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Culture’s 2025 Hot List: Sarah Simiele


This story is part of culture’s 2025 Hot List. Click here to learn more about the selection process and to see the entire list of recipients. Sarah Simiele, ACS CCP Co-Owner and Cheesemonger at the Curd Nerd and the WedgeSyracuse, New York Sarah Simiele fell for cheese in college at Binghamton University, where she studied cellular and […]

Who’s Going to the 2025 Cheese Olympics? Results from the Cheesemonger Invitational: Masters


Two cheesemongers will represent Team USA at Mondial du Fromage, also known as the Cheese Olympics. On Sunday, March 2, 2025, 15 cheese professionals competed in the Cheesemonger Invitational: Masters tournament. Cheesemongers Emilia D’Albero (2024 culture Hot Lister) of Philadelphia’s Formaticum, a cheese paper and knife company, and Courtney Johnson of Seattle’s mobile cheese shop […]

culture’s 2025 Annual List of the Best Award-winning Cheeses


At culture, we eat a lot of cheese—funky cheeses, flavored cheeses, ones with bloomy rinds and ones sans rinds, cheeses made of several animal milks, cheeses made from plants, so on. We also attend national and international competitions each year alongside makers and folks in the biz so that we can add award-winning cheeses to […]

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This Portuguese Cheese is 2024’s World Cheese Awards Champ


Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado from Portugal was named the best of the best, beating out Jasper Hill, Mifroma, and more. Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado from Quinto do Pomar has been voted World Champion Cheese, the best of the best, at the World Cheese Awards in Viseu, Portugal. Photo by Josie Krogh. The jury has spoken: […]

20 Cheese People to Know: Culture’s 2024 Hot List


When culture called upon readers to suggest rockstars for our second annual Hot List roundup, we were absolutely blown away by not only the sheer number of nominations, but the fervor with which each nomination was championed. Scrolling through the list of entries and reading comments about why each person should be selected was incredibly […]

The 2024 Hot List: Josh Windsor


This story is part of culture’s 2024 Hot List featuring Josh Windsor, the Senior Caves Manager and Affineur, Murray’s Cheese.

The 2024 Hot List: Pat Ford


This story is part of culture’s 2024 Hot List featuring Pat Ford, the co-owner of Beehive Cheese Company

The Hot List 2024: Inga Witscher-Orth


This story is part of culture’s 2024 Hot List featuring Inga Witscher-Orth, the owner of St. Isidore’s Dairy.