/PRNewswire/ Henning s Wisconsin Cheese took home three awards at the 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest, including two Best of Class honors for their.
Joanna Guza talked with Ben Shibler, operations manager and cheesemaker at Ron's Wisconsin Cheese, about his role, becoming a Master Cheesemaker, chal.
Joanna Guza talked with Ben Shibler, operations manager and cheesemaker at Ron's Wisconsin Cheese, about his role, becoming a Master Cheesemaker, chal.
rachel, and not talk about cheese. i got suzanne standing with me. she is won the award. as you know suzanne this is the number one place to win awards for cheese. it absolutely is wisconsin consistently wins more awards than any other state or country. we are completely obsessed with making the greatest cheese on the planet. we have been making cheese here since before we were even a state, which is pretty impressive. cheese isn t something that we do in wisconsin. it s really who we are. it s in our blood. . lawrence: tell me about some of the cheese. my favorite is the smoked gouda. a what is the process and actually in wisconsin you have got to have a license, right? yeah, wisconsin is the only state in the u.s. that requires a license to make cheese. we have definitely been leaders in safety and quality forever. but it s also the only place outside of switzerland where you can become a master cheese maker. becoming a master cheese maker takes about 13 years.
this town. we were really proud of this place. when you re proud of something, you re very, very sad when it goes away. all started when daniel called greg with a business proposition. i think i hung up. i don t think i was very interested in the project. he did. greg hung up on me the first time. i knew nothing about chieese making, manufacturing food products. a lot of things that make it a complicated business. daniel was confident greg would change his mind when he understood most of the key elements necessary were still in place. it was something that preexisted. they had a model that was already there. clientele us already here. we just had to put the pieces together. one key thing missing. a master cheese maker. with brad gone, the secret formula for banden cheddar was gone too. that s why greg went to