It hasn’t been the best few months for the French dairy industry as a British Cheddar and American Blue Cheese took the top awards at the World Cheese Awards in Bergamo, Italy. A panel of 260 expert cheese tasters judged the American Rogue River Blue as the world’s best cheese and Somerset’s Pitchfork Cheddar came in fourth place. There was only room for one French cheese in the top fifteen which was Epoisses, a soft cheese produced in Burgundy. This caused consternation in the French media with top national newspaper Ouest-France exclaiming that the results were ‘Sacrilege: only one of the 15 top rated cheeses is French’.
Cheddar caused even more controversy in France when the Michelin Guide stripped French celebrity chef Marc Veyrat of a much cherished star rating for committing the ultimate sin of using Cheddar while making a soufflé! Veyrat reacted angrily to the judgment and took legal action against Michelin as he strenuously denies using Cheddar as he claims to only use local French cheese. Whoever would have thought Cheddar could be so controversial? If you fancy some controversy Ingredient Solutions can offer you a range of top grade Cheddar that is fit to be served in any French Michelin Star restaurant.
Catherine’s role is Technical Assistant and she is one of the newer members of the Ingredient Solutions team. Catherine recently graduated in Food Science and Innovation at WIT and is motivated, positive and enjoys working in a team. Catherine says, “I always see the good in every challenge that approaches me as they can lead to opportunities to learn more.” She is looking forward to focusing on the areas that she can control and learning how to perfect them.
Ted is the Factory Manager, he is the man that keeps everything running smoothly, supporting production and technical operations. He ensures that all the machinery within the factory functions at maximum efficiency and is properly maintained.
Suma has worked for Ingredient Solutions for two years as Technical Manager – leading the technical team. Before working for Ingredient Solutions, Suma worked in Asia, the Middle East and Europe and has over twenty years experience in management and leadership in food and other industries.
Pina is our UK Sales Support Administrator and has worked for Ingredient Solutions since 2012. She works alongside Gary Davies and the sales team providing them with sales information and supporting the team especially when they are on the road. Pina works remotely for Ingredient Solutions from her base in Luton in the UK.
Marek is based near Lublin, that’s not a typo we don’t mean Dublin, he’s our man on the ground in Eastern Europe.
