The Facebook Cheese Study Group is pleased to announce our All-Star Line-up of ACS CCPs™ who have volunteered to give their time and share their knowledge with thirty-six Cheese Professionals who will be sitting for the CCP Exam™ this July in Pittsburgh. Our sincere thanks to each of them and want to introduce you to each of them:
Tyler Frankenberg – ACS CCP™ Class of 2017 and 2017 CCP Exam™ Scholarship Winner. Tyler is currently is Customer Experience Lead at Murray’s Cheese in New York City.
Marge Porter – ACS CCP Class of 2016. Manager Great Ciao, Inc.
Miranda McQuillan – ACS CCP™ Class of 2015 and Co-Owner of Miranda’s Cheese Club in Omaha, Nebraska and Deli Manager at the Council Bluffs’ Hy-Vee off Broadway.
Rory Stamp – ACS CCP™ Class of 2016; Reigning San Francisco 2018 Cheesemonger Invitational Champion; Artisan Food Manager at Dedalus Wine Shop, Market and Wine Bar in Burlington, Vermont.
Larry Rosenberg – ACS CCP™ Class of 2016; Alouette Cheese.
Tamara Bacon – ACS CCP™ Class of 2015; Trained Chef; Morimoto Asia.
Meredith Fitzgerald – ACS CCP™ Class of 2015; 2016 ACS Official Cheesemonger at the Des Moines Conference; Cheese Manager at The Cheese Market at Leary’s Fine Wines.
Chris Luken – ACS CCP™ Class of 2016; Cheese Specialist at Cedar Rapids, Iowa Hy-Vee.
Beth Regan – ACS CCP™ Class of 2017; Retail Manager at Nosh and Bottle Market.
Tara Harmon – ACS CCP™ Class of 2014; Sales Specialist at Schuman Cheese.
Allin Tallmadge – ACS CCP™ Class of 2014; Owner The Cheese Bureau
Erika Bongort** – ACS CCP™ Class of 2014; Lead Cheesemaonger and Trainer at Stanzeski’s Cheese, Wine and Charcuterie Les Dames d’Escoffier, Austin; Sommelier Level 1, Certified Cider Professional, Chef.
James Danforth** – ACS CCP™ Class of 2014; 2017 ACS Official Cheesemonger at the Denver Conference; Murray’s Cheese Cheese Master.
Mary Tuthill – ACS CCP™ Class of 2014; Head Cheesemonger & Retail Manager at Mad River Taste Place; Graduate of the Culinary Institute of America
Dany Schutte – ACS CCP™ Class of 2013; Cheese Specialist at Publix.
Lauren Harford – ACS CCP™ Class of 2014; Murray’s Cheese Cheese Master.
Andi Wandt – ACS CCP™ Class of 2016; Cheesemaker at Shelburne Farms.
Susan Cohen – ACS CCP™ Class of 2015; Murray’s Cheese Cheese Master.
Marcella Wright – ACS CCP™ Class of 2013; Internationale Guilde des Fromagers; Certified ServSafe Food Protection Manager; Certified ServSafe Instructor and Registered ServSafe Examination Proctor.
And meet our All-Star candidates sitting for the 2018 ACS CCP Exam™ whom we proudly will be mentoring:
Jessica Affatato – Owner, Harbor Cheese and Provisions Nathan Aldridge – Former Vice President of National Retail Sales, Murray’s Cheese in New York City Lee Anderson – HyVee Eric Anderson – Old Chatham Shepherding Kim Brazington – Aldi USA Ashley Brown – DPI Specialty Foods Joe Ciardullo – C’est Cheese Caitlin Crisafulli – Crisafulli Cheese Shop Don Fisher – HyVee Heather Glass** – Marquette Food Coop Justin Hebekeuser – Barrage of Fromage Amy Hicks – Cheese Merchandiser, Earth Fare Jessica Keahey** – Sweet Freedom Cheese Shannon Mawson – Murray’s Cheese Cheese Master Shelley Mcdaniel – Wisconsin Dairy Promotions Michael McGohan – Whole Foods Market Lacey McNeff – Boise Coop Nancy Moten – Whole Foods Market David Omar – Busch’s Fresh Food Elisa Orcajada – Meat and Cheese Cathy Rasmussen – Homes by Cathy Nino Reyes – West Ames HyVee Jerry Ricardo – Saputo Maria Rojas – Whole Foods Market Andrea Rosenberg – Swiss American Shane Runjon – Whole Foods Market Tamara Sheppard – Metropolitan Markets Ryan Skrabalak – Specialty Department Manager, Earth Fare Rachel Smith Goed Zuur, Juliett Owen Stewart – Whole Foods Market Laura Sutter** – Nickel City Cheese Shannon Szelog Luciana Villanueva – Gus’s Market Eugene Vytas – Metropolitan Markets Kathleen Wells – Whole Foods Market Yana Cronauer Crystal Palate
The Cheese Study Group and its programs, which include the scholarship program and the mentorship program, is neither associated with nor endorsed by the American Cheese Society. We are a group of ACS CCPs who donate our time to help others “come to cheeses”.
**And Congratulations to our 2018 ACS CCP™ Scholarship Winners: ACS CCP Exam™ Candidates: Jessica Keahey, Heather Glass, Laura Sutter and ACS CCPs™ Erika Bongort and James Danforth – all of whom are either being mentored or are mentors. (Details on the scholarship program and 2018 winners will be posted tomorrow.)
Follow me on:
You must be logged in to post a comment.