Cheese Competition

Leo · Aug 4, 2008

Hi Everyone,
Just got this email and want to give everyone a head's up;

*American Dairy Goat Association *

*2008 Goat Milk Cheese Competition*

The American Dairy Goat Association welcomes your participation in the
2008 Goat Cheese Competition to be held at its Annual Convention at
Rohnert Park, California, on Tuesday, October 14 and Wednesday, October
15, 2008. This competition will be open to all cheese makers, commercial
and amateur. Awards will be given for the Best in Show in both the
Commercial and Amateur Divisions. Ribbons will be awarded to 1^st – 3^rd
place winners in each division. Cheeses will be judged by Moshe
Rosenberg, Davis, CA and Gordon Edgar, San Francisco, CA.

Commercial cheeses will be showcased at the Goat Products Reception to
be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, October 16, 2008. Both Convention attendees
and the Rohnert Park public will attend this event.

Since this event is intended as a promotion for goat’s milk and
specialty cheeses, we encourage commercial producers to include
promotional materials and distributor information along with entries.
These promotional materials will be withheld during judging and placed
with cheeses at the Reception.

Best in Show and Reserved Best in Show cheeses/products will be
auctioned during the reception.

*Rules for Entry:*

*

*Only 100% Goat’s milk cheese/product is eligible to compete in
this competition. Goat’s milk and curd used in the cheese/product
must be of USA origins only.*

*

For entries received by September 17, 2008, the entry fee will be
$15.00 per entry.

*

Entries received between September 18 and September 24, 2008 will
be accepted at $30.00 per entry.

*

A cheese or product may be entered in only one class. If in doubt
about a class, enter in the class your cheese or product most
closely resembles.

*

Please fill out one entry form for each cheese or product entered.

*

Amateur products will not be served at the Goat Products Reception.

*

A cheese maker will be considered commercial if they have been
legally selling their product for at least six months at the time
of entry.

*

Please send promotional material or placards with commercial
entries only.

*

*Send Entry Forms to Terri Coleman, 4376 Italy Hill Road,
Branchport, N.Y. 14418.* For more information on the Cheese
Competition, contact Terri at [email protected] rr.com
<mailto:[email protected] rr.com>_ or 315-595-2589.

*

*Please send commercial entries without its packaging or any other
identifying material. When entry forms are received, printed
labels with unique identifying number and category will be sent to
you. Place these labels on each of the products that you are
entering in the contest before shipping them.*

*

*Please send whole cheeses without pieces missing or plugs removed
and replaced. Any cheese appearing to have been tampered will be
disqualified from judging.*

*

*Any commercial product or cheese weighing less than one pound
will need six packages for an entry. For example, six logs, six
pyramids, or six jars. Any amateur product or cheese weighing less
than one pound will need two packages for an entry. For example,
two logs, two pyramids, or two jars.*

*

*Cheese for the Cheese Competition must be onsite by 3 p.m.,
Monday, October 13, 2008*. *Prior arrangements must be made with
the committee for hand delivery.* Those shipping cheese to the
hotel must prominently mark packages *“ADGA Cheese* *Competition” *
and send packages to the Doubletree Inn Hotel, One Doubletree
Drive, Rohnert Park, California 94928. * **Entries’ shipments
should be timed to arrive on **Friday, October 10, 2008 **so that
it will not sit in a warehouse over the weekend.*

*

*Packages must contain a packing slip stating the number of boxes
shipped and number of items in each box.*

*

*Please include your company or brand name of the product on the
entry form, especially when you have more than one entry in a
category.*

*Cheese Competition Classes (Commercial and Amateur):*

*1. Unflavored Soft Cheese- *Natural, unflavored cheeses made from
goat's milk. Includes all rindless, unripened goat's milk cheeses with
no added flavors

* *

*2. Flavored Soft Cheese- *Natural cheeses made from goat's milk and
flavored with added condiments, smoke or marinade. Includes all
rindless, unripened goat's milk cheeses with added flavors.

*3. Unflavored Surface Mold Ripened Cheese - *Natural surface mold
ripened cheeses, unflavored, made from goat's milk, excluding cheeses
with blue mold.

* *

*4. Flavored Surface Mold Ripened Cheese - *Natural surface mold ripened
cheeses, flavored, made from goat's milk, excluding cheeses with blue mold.

*5. Blue Veined Cheese exterior molding - *Natural, unflavored goat’s
milk cheeses veined with blue molds and

ripened to develop surface mold.

*6. Flavored Blue Veined Cheese exterior molding - *Natural, flavored
goat’s milk cheeses veined with blue molds and ripened to

develop surface mold flavored with added condiments, smoke or marinade

* *

*7. Unflavored Blue Veined Cheese (rindless) -* Natural, unflavored
goat’s milk cheeses veined with blue molds and no surface

* * mold development

*8. Flavored Blue Veined Cheese (rindless) - *Natural, flavored cow's
milk cheeses veined with blue molds and no surface mold

development flavored with added condiments, smoke or marinade

* *

* 9. Unflavored Fresh Mozzarella Cheese*

* 10. Flavored Fresh Mozzarella Cheese*

*11. Unflavored Feta Cheese*

*12. Flavored Feta Cheese*

*13. *Unflavored Pasta Filata type - Other than fresh unflavored Mozzarella

14. Flavored Pasta Filata type - Other than flavored fresh Mozzarella* *

15. Unflavored Washed Rind Cheese

16. Flavored Washed Rind Cheese

17. Unflavored Semi-Soft Cheese - Natural, unflavored cheeses made from
goat's milk containing 40% or higher moisture, other than cheeses
included in categories 1,3,5,7,9,11, 13.15

18. Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese - Natural cheeses made from goat's milk
containing 40% or higher moisture flavored with added condiments, smoke
or marinade and. Other than cheeses included in categories 2,4,6,10,12, 14,16

19. Unflavored Hard Cheese - Natural, unflavored cheeses cheese
containing less than 39% moisture made from goat's milk.

20. Flavored Hard Cheese - Natural, unflavored cheeses cheese containing
less than 39% moisture made from goat's milk flavored with added
condiments, smoke or marinade

21. Sweet Butter

22. Salted Butter

23. Cultured Butter

24. Unflavored Yogurt

25. Flavored Yogurt

26. Unflavored fermented milk – Other than yogurt

27. Flavored fermented milk – Other than yogurt

28. Confections

*Entry Form – 2008 ADGA Cheese Competition *

*(One entry form per cheese/product entry**;** please copy this form for
more than one entry. Keep a copy of this entry form for your records.)*

*Send entry form(s) to Terri Coleman, 4376 Italy Hill *Road, Branchport,
NY 14418.

Cheese/product must be shipped at entrant’s expense to the Doubletree
Inn Hotel, One Doubletree Drive, Rohnert Park, CA, 94928.* **Packages
must include a packing slip stating total number of packages shipped and
number of items in each box. Packages must be clearly marked “ADGA
Cheese Competition” and *must be onsite not later than 3 p.m., Monday,
October 13 or earlier than Friday, October 10, 2008. All entries must
have appropriate contest labeling. No amateur cheeses/product will be
served at Reception.

Name: ____________ _________ ____ Farm/Business Name: ____________ _________ __

Address: ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _

Phone Number: ____________ ______ E-mail: ____________ _________ _________ _____

Division (circle one): Commercial Amateur

Class (Class Name and Subcategory if one)
____________ _________ _________ _________

Your Company or Brand Name of
Cheese/Product_ _________ _________ _________ _________ _____

Entry Fee ($15.00)____ _________ _________ __(received by September 17, 2008)

Late Fee ($30.00)____ _________ _______(received between September
18-September 24, 2008)

I hereby certify that the products entered comply with the rules of this
competition.

Signature___ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___

*
*

*American Dairy Goat Association *

*2008 Fresh Goat Milk Bath and Body*/* */*Care Products Competition*

The American Dairy Goat Association welcomes your participation in the
2008 Fresh Goat Milk Bath and Body Care Products Competition to be held
at its Annual Convention at Rohnert Park, California, on Tuesday,
October 14 and Wednesday, October 15, 2008. This competition will be
open to all soap makers, Commercially Manufactured and Handmade. Awards
will be given for the Best in Show in both the Commercially Manufactured
and Handmade Divisions. Ribbons will be awarded to 1^st – 3^rd place
winners in each division. Entries will be judged by Anne-Marie Faiola,
Bellingham, Washington and Marie Gale, Broadbend, Oregon.

Entries will be showcased at the Goat Products Reception to be held at 7
p.m., Thursday, October 16, 2008. Both Convention attendees and the
Rohnert Park public will attend this event.

Since this event is intended as a promotion for Goat Products, we
encourage producers to include promotional materials and distributor
information along with their/ /entries. These promotional materials will
be withheld during judging and placed with products at the Reception.
First and second place winners in the gift package division will be
auctioned during the reception.

*Rules for Entry:*

*

Only products that include fresh goat’s milk are eligible to
compete in this competition.

*

For entries received by September 17, 2008, the entry fee will be
$15.00 per entry.

*

Entries received between September 18 and September 24, 2008 will
be accepted at $30.00 per entry.

*

Handmade products *MAY NOT* include pre-made bases; bar/ /soaps
*MAY NOT* be made from melt and pour bases.

*

Bar soaps may include any combination of tallow, lard and/or
vegetable oils.

*

Products may be entered in all classes that they qualify for. If
in doubt about a class, contact Karyl Dronen.

*

Please fill out one entry form for each product entered.

*

All entries/ /will be displayed at the Goat Products Reception.

*

Please send promotional material or placards with all entries.

*

*Send Entry Forms to Karyl Dronen, 9721 Mound Prairie Drive,
Houston, MN 55943.* For more information on the Bath Care Products
Competition, contact Karyl at [email protected] cc or 507-894-4274.

*

*Please send entries without packaging or any other identifying
material. When entry forms are received, printed labels with
unique identifying number and category will be sent to you. Place
these labels on each of the products that you are entering in the
contest before shipping them.*

*

*Send one bar of soap or one small individual container of other
products, for judging and one normally packaged soap bar or
product for display at the reception. Gift packages may contain a
combination of*/* */*any products produced by the entrant plus non
product items.*

*

*Entries for the Bath Care Products Competition must be onsite by
3 p.m., Monday, October 13, 2008*. *Hand delivery may be made*/*
*/*by prior arrangement with the committee.*

*

Those shipping bath care products to the hotel must prominently
mark packages *“ADGA Bath Care Products* *Competition” * and send
packages to the Doubletree Inn Hotel, One Doubletree Drive,
Rohnert Park, California 94928

*

*Packages must include a packing slip containing number of
packages shipped and number of items in each box.*

*

*Please include your company or brand name for the items you have
entered.*

*Body Care Products Competition Classes (Handmade and Commercially
Manufactured) :*

*A. Handmade – *Soap Bar Fresh Goat’s Milk

*A1. Handmade Essentials or Herbal *

*A2. Handmade Fragrance *

*A3. Handmade Unscented*

*B. Handmade – Liquid *Soap Fresh Goat’s Milk

*B1. Handmade Essentials or Herbal *

*B2. Handmade Fragrance *

*B3. Handmade Unscented*

*C. Handmade – Lotion Fresh Goat’s Milk*

* C1. Handmade - Essentials or Herbal*

*C2. Handmade Fragrance*

*C3. Handmade Unscented*

* D. Handmade – Body Wash Fresh Goat’s Milk *

*D1. Handmade Essentials or Herbal*

*D2. Handmade Fragrance *

*D3. Handmade Unscented*

* E. Commercially Manufactured – Soap Bar Fresh Goat’s Milk *

*E1. Commercially Manufactured Essentials or Herbal *

*E2. Commercially Manufactured Fragrance*

*E3. Commercially Manufactured Unscented *

*F. Commercially Manufactured – Liquid Soap Fresh Goat’s Milk*

*F1. Commercially Manufactured Essentials or Herbal *

*F2. Commercially Manufactured Fragrance*

*F3. Commercially Manufactured Unscented*

*G. Commercially Manufactured – Lotion Fresh Goat’s Milk*

*G1. Commercially Manufactured Essentials or Herbal *

*G2. Commercially Manufactured Fragrance*

*G3. Commercially Manufactured Unscented*

* H. Commercially Manufactured – Body Wash Fresh Goat’s Milk *

*H1. Commercially Manufactured Essentials or Herbal *

*H2. Commercially Manufactured Fragrance *

*H3. Commercially Manufactured Unscented*

* *

* *I. Gift Packages

*IA1. Handmade arrangement*

*IB1. Commercially Manufactured arrangement*

* *

* *

*Entry Form – 2008 ADGA Body Care Products Competition *

*(One entry form per soap/product entry**;** please copy this form for
more than one entry. Keep a copy of this entry form for your records.)*

*Send entry form(s) to Karyl Dronen, 9721 Mound Prairie Drive, Houston,
MN 55943*.

Bath Care/products must be shipped at entrant’s expense to the
Doubletree Inn Hotel, One Doubletree Drive, Rohnert Park, California
94928.* Packages must include a packing slip stating total number of
packages shipped and number of items in each box. Packages must be
clearly marked “ADGA Body Care Products Competition” and *must be onsite
not later than 3 p.m., Monday, October 13 or earlier than Friday,
October 10, 2008. All entries must have appropriate contest labeling.

Name: ____________ _________ ____ Farm/Business Name: ____________ _________ __

Address: ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _

Phone Number: ____________ ______ E-mail: ____________ _________ _________ _____

Division (circle one): Handmade Commercially Manufactured

Class (Class Name and Subcategory if one)
____________ _________ _________ _________

*Your Company or Brand Name for Bath Care Product*
____________ _________ _________ _______

Entry Fee ($15.00)____ _________ _________ __(received by September 17, 2008)

Late Fee ($30.00)____ _________ _______(received between September
18-September 24, 2008)

I hereby certify that the products entered comply with the rules of this
competition.

Signature___ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___
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