We caught up with the New Mexico-based monger following her wins on the international stage and in New York as the latest winner of the Cheesemonger Invitational. Hanna Lee has had an enviable career in cheese, as well as a geographically…
Jasper Hill earns a top spot again. It’s official: Jasper Hill makes the best cheese in America. The Vermont farmstead creamery won First Place Best of Show at the American Cheese Society Judging & Competition with Winnimere, a cheese that also…
This interview is part of culture’s 2026 Hot List. Click here to learn more about our selection process and to see the latest Hot List class. Jacqueline Mau Mullican Co-Founder & Head of Operations, GREYS Fine Cheeses Tennessee Jacqueline Mau Mullican is…
The 2025 Young Cheesemonger of the Year also took First at the national competition in New York. After numerous challenges spanning blind taste tests, oral presentations, and timed cheese cuttings, cheesemonger Hanna Lee won this year’s Cheesemonger Invitational at New York’s…
This interview is part of culture’s 2026 Hot List. Click here to learn more about our selection process and to see the latest Hot List class. Rachel Fritz Schaal & Peter Dixon Parish Hill Creamery Vermont At Parish Hill Creamery in Vermont,…
This interview is part of culture’s 2026 Hot List. Click here to learn more about our selection process and to see the latest Hot List class. Morgan McGlynn Carr Cheese Expert, Author, TV presenter, Founder of Cheeses of Muswell Hill London Morgan…
This interview is part of culture’s 2026 Hot List. Click here to learn more about our selection process and to see the latest Hot List class. Izzie Ocampo, ACS CCP Cheese Bruja & Cheesemonger, BKLYN Larder New York Isabel “Izzie†Ocampo didn’t…
This interview is part of culture’s 2026 Hot List. Click here to learn more about our selection process and to see the latest Hot List class. Courtney Johnson, ACS CCP Co-Founder, Street Cheese Washington Courtney Johnson has built a career that bridges…
Each year, culture solicits nominations from across the cheese community for our annual Hot List—a celebration of the cheesemakers, mongers, educators, retailers, importers, scientists, and innovators setting the industry ablaze with passion and commitment to their craft. This year, we received…
Switzerland takes cheese seriously in a way that is charming and deeply enviable My judging team holding our Super Gold cheese Corra Linn from Errington Cheese. Pictured left to right: Fabricio Scalco, Josie Krogh, Rachel Juhl. The first thing I noticed…