Premier Cru by von Mühlenen of Switzerland.
2006 Ossau-Iraty by Fromagerie Agour of France
2007 Brie de Meaux, Rénard Gillard, France
2008 Queso Arico curado pimentón by Sociedad Canaria de Formento of Tenerife.
2009 Le Cendrillon by La Maison Alexis de Portneuf of Québec, Canada.
2010 Cornish Blue by Cornish Cheese Co. of England.
2011 Ossau-Iraty by Fromagerie Agour of France.
2012 Manchego DO Gran Reserva by Dehesa de Los Llanos of Spain.
2013 Montagnolo Affiné by Käserei Champignon of Germany (2,777 cheeses, 436 producers, 30 countries).
2014 Bath Blue by Bath Soft Cheese of England (2,600 cheeses, 33 countries).
2015 Le Gruyère AOP by von Mühlenen of Switzerland.
2016 Kraftkar by Tingvollost of Norway.
