The 2019 World Cheese Awards was held in Bergamo, Italy on October 18, 2019 as hundreds of international judges gathered together to pick out the best cheese. /VCG Photo

Rogue Creamery's Rogue River Blue cheese took home the title of the "World Champion Cheese." It is the first time that an American cheesemaker won the title. /VCG Photo

85 supergold cheeses were selected from the 3,804 cheese delivered by 42 countries by 265 judges during the competition. /VCG Photo

From that selection, 16 super judges chose the final 16 cheeses and picked out the best cheese in the world. /VCG Photo

For the first time ever, the World Cheese Awards visited Italy. Last year, a total of 3,472 cheeses from 41 different countries were judged during the competition held in Bergen, Norway. /VCG Photo