Swiss Cheese Awards 2026

Swiss cheese is as much a part of Switzerland as watches, chocolate and tourism. The Swiss Cheese Awards bring together the best of the best to determine the Swiss champion.

At the Swiss Cheese Awards (SCA), over 1,000 different Swiss cheeses in around 30 categories are tasted and evaluated by 200 expert judges according to defined criteria. Finally, a super jury determines the Swiss champions in the three main categories. The SCA is THE event for the Swiss cheese industry and represents the core values of Swiss cheese, such as diversity, tradition, craftsmanship and passion. Similar to the Swiss Wrestling Festival, the SCA brings together city and country, young and old, modernity and tradition.

The Swiss Champions 2024

Swiss Champion extra hard & hard cheese

Le Gruyère AOP

Markus Sturny, Käserei Lanthen

Swiss Champion semi-hard cheese

Le Brigand du Jorat

Muhamet Lekiqi & Renaud Freymond, Fromagerie de Saint-Cierges SA

Swiss Champion soft & fresh cheese

Vacherin Mont d’Or AOP

Serge André, Fromagerie André SA, Romanel-sur-Morges

Winners of the cheese board competition

1st rank

Vauthey Manon, Cugy

2nd rank

Sercomanens Alicia, Vucherens

3rd rank

Wenger Franziska, Cortébert

The category winners

Emmentaler AOP

Albert & Silvio Schöpfer, Käse vom Schöpfer AG

Le Gruyère AOP

Markus Sturny, Käserei Lanthen

Le Gruyère d'Alpage AOP

Hans & Stefan König, Alpage La Vathia

Sbrinz AOP

Pirmin Dörig, Käserei Bürg GmbH

Appenzeller

Urs Buchegger, Emmi Schweiz AG

Raw milk Tilsiter

Joel Schirmer, Bio Käserei Maseltrangen AG

Bündner Bergkäse

Andreas Grob, Cascharia Breil/Brigels GmbH

Raclette du Valais AOP

Frédéric Stalder, La Ferme à Gaby

Raclette & Bratkäse (without flavouring additives)

Grégory Maisonneuve, Fromagerie Maisonneuve SA

Raclette cheese with flavouring additives

Dominik Schmidt, Milchmanufaktur Einsiedeln AG

Vacherin Fribourgeois AOP

Christophe Lauper, Fromagerie de Grangettes

Vacherin Mont d'Or AOP

Serge André, Fromagerie André SA

Tête de Moine AOP

Menno Amstutz, Fromagerie Amstutz SA

Bloderkäse and Sauerkäse AOP

Rolf Habegger, H. & R. Habegger AG

L'Etivaz AOP

Sébastien Nicolier, Alpage Cray-du-Milieu

Berner Alp- and Hobelkäse AOP

Werner Bühler-Blum, Oberstockenalp

Formaggio d'Alpe ticinese DOP

Danilo Peter, Alpe di Fortunei

Glarner Alpkäse AOP

Martin Heiz, Alp Deyen

Other semi-hard cheeses with a wheel size of at least 3 kg (without flavouring additives)

Renaud Freymond, Fromagerie de Saint-Cierges SA

Other semi-hard cheeses with a wheel size of less than 3 kg (without flavouring additives)

Christa Egli, Chäsi Girenbad

Semi-hard cheese with a wheel size of at least 3 kg with flavouring additives

Louis Bérard, Laiterie-Fromagerie Chavannes-les-Forts

Semi-hard cheese with a wheel size of less than 3 kg with flavouring additives

Reto Güntensperger, Güntensperger Käse AG

Other hard and extra hard cheeses

Marc-André Girardin, Fromagerie de la Suze SA

Soft cheese white mould

Fromages Spielhofer SA

Soft cheese lubricated

Nicolas Schmoutz, Fromagerie Régionale de Mézières

Cream cheese

Mathias Koch, Appenzeller Ziegenprodukte AG

Blue cheese

George Hofstetter, BIO Genuss Käserei Hofstetter GmbH

Extra hard, hard and semi-hard sheep's cheese

Beat Meier, Käserei Berglinde

Sheep's cheese Soft and fresh cheese

Daniela & Peter Schneider, Käserei Bettswil

Extra-hard, hard and semi-hard goat's cheese

Koni Schuppli, Schupplis Geisse Chäsi

Goat's cheese Soft and fresh cheese

Agnès Spielhofer Beroud, O'Lait Sàrl

Cheese innovations

Patrick Odermatt, Odermatt Käserei AG