My apologies for a delay in posting… to misquote John Lennon… while I was making plans for my website…life got in the way…
Following the recent ACS Cheese Competition in Providence, which I watched streaming on the internet… thanks to the ACS for making that happen… I realized that since 2013, I have interviewed many of the winning cheesemakers and their support staffs.
I thought you might enjoy reading a few of those interviews and checking out the stories behind the cheese:
Kurt Dammeier – Beecher’s Handmade Cheese: Winning Cheeses 2015: Flagship Curds (2nd Place in Category); Four Year Flagship (1st in Category); Extra Aged Flagship Reserve (3rd in Category); Smoked Flagship (1st in Category)
Mary Keehn – Cypress Grove Chevre: Winning Cheeses 2015: Fromage Blanc (2nd Place in Category); Humboldt Fog Mini (2nd in Category); Humboldt Fog Grande (1st in Category); Truffle Tremor Mini (2nd in Category); Truffle Tremor Original (3rd in Category); PsycheDillic (1st in Category)
Brad Sinko – Face Rock Creamery: Winning Cheeses 2015: Extra Aged Cheddar (1st in Category) and Garlic Olive Fromage Blanc (3rd in Category)
Allison Hooper – Vermont Creamery: Winning Cheeses 2015: Bonne Bouche (2nd in Category); Bijou (1st in Category); Feta (2nd in Category); Crottin (3rd in Category)
Jim Sartori – Sartori Company: Winning Cheeses 2015: Limited Pastorale Blend (2nd in Category); Reserve Dolcino Gorgonzola (2nd in Category); Reserve Espresso BellaVitano (3rd in Category); Reserve Kentucky Bourbon BellaVitano (1st in Category); Limited Edition Cognac BellaVitano (3rd in Category)
Craig Gile ACS CCP – Cabot Creamery: Winning Cheeses 2015: Cabot Clothbound Cheddar (1st in Category)
David Gremmels – Rogue Creamery: Winning Cheeses 2015: Rogue River Blue (2nd in Category); Smokey Blue (1st in Category)
Stephen Hueffed – Willapa Hills Cheese: Winning Cheeses 2015: Two-Faced Blue ;
Emmanuel Voissard – Emmi Roth, USA: Winning Cheeses 2015: GranQueso Reserve (1st in Category); GranQueso (2nd in Category)
Sarah Marcus – Briar Rose Creamery: Winning Cheeses 2015: Goat Milk Feta (1st in Category); Carena (2nd in Category)
Marieke Penterman – Holland’s Family Cheese: Winning Cheeses 2015: Marieke Gouda Foenegreek (1st in Category); Marieke Gouda Cumin (2nd in Category); Marieke Gouda Jalapeno (3rd in Category); Marieke Gouda Aged (2nd in Category)
Mathew Willey – Sweet Grass Dairy: Winning Cheeses 2015: Pimento Cheese Spread (1st in Category); Green Hill (2nd in Category)
Andy Hatch – Uplands Cheese: Winning Cheeses 2013: Extra-Aged Pleasant Ridge Reserve; Pleasant Ridge Reserve (2nd in Category)
Tim Gaddis – Many Fold Farm: Winning Cheeses 2013: Brebis (1st in Category); Garretts Ferry (1st in Category); Condor’s Ruin (2nd in Category); Peekville Tomme (1st in Category)
Reviews of some of the Winning Cheeses:
Harbison – Cellars at Jasper Hill: 3rd Place – Best of Show
Mt. Tam – Cowgirl Creamery: 2nd Place in Category. Visit to Cowgirl Creamery.
Petite Supreme – Marin French Cheese Company: 3rd Place in Category. My visit to Marin French.
Haystack Peak – Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy: 3rd Place in Category
Washed Rind Brick Cheese – Widmers Cheese Cellars: 3rd in Category
Pawlet – Consider Bardwell Farm: 3rd in Category
Rupert Reserve – Consider Bardwell Farm: 2nd in Category
Promontory – Beehive Cheese Company: (2nd in Category)
Cabot Clothbound Cheddar – Cellars at Jasper Hill: (1st in Category)
Vermont Clothbound Cheddar – Grafton Village Cheese: (2nd in Category)
Asiago Fresca – Saxon Cheese: (2nd in Category)
American Grana – BelGioioso Cheese: (3rd in Category). My visit to BelGioioso.
Lady Laurier d’Arthabaska – La Fromagerie 1860 DuVillage Inc. (3rd in Category)
Barely Buzzed – Beehive Cheese (1st in Category)
Tillamook Hot Habanero Jack – Tillamook County Creamery Association (2nd in Category). Visit to Tillamook Creamery.
Interviews with All Cheese Professionals: Cheesemakers andCheese Professionals
Interviews will continue throughout 2015… sometimes, they will be “stand-alone” and sometimes they will be presented as round-table discussions with several Cheese Professionals answering the same question. Those participating includeCheesemakers, ACS CCPs™,Cheesemongers and Cheese Professionals and Experts who contribute to this Wonderful World we call “Cheese”.
List of all Interviews from 2013: Cheesemakers, Cheesemongers.
List of 2015 Cheese Professionals.
List of all Cheese Professionals Bios.
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