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Taste the Award-Winning Wisconsin Cheeses as seen on Bravo's Top Chef

Bravo’s Top Chef served up new flavors this season when host Kristen Kish joined head judge Tom Colicchio and perennial judge Gail Simmons at the judges’ table as they called Wisconsin home. The Cheftestants brought their A-game and inspiration as they went head-to-head in a slew of challenges, including a cutthroat cheese festival featuring some of Wisconsin’s award-winning cheeses.
 

15-Year Cheddar

Hook's Cheese | Hook’s 15-year cheddar is proof that things get better with time. This mature member of the cheddar family is smooth, sweetly sophisticated, and crowned with just the right amount of crunchy crystals. It pairs equally well with a swoosh of apple butter, a big red wine, or peanuts in the shell.

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Brick Cheese

Widmer's Cheese | For a true taste of Wisconsin tradition, Widmer’s Brick is where it’s at. Subtly pungent, this surface-ripened cheese is made using the same recipe, techniques, and clay-fired bricks as when Widmer’s opened their doors in 1922. Whether paired with a Blenheim apricot, summer sausage or enjoyed on its own, it’s easy to fall for this classic.

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Canela

Roth Cheese | This Spanish Manchego-inspired dreamboat, with its stunning basket-weave rind rubbed with a blend of cinnamon and paprika, is one to love. With flavor notes of cinnamon toast and cultured butter, grate it into scrambled eggs with a steaming cup of hojicha tea alongside or set it on a cheese board with bites of Toblerone and Rosemary Popadelics.

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Cheddar Curds

Decatur Dairy | The youngest and freshest form of cheddar, cheddar curd is a mild, buttery, and salty Wisconsin Cheese delight that is squeaky, springy, and semi-firm. These nibbles can be plain, flavored, orange, or white. Pair them with fresh watermelon or fried plantains and see what all the delicious fuss is about.

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Dunbarton Blue

Roelli Cheese House | Blending the best of English cheddar and blue cheese, Dunbarton Blue fascinates with its decadent fudgy texture, striking blue streaks, and flavor notes of fresh corn tortilla and beef au jus. Pair this modern masterpiece with burgundy wine jelly, a roasted macadamia nut, or a smoked paprika chip for a flavor extravaganza.

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Glacier Gorgonzola

Carr Valley Cheese | This earthy blue from Sid Cook, the Willy Wonka of Cheese, with its aroma notes of ground pepper and flavors of sea salt vanilla ice cream and bacon ensconced in a fudgy texture is a dream. Delightful alone, sparks fly when Glacier Gorgonzola pairs with fresh berries, bacon jam, or salted almond chocolate.

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Gouda Reserve

Marieke Gouda | This supple and uniquely aged 1,000-day farmstead gouda offers up aroma notes of peach and sour cream that glide into flavor notes of sun-dried tomato and roasted chantarelles. Whether on its own, paired with a dried tangerine chip or tinned scallops in sauce, Marieke Reserve is a timeless pleasure.

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Limburger

Chalet Cheese Cooperative | One of America’s most historic cheeses, limburger is loved for its flavor, pungent aroma, and fudgy texture. This surface-ripened, washed-rind cheese is now only made in the U.S. by Wisconsin’s Chalet Cheese Cooperative. Pair it with raw red onions, escabeche mussels, a seeded onion cracker, Concord grape jelly, or walnut mustard and see what this Wisconsin classic can do.

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Merlot BellaVitano®

Sartori Cheese | Soaking BellaVitano Gold after nine months of aging in merlot lets it sing out flavor notes of mushrooms in wine sauce and herby duxelles ensconced in a crumbly yet magically smooth texture. Pair this gem with lemon curd or marinated artichoke, and immerse yourself in the full meaning of this cheese’s Italian name: the good life.

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Mount Raclette

Alpinage Cheese Company | Mount Raclette is an Alpine-style cheese that gives a nod to the Swiss and French raclettes that inspired it while paying full homage to Wisconsin terroir. With flavor tones reminiscent of white wine butter sauce and fresh mussels, it transcends time and space, whether melted over roast potatoes or enjoyed as a table cheese.

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Pleasant Ridge Reserve

Uplands Cheese | An icon since its debut in 2001, Pleasant Ridge Reserve is an Alpine-style charmer embodying Wisconsin terroir from the first whiff of brioche and wet pasture to its tumbledown flavor ride of savory broth, green peppercorn, and white daikon radish. America’s most awarded cheese happily flies solo but also loves pairing with dark milk chocolate and dried plum.

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Triple Cream Brie

Schroeder Kase | Triple Crème Brie​​ is craftsmanship, rich Wisconsin milk, and spunk made real. This bloomy rind cheese is a stunning take on a French classic from a third-generation cheesemaker. ​​One of the first to make this cheese in Wisconsin, Schroeder Käse’s Triple Crème Brie pairs beautifully with fresh raspberries or pickled asparagus.

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