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French cheesemonger named world's best

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French cheesemonger named world's best
Cheese. The French love it and they are knowledgeable about it too. Photo: AFP

French national pride was given a timely boost this weekend when the title for the World's Best Cheesemonger was won by a Frenchman on home soil.

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France don't come out on top in many global competitions these days, but if there's one area you would bet your money on them succeeding in, it's cheese.

And so it was on Sunday when a Frenchman was named the world's best cheesemonger at a competition in France, maintaining national pride in a country famed for its love of fromage.

Fabien Degoulet, the son of dairy merchants, triumphed over a dozen leading candidates from around the world to capture the title at the International Best Cheesemonger Competition, organisers said.

Degoulet, 31, lives in Japan and came to the northwestern  French city of Tours to battle it out against rivals hailing from the United States, Belgium, China and Israel.

An international jury of professionals picked the champion cheesemonger based on tests of theoretical knowledge, taste pairing, cutting and cheese presentation.

For their piece de resistance, the contestants created a one square metre (yard) cheese tray on the theme of the "Art of cheese".

Second place went to Guillaume Cardinet, a Frenchman, with Belgian Nathalie Vanhaver taking third place.

Last year a Briton named Matt Feroze made news across the world when he beat off his Gallic rivals to be crowned France's Best Cheesemonger.

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