{"id":1,"date":"2025-12-20T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:02:33","slug":"concursoqueijeiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/en\/concursoqueijeiro\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Best Cheese Maker in Brazil Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1\" class=\"elementor elementor-1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5adda913 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5adda913\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a893957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a893957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The competition was divided into three elimination phases. In the first phase, the candidates made a cheese from 50 liters of raw milk and submitted a documentary and sensory evaluation of their creation. The second phase involved the maturation of cheese from the same mold.<br \/>In the third stage, they produced a challenge cheese in their cheese factories, inspired by the Milky Way:<br \/>In the final stage, the finalists were subjected to a theoretical test.<\/p>\n<h3>International jury panel<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">One of the major distinguishing features of this edition was...\u00a0<strong>jury panel of eminently international character<\/strong>, comprised of experts from France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Brazil, guaranteeing a high level of technical expertise and global recognition for the final result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The competition was sponsored by the French magazine.\u00a0<em>Profession Fromager<\/em>. The presidency was shared by\u00a0<strong>Arnaud Sperat Czar<\/strong>, president of the Fondation pour la Biodiversit\u00e9 Fromag\u00e8re, Ma\u00eetre Honoris Caseus of the Guilde Internationale des Fromagers and author of several books on cheese; and <strong>Ant\u00f4nio Fernandes<\/strong>, professor and researcher at the Federal University of Vi\u00e7osa (UFV), specialist in cheeses and other dairy products, coordinator of the Inovaleite group and director of the technical-scientific body of SerT\u00e3oBras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">As General Commissioner of the competition: <strong>Jos\u00e9 Manoel Martins<\/strong>, professor and researcher at IF Sudeste MG - Campus Rio Pomba, former director-general of the institution and member of the technical-scientific body of SerT\u00e3oBras.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:group --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c08822c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c08822c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-footer=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42989861@N04\/albums\/72177720333337210\" title=\"Best cheese maker competition\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55234154782_dd5444ff1c_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Concurso de Melhor Queijeiro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7991c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7991c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winners of the 3rd Best Cheesemaker in Brazil Competition 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32aeb23 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32aeb23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ff8d7 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59ff8d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7ad00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b7ad00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-96042\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';\" src=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026.webp 1364w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026-287x300.webp 287w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026-979x1024.webp 979w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026-768x803.webp 768w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026-11x12.webp 11w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026-500x523.webp 500w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/melhoresqueijeiros2026-700x732.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd47\u00a0<strong>1st place:<\/strong>\u00a0Kennidy de Bortoli and her assistants Nayara Leontino Scherpinski and Isabelli Maria Dos Passos<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c034e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c034e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-96044\" src=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/julia2lugar.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/julia2lugar.webp 1364w, 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place:<\/strong>\u00a0J\u00falia Let\u00edcia Ribas and her assistant Caio Rodrigues Ramos<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddb9c7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddb9c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-96045\" src=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar.webp 800w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar-232x300.webp 232w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar-793x1024.webp 793w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar-768x992.webp 768w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar-9x12.webp 9w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar-500x646.webp 500w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marialva3lugar-700x904.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">\ud83e\udd49\u00a0<strong>3rd place:<\/strong> Mauro Ravache Marialva and his assistant Keriman Tain\u00e1 Rodrigues de Oliveira.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e18c4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e18c4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dcd01f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dcd01f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"2041\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-weight: 600\">Results from previous editions<span style=\"font-size: 2rem\"><\/span><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-627cde5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"627cde5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8387595 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8387595\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee23b1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee23b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>1st Best Cheesemaker Competition (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8320\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8320\" src=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/52405463379_3acc819270_c.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/52405463379_3acc819270_c.webp 533w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/52405463379_3acc819270_c-500x750.webp 500w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/52405463379_3acc819270_c-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitor Gomide and family Photo: Arnaud Sperat Czar\/SerT\u00e3oBras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f3c6.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc6\" \/> <strong data-start=\"2124\" data-end=\"2140\">Vitor Gomide<\/strong>, from Latic\u00ednios Gomide (Vi\u00e7osa-MG), was voted the Best Cheese Maker in Brazil in 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f948.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\" \/> <strong data-start=\"2263\" data-end=\"2281\">Martina Sgarbi<\/strong>, from Qjo da Martina (S\u00e3o Paulo-SP), came in 2nd place.<br data-start=\"2335\" data-end=\"2338\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f949.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\" \/> <strong data-start=\"2341\" data-end=\"2358\">Andr\u00e9 Modesto<\/strong>, from Queijaria Paiol Velho (Juiz de Fora-MG), came in 3rd place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05047dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"05047dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39f8a19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39f8a19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2nd Best Cheesemaker Competition (2024)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_93691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93691\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93691\" src=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hebert.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hebert.webp 547w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hebert-300x282.webp 300w, https:\/\/mundialdoqueijodobrasil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hebert-500x470.webp 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kennidy de Bortoli and Herbert Photo: Luiz Tadeu\/SerT\u00e3oBras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:group 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