Bath Blue named world's tastiest cheese New entrants for this year's competition included cheeses from Mexico, Brazil and New Zealand. The winner is described by maker the Bath Soft Cheese company as a "classic blue veined cheese" made from the milk of its own organic cows. It is ripened in a traditional stone-built room for eight to ten weeks to give it a creamy taste. Bath Soft Cheese celebrated its win by tweeting: "World Champion! Our Bath Blue cheese just won best cheese at the World Cheese Awards. Well done to our cheese makers. Thank you to all involved. The World Cheese Awards took place at the BBC Good Food Show at Olympia West (PA) The company is run by the Padfield family from Park Farm in Somerset, and is said to have "an enviable reputation as producers of the finest artisan soft cheeses in the West Country." Around 250 judges and experts worked in teams of four to find cheeses that made it on to the shortlist (PA) Its flagship Bath Soft cheese follows a recipe which goes back hundreds of years and is believed to have been a favourite of Admiral Horatio Nelson.