Photos from chapter in Melbourne are in the gallery.

Chapter in Melbourne

From left to right : Guillaume Brahimi (Chef), Nick Haddow (Cheese maker Bruny Island Cheese Company), Jeremy Spradbery (Calendar Cheese), Pierre Cousot, David Herbert (Calendar Cheese), François Schmitlin, Richard Thomas (Cheese maker et Affineur), Roland Barthélemy, Laurie Gutteridge [background] (Affineur and educator), Philippe Mouchel (Chef), Laura Simon (Calendar Cheese), Cathy Strange, Sophie Classon (Cheese retailer), Will Studd, Marijke Ferdinands (Calendar Cheese), Anthony Femia (Affineur), Simon Johnson, Carla Meurs (Cheese maker Holy Goat), David Gremmels, Phillippa Grogan (Baker), Bill Tzimas (Cheese retailer), John Lethlean [background] (Food writer), Kris Lloyd (Cheese maker Woodside Cheese Wrights), Dominque Bouchait, Max Allen (Wine writer).

A French TV broadcast on Sunday, January 29, 2012 was themed upon the appeal of raw milk cheese in North America:

« The North American consumers have reacted to the bland and sterile food that had invaded their diet. They are now demanding more and more raw milk cheese, with scents of cows and countryside! The volume of traditional cheeses has been multiplied by a thousand in ten years in the US! The US food industry did not a mistake by seizing the ancient secrets of French cheese manufacture. In France, however, the situation is the opposite. Raw milk cheeses represent only a tenth of national output. However, many producers refuse to give up … « 

The video, in French only can be viewed only from France, before February 5, 2012: http://www.pluzz.fr/la-guerre-des-fromages-qui-puent.html (00:51:41)

You may watch an excerpt (in french) below:

Sunday, February 26th, 2012: Paris Food Show (France) – General Farming Exhibition & Cheese Exhibition

442nd Induction Chapter

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08:15pm : Gastronomic dinner in Candles

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The photos of the chapter held on October 10, 2011 are visible in the photo gallery.

Chapter in Rambouillet - October, 2011

Ulrich Wickert

Photos of Hamburg Chapter (Germany), honoring Mr. Ulrich Wickert on September 11, 2011 are online in the gallery.

The newspaper article describing the event: Click here (.pdf file)