Countdown to American Cheese Society Annual Conference

August 23, 2010

Kurt Beecher Dammeier, founder of Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, at his shop in the Pike Place Market

Media types were invited to “Say cheese!” at the recent Cheeseup Tweetup held at Beecher’s Handmade Cheese in the venerable Pike Place Market.

We were encouraged to tweet the news (hashtag #festivalofcheese) as founder/owner Kurt Beecher Dammeier sampled us through ACS award-winning cheeses from the Pacific Northwest and told us about the upcoming American Cheese Society (ACS) Annual Conference & Competition, aka Cheese-a-topia, which will be held in our fair city August 25-28.

Dammeier is co-chair of the conference, and was instrumental in convincing cheesemakers from around the world to convene in Seattle. The ACS Conference & Competition will feature more than 1,000 of the country’s best cheeses, in events such as the “Festival of Cheese” cheese extravaganza at Benaroya Hall.

The Festival of Cheese event is open to the public, and tickets ($85) are available through Brown Paper Tickets.

Beecher’s Flatiron Cheese, named for the historic Flatiron Building in New York City, which will be a signature offering the company’s new Big Apple store

A display of ACS cheeses (Photo Courtesy of the ACS)

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