Women in love with cheese
Kim Chakanetsa meets two women who are revolutionising the dairy industry: Mausam Narang from India and Emma Young from the UK
Kim Chakanetsa meets two women who are revolutionising the dairy industry.
Mausam Narang is the founder and Head Cheesemaker at Eleftheria cheese. She has made history by becoming the first Indian person to win big at the World Cheese Awards in 2021. Before working in the dairy industry, Mausam studied language in Germany and worked in the corporate world for 8 years. It’s during her travels in Europe that Mausam caught the cheese-making bug, and in 2014 she decided to start her own artisan cheese company.
Emma Young a.k.a. The Cheese Explorer is a specialist and consultant and the author of The Cheese Wheel. She has worked in the Cheese industry since 2009 in retail, wholesale, cheesemaking, judging and now as a teacher and consultant to the cheese industry.Β She is also an International cheese judge and a teacher for the Academy of Cheese and the Guild of Fine Food.
Produced by Alice Gioia
(Image: (L) Mausam Narang. (R) Emma Young, credit Richard Heald Photography.)
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