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Daphne Zepos ranks among the most outspoken and dynamic cheese advocates in the United States. She is a former board member for the American Cheese Society, and was Chairperson of the ACS Annual Cheese Competition from 1999 to 2002. Daphne is a co- founder of the Cheese of Choice Coalition, an advocacy group formed in 2002 and
dedicated to the preservation of raw milk and small production cheeses. From 2002 to 2005 Daphne Zepos played a lead role at the Artisanal Premium Cheese Center. She selected and matured more than 300 cheeses in Artisanal Premium Cheese Center's affinage cheese caves, assembled many cheese collections, established Artisanal’s Affinage Internship Program and, with Max MacCalman, created and taught Artisanal’s Cheese Master Class program. In 2006, Daphne founded the Essex Street Cheese Company, which imports 3 hand selected cheeses from Europe: a French Comté, an Italian Parmigiano Reggiano and a Dutch Aged Gouda. Daphne consults with cheese shops, teaches several classes each month for consumer and professional audiences and acts as judge in cheese competitions in the US and in Europe.
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