Awards and acknowledgements

The Gligora Dairy is the most awarded dairy in Croatia and one of the most awarded in the world.

Since 2002, when Pag cheese won the first prize at Italian fair Franciacorta in Bianco in the category of sheep cheese and when for the first time Croatian cheese was internationally recognized, almost every year we have been winning the most important awards at highly acclaimed world contests.

These are just some of the latest awards:

2022 World Cheese Awards, Wales, Žigljen aged in marasca cherry - SUPER GOLD
2022 World Cheese Awards, Wales, Paški sir (PDO) - GOLD
2022 Great Taste Awards, UK, Kozlar aged in olive skins - 3*
2022 Great Taste Awards, UK, Kozlar smoked - 3*
2022 International Cheese Awards, UK, Kolan smoked - GOLD
2022 International Cheese Awards, UK, Kozlar smoked - SILVER
2021 Global Cheese Awards, UK, Kozlar - Reserve Champion
2021 Global Cheese Awards, UK, Liburjan & Likotin - Gold Medals
2021 Great Taste Awards, Kozlar aged in pressed olive skin, 2*, Likotin aged in marasca cherry 2*, Paški sir extra old 2*
2020 Wisconsin, USA, World Championship Cheese Contest; Best in class - Dinarski iz vinskog dropa, Second award - Žigljen iz maslinove komine, Second award - Likotin, Third award - Kordunski sir, Third award - Kolan iz vinskog dropa
2019 Bergamo, Italy, World Cheese Awards; 4 golds (Paški sir, Likotin afiniran u maraski, Kolan afiniran u maslini, Kravlji sir iz luga), 2 silver (Likotin afiniran u maraski, sir sa senfom) and 2 bronze (Žigljen i Liburjan).
2019 Nantwich, UK, International Taste Awards; PAŠKI SIR - Silver
2019 London, UK, Great Taste Awards; PAŠKI SIR - 3*, LIKOTIN IZ MASLINOVE KOMINE - 3*, JADRANSKI SIR - 1*
2018 Bergen, Norway, World Cheese Awards; Paski sir affinated in Marasca cherry - Silver Medal, Paski sir - silver medal, Kozlar Extra Old - Silver Medal, Kupid - Bronze Medal
2018 London, UK, Great Taste Awards; PAŠKI SIR - 2*, KOZLAR IZ KOMINE MARASKE - 2*, KOLAN IZ KOMINE MASLINE - 1*
2018 Nantwich, UK, International Cheese Awards; PAŠKI SIR - Silver Medal, DINARSKI SIR - Silver Medal
2018 Madison, SAD, World Championship Cheese Contest; ŽIGLJEN U MOŠTU - Gold Medal, ŽIGLJEN U MASLINOVOJ KOMINI - Bronze Medal
2017 Nantwich, UK, International Cheese Awards, PAŠKI SIR EXTRA OLD - Gold Medal, KOZLAR ZRELI - Bronze medal
2017 London, UK, World Cheese Awards; PAŠKI SIR EXTRA OLD - Gold Medal, DINARSKI SIR - Gold medal, LIKOTIN IZ MOŠTA - Gold Medal, LIBURJAN - Gold Medal, PAŠKI SIR IZ MARASKE - Silver medal, PAŠKI SIR - silver medal, KOZLAR EXTRA STARI - silver medal, ŽIGLJEN - bronze medal, KUPID - bronze medal
2016 San Sebastian, Spain, 8 World Cheese Awards medals for Paski sir, Kozlar, Zigljen, Kordunski and Dinarski
2015 Birmingham UK, World Cheese Awards, the Pag maraska cherry cheese: winner of Super-Gold "Best Central and Eastern European Cheese" trophy
2015 Milan Italy, contest All'Ombra della Madonnina, 4 different goat cheese types win the best award "Targa di eccellenza"
2014 London UK, World Cheese Awards, the Dinara cheese: vice champion and winner of the trophy "Best Central and Eastern European Cheese"
2014 Wisconsin USA, World Championship Cheese Contest, the Pag olive residue cheese: "Best in Class" in the class of sheep cheese
2014 Nantwich UK, International Cheese Awards, the Pag must cheese: Gold & Best in Class
2014 Brussels Belgium, International Taste and Quality Institute (iTQi), the Pag cheese winner of "Crystal Award for outstanding consistent quality and taste" for 3 stars won 3 years in a row for Superior Taste Award
2013 Birmingham UK, World Cheese Awards, the Dinara cheese: winner of Super-Gold and trophy "Best Central and Eastern European Cheese"
2013 Frome UK, Global Cheese Awards, the Pag cheese winner of "Gold" award and "Best in class" for hard sheep cheese
2013 Birmingham UK, Great Taste Awards, Žigljen winner of "3-Star Gold Medal"
2013 Nantwich UK, International Cheese Awards, the Pag cheese winner of "Gold" and "Best in class" for hard sheep cheese
2012 Frome UK, Global Cheese Awards - the Pag cheese winner of "Gold and "Best in class for overseas cheese"
2012 Kasiade Austria, Pag cheese winner of the Golden medal and the first prize in the class of sheep cheese
2011 Birmingham UK, World Cheese Awards, Žigljen winner of "Super-gold" and best in the class of mixed cheese
2010 Birmingham UK, World Cheese Awards, Pag cheese, the first contest and triple champion and winner of "Super-gold", best in class for 3 different categories, winner of "Best New Cheese" trophy