Sid Cook— From Cheddar to Art

Sid Cook grew up in his father's crossroads cheese factory. Literally! He rode his tricycle around the vats while men in white stirred, smelled, touched and tasted the cheese being made. He remembers sitting under the card table while his father and cheesemaker uncles played cards and talked cheese. He used to go into his father's cheese cellar and sneak samples then try and cover his tracks so no one would know. Sid remembers the way cheese tasted a long time ago. But, when he went off to college, his father didn't think he'd return to the 130-year family business and become a cheesemaker. Think again!

In the last six years alone, Sid Cook has won over 400 national and international awards for his cheese artistry. Sid has taken cheesemaking to a new level, creating art out of milk. Art that tastes really, really good.

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