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As 2025 comes to a close, we thought it would be nice to look back on some of this year’s highlights at the Guild of Fine Food, including another successful Great Taste awards judging season, our Retail Ready cheese training courses, our Great Taste Markets, the Golden Fork awards, launching Wedge magazine and taking the #WorldCheeseAwards to Bern, Switzerland. A huge thanks to all of our sponsors, supporters, followers, judges and fellow lovers of fine food. Here’s to a great 2026! #GuildofFine

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We're gearing up for the start of Great Taste judging season which means this week we hosted coordinator workshops in Dorset and London; part of our yearly training to ensure judges are as confident and knowledgeable as possible when tasting and giving feedback on products. AJ Sharp discussed the evolution of food and perceptions, and the importance of remaining open-minded and objective when blind-judging. Anna May analysed the dos and don'ts of judging, building confidence and improving feedba

Book Retail Cheese 2026 courses now! Learn how to sell more cheese - the experts teach you how to find, taste, describe, cut, wrap, store, look after and pair cheese. Don't miss out on the chance to learn, meet other cheesemongers and refine the skills behind your counter. The first course of the year takes place on 10 February at our home in London, No.42, near Borough Market, but there are plenty more courses to book across the country throughout the year. Use the link in our bio to find out m

Great Taste 2026 entry has closed - here's what happens next... 🌟 Entrants receive delivery dates and instructions to send their product to our judging venues 🌟 Our team diligently check-in, sort and store the products so they are all tasted at their best by the judges 🌟 The judges taste, rate and write feedback for every product 🌟 When 3-star products are discovered, we ring a bell as it's a rarity 🌟 Results are released at the end of July for entrants and all awards will be on our directo