Blue Ridge Creamery churns out local cheese in Travelers Rest

Christian Hansen, cheese maker and owner of Blue Ridge Creamery founded in 2016 in Travelers Rest, likes to call himself a “curd nerd.” The title is apt for the former computer-software salesman as it is his “nerdy” tendencies and attention to detail that have allowed him to learn and perfect the oft-painstaking, hurry-up-and-wait cheese-making process.