One Cheese to Rule Them All: In Search of the World's 100 Best Cheeses

Biographical Note:

Patrick McGuigan is a freelance food journalist and cheese writer who contributes to media including the Telegraph, The Financial Times, and delicious among many others and has appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme. He is a senior judge at the World Cheese Awards and a member of the Guild des Fromagers and runs cheese courses at the Guild of Fine Food and Academy of Cheese. He also works for Cheese Journeys - a cheese travel company that takes guests on cheese trips of a lifetime in the UK, France, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands. Patrick is also the co-founder of the British Cheese Weekender - an online festival to support small cheesemakers and the London Cheese Project festival.

Carlos Yescas has been a diplomat, professor and United Nations expert, and still juggles a number of jobs, including raw milk cheese advocate, cheese judge and researcher. He has led cheese tours in various countries since 2018, with his company Cheese Spelunker Tours. Born in Mexico, Yescas also distributes Mexican cheeses and is currently setting up a Latin American cheesemaker network. His book, Quesos Mexicanos (Larousse, 2013) highlights some of the most important cheeses in Mexico and their history. Carlos is an international cheese judge. He acted as the Supreme Judge for the World Cheese Awards in 2009 and is part of the prestigious Guide Internationale des Fromagers with the ranking "Garde et Jury." He is the founder of the Mexican Institute of Cheese.

Foreword
Introduction
World Cheese Awards: The Judging Process
1980s-90s
2000s
2010s
2020s
The Future
Conclusion
How Cheese Is Made
Glossary
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Authors