# The top 14 cheeses of the 2025 World Cheese Awards

The final ranking of the 2025 World Cheese Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food: 5,244 cheeses were judged by 265 judges to find 110 Super Golds and then the top 14. A Gruyère AOP aged over 18 months from Bergkäserei Vorderfultigen was named World Champion.

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- Feb 8, 2026 · David Henderson
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## Top 14

1. **Gruyère AOP Vorderfultigen Spezial (over 18 months)** (192 · ▲206 ▼14) — World Champion Cheese 2025, 85 points in the final. By Bergkäserei Vorderfultigen (Switzerland).
2. **Crémeux des Aldudes aux fleurs – Etxaldia** (187 · ▲194 ▼7) — 84 points in the final. By Etxaldia (France).
3. **Appenzeller Edel-Würzig (aged 9 months)** (140 · ▲154 ▼14) — 83 points in the final. By SO Appenzeller Käse (Switzerland).
4. **Gantrisch Bergkäse** (111 · ▲140 ▼29) — 81 points in the final. By Bergkäserei Vorderfultigen (Switzerland).
5. **Königs-Chäs Rezent** (109 · ▲133 ▼24) — 78 points in the final. By Rüttiberg Käse (Switzerland).
6. **Ossau-Iraty AOP** (99 · ▲115 ▼16) — 78 points in the final. By Agour (France).
7. **Aged Rutland Red** (82 · ▲97 ▼15) — 76 points in the final. By Long Clawson Dairy (United Kingdom).
8. **Sparkenhoe Red Leicester** (78 · ▲104 ▼26) — 75 points in the final. By Leicestershire Handmade Cheese Company (United Kingdom).
9. **Montana Intenso** (73 · ▲96 ▼23) — 76 points in the final. By Maaz Cheese (Netherlands).
10. **Stockinghall** (72 · ▲99 ▼27) — 78 points in the final. By Murray's Cheese (USA).
11. **Hechizo** (68 · ▲100 ▼32) — 76 points in the final. By Quesería La Zarcillera (Spain).
12. **Pave Cobble** (66 · ▲89 ▼23) — 74 points in the final. By White Lake Cheese (United Kingdom).
13. **Eniquem Malý princ (4 months)** (65 · ▲91 ▼26) — 69 points in the final. By Eniquem Cheese (Slovakia).
14. **Yozawa Yagi** (55 · ▲80 ▼25) — 73 points in the final. By Yozawa Goat Farm (Japan).

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