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Team USA placed first and third at France\u2019s international Mondial du Fromage competition<\/h4>\r\n
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Team USA competitors Emilia D’Albero and Courtney Johnson celebrate their wins at Mondial du Fromage, the culmination of months of hard work. Photographed by Mallory Scyphers.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

In a first for the United States, two American cheesemongers placed in the international Mondial du Fromage cheesemonger competition, colloquially known as the Cheese Olympics. 2024 culture <\/strong>Hot Lister Emilia D\u2019Albero<\/a> of Formaticum<\/a>, a cheese tools company, took home top honors as the world\u2019s best monger; Courtney Johnson<\/a>, who recently opened her brick-and-mortar cheese shop Street Cheese<\/a> in Seattle, earned third place. In second place came Matthieu Thuillier of France. Each monger received a monetary prize and medal at an awards ceremony in Tours, a city in the Loire Valley region of France.<\/p>\r\n

After the ceremony, D\u2019Albero and Johnson expressed that they were \u201cso proud\u201d of each other\u2019s efforts. \u201cI couldn\u2019t have done this without her,\u201d says D\u2019Albero about Johnson. \u201cWe\u2019re a great team,\u201d Johnson says.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Emilia D’Albero prepares cheese at her station while competing for the title of “Best Cheesemonger in the World.” She won gold. Photographed by Mallory Scyphers.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Courtney Johnson cuts cheese at her station while competing for the title of “Best Cheesemonger in the World.” Johnson won bronze. Photographed by Mallory Scyphers.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

D\u2019Albero and Johnson\u2019s wins are history-making\u2014it\u2019s the only time Team USA has won gold and had two American women cheesemongers on the awards podium. It\u2019s the first time an all-women team representing the United States competed as well. The last time Team USA placed at Mondial was in 2023, when Sam Rollins of Cowbell Cheese Shop in Portland, Oregon, won second place. French cheesemongers Vincent Philippe and Virginie Dubois-Dhorne were respectively crowned world champions at the 2023 and 2021 editions of Mondial.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The road to Mondial is challenging and expensive, requiring hours of practice, the purchase of equipment that will be brought abroad, and participation in the American Cheesemonger Invitational: Masters qualifying tournament<\/a>, which mimics the intense atmosphere of Mondial. According to Johnson, who also competed in 2023 as Rollins’ teammate, the industry support this year was \u201camazing.\u201d Adam Moskowitz, the founder of the Cheesemonger Invitational, acted as the team’s coach.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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An artistic display for the cheese landscape portion of the competition. Photographed by Mallory Scyphers.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The competition takes place over the course of one day, starting in the morning and concluding with an awards ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Like the Invitational, there are several components; among these include a written test, an oral presentation in which the monger shares information about a cheese\u2019s story and terroir, the creative presentation of an amuse-bouche cheese plate, and a second creative presentation of an on-theme cheese landscape, complete with a cheese sculpture. This year\u2019s theme was \u201cShades of Color.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Mondial du Fromage began in 2013 and occurs every two years.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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