St Tola Cheese Awards
St. Tola is delighted to have been awarded with many accolades and awards over many years - in Ireland, Britain and Europe. Below is a selection of those awards.
Local Food Hero - Munster Winner
Restaurant Association of Ireland
Finalist in Blas na hEireann Awards 2022 Dunnes Divine
Great Taste Award 1 star Classic Log
This impressive log has an attractive and textured exterior. The interior is fresh and white and quite inviting. It has a delicate lactic aroma, soft crumbly texture and a light fruity acidity combined with subtle evidence of the goat milk.
An impressive big log of cheese, sparkling white. Extremely creamy yet fresh and lively, soft and crumbly, not chalky. A definite but unaggressive goat flavour. Citrussy finish.
Silver for St Tola Ash log
CAIS
Soft Cheese - all milk types
Gold for St Tola Divine
CAIS
St Tola Divine won Gold in the Fresh / Soft Cheese - Goat Cheese Category
3 Stars Great Taste Award
Great Taste Awards
"Fresh farmyard aromas with the mildest hint of goat...melts on the palate, leaving a fresh creamy dairyness..A triumph of a cheese.."
"Stunning artisan appearance....it's a fabulous cheese..."
"The ash rind is a thing of beauty...What a joy!"
Great Taste Award 1 star
The Great Taste Awards
This award is for our Dunnes Stores Diviine Cream Cheese
EURO-TOQUES PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 2015
EURO-TOQUES
In our business we come into contact with every sector but we’re especially proud to support these awards. Small business owners are the lifeblood of the local economy and small producers in particular are the lifeblood of the rural community. They truly are amazing people in what they contribute to food, the economy, the environment and life in Ireland and we’re delighted to be able to recognise their enormous achievements, as individuals and as a sector.”
Best Artisan Producer
Blas na hEireann
Gold for Goats Cheese
Blas na hEireann
World Cheese Awards Bronze Medal
The Guild of Fine Food, World Cheese Awards
" We are delighted to been awarded a medal at such a prestigious competition. A lovely end to 2011 and a great start to 2012!"
NEW! Supervalu Best Local Producer Award
Supervalu
On presenting the award, Supervalu complimented St. Tola on representing all that is good about a local producer, providing employment in a rural area, supporting other local industries, putting money back into the local economy, and providing a range of organic goat cheeses that are unique to the locality and environment. They also said that St. Tola had worked closely with Supervalu, listening to what they and their customer wanted and expanded the range of cheese to suit these requirements.
The Bridgestone Guides 2011
The Bridgestone Guides
"These cheeses have soul, but they have more than that: they have the passion and the dedication of the cheesemaker in every bite. In this sense, the St Tola cheeses are nothing less than a life force."
Great Taste Awards: 2 Star Gold Medal
The Guild of Fine Food
Lovely complexity, lots of depth and good finish to this hard goats cheese.
British Cheese Awards Gold Medal and Supreme Organic Cheese Champion
British Cheese Awards
Irish Farmhouse Cheese Awards: Supreme Champion
Sheila Broderick Memorial Trophy
Irish Farmhouse Cheese Awards: Bronze Medal
Sheila Broderick Memorial Trophy
Irish Farmhouse Cheese Awards: Gold Medal
Sheila Broderick Memorial Trophy
