Emiliano Lee

A native Oaklander, Emiliano is a self-proclaimed Good Food Advocate from the San Francisco Bay Area, currently residing in Buffalo, NY. A cheesemonger, educator, and broker for small craft producers, Emiliano opened up west coast operations for Brooklyn-based Food Matters Again; founded and directed Farmshop’s retail program, opening their Artisan Market in Santa Monica in 2011; and spent time managing Liberty Heights Fresh in Salt Lake City, UT, among others. He has worked and guest mongered at cheese counters across the country (and across the pond during a brief internship at Neal’s Yard Dairy). Emiliano resided on the Board of Directors for the California Artisan Cheese Guild as Trade Vice President for several years; and organized for the Norcal & Socal Cheese Collectives. Cheese & Sundry has given Emiliano the freedom to promote traditional foods beyond the counter and storefront.

Emiliano was inducted into the Guilde Internationale des Fromagers in 2015. He has judged for the American Cheese Society since 2009, has been a panelist and moderator at the Sonoma Valley Cheese Conference & ACS Conferences, taught at the Cheese School of San Francisco, and has judged the Specialty Food Association SOFI Awards, Good Food Awards, and returned to the Cheesemonger Invitational as a judge after competing in the inaugural CMI.