Cheesemongers, cheesemakers and cheese mavens will meet Wednesday to pursue a fresh title: certified cheese whiz.
The 29th annual convention of the American Cheese Society—a trade group for the artisan, farmstead and specialty cheese industry—is the place to be this week for cheeseheads. There, for the first time, the ACS will offer for 150 people the Certified Cheese Professional Exam, a test in expertise that has been ripening for seven years.
"It's kind of like a sommelier," said the ACS executive director Nora Weiser, "but for cheese."
Spots for the three-hour, 150-question, multiple-choice test in Raleigh, N.C., opened in October and were filled by January, with more than 25 people already signed up for next year's.
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