affineur -- but I'm not fond of this one because it is specifically about the aging of the cheese within a certain environment, over a period of days or years, and not about making the cheese.
fromager -- not very specific, but it is a person that knows about cheese
Maitre Fromager -- meaning Master of cheese
Cheese Wiz -- someone that knows about cheese (ha ha)
Cheese Head -- someone from Wisconsin or has cheese on the mind
I'm sure there's more!
How about, "Cheese Guy". You can't be serious about cheeses unless you have a Cheese Guy.
We go to this place regularly, my fave is masdaam, we also like the aged cheddar , havarti and port wine cheese.
Barrys Bay Cheese | Akaroa, New Zealand
Russ
I've been called a cheesy guy... is that the same?
CD
As it is in GB - there's even a World Cheese Awards cheesemonger of the year competition.The people who sell cheese are CHEESEMONGERS in the US
This guy is the tops and his book is informative and fabulous
https://www.amazon.com/Cheese-Primer-Steven-Jenkins/dp/0894807625
Do Brits use the term "green grocer" for someone who sells fruit and veg? It's sometimes used here in Montreal. I imagine some younger people just think it's an environmentally friendly grocer.As it is in GB - there's even a World Cheese Awards cheesemonger of the year competition.
It's a lovely old word, we still have fishmongers, ironmongers and a few costermongers (who sell fruit and veg -and nowadays mostly work in the wholesale markets such as Covent Garden now. "Coster" or "Costard" was an old name for a variety of apple).
(Sorry, you can take the woman out of teaching but you can't take teaching out of the woman, as a "beau" of my younger days used to say!)