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Mozzarella Company Wins 7 Ribbons in Cheese Competition

Posted on July 28th, 2008 5:15pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Local/Slow Food

Ms. Paula Lambert just dropped me a note to let us all know that her Mozzarella Company picked up 7 ribbons at the prestigious American Cheese Society Competition last weekend in Chicago. There were 1,149 cheese entered from 181 producers in 30 states plus 3 from Canada. Texas cheeses took home 18 ribbons. Another national winner in Big D. Jump for specifics.

UPDATE: Other local winners: Luckly Layla won five awards.Haute Goat won four awards. Latte Da won two awards. Pure Luck won one.

From Paula:

Singled our for their excellence were the following cheeses:

Goat Caciotta with Mexican Marigold Mint (blue ribbon — this is an aged goat cheese that I created for Stephan Pyles at Routh Street Cafe in the early ’80s) ,

Queso Blanco with Chiles and Epazote (red ribbon — this is a cheese I created for Rick Bayless at Frontera Grill many years ago),

Ricotta (third place — our fresh classic ricotta is smooth and creamy although it low in fats because it is made from the whey of our mozzarella curds. It’s a cheese we have been making in the traditional way for over 26 years),

Queso Oaxaca (third place — I learned to make this in Oaxaca when there with Patricia Quintana),

Cacicavallo (third place — an aged mozzzarella that is rubbed with olive oil as it hangs and dries to become a firm cheese)

Herbed Goat Cheese Log (third place — I created this for the Mansion on Turtle Creek–our longest continual customer — when I first began making goat cheese in 1984), and

Smoked Scamorza (third place — smoked over pecan shells, since the pecan is the State Tree of Texas!)

5 Comments to “Mozzarella Company Wins 7 Ribbons in Cheese Competition”

Cheesy @ July 28th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

Luckly Layla won five awards.

Haute Goat won four awards.

Latte Da won two awards.

Pure Luck won one.
Amy S @ July 28th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

Congratulations Paula, of course your quality shines through! We love you!
Margie @ July 28th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

I love that smoked scamorza!
Gastronome @ July 29th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

It’s always fun to see dedication and talent pay off. Congratulations to Paula, Lucky Layla, Haute Goat, Latte Da and Pure Luck (although I think luck had nothing to do with it). You’re all big cheeses to me.
Judy @ November 11th, 2008 at 11:29 am

I have been looking for a long time for the recipe for REAL oaxaca cheese. We have a dairy farm and I really want to try this homemade. We have tried several others homemade but can’t find the recipe for oaxaca.
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