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Jasper Hill recognized as “American Made” Food Heroes

Just in time for American Cheese Month, Martha Stewart’s “American Made Awards” honor the Kehler brothers for their work at The Cellars at Jasper Hill: 

Andy and Mateo Kehler have gone underground. After apprenticing with several local and international farmstead cheesemakers and perfecting their own artisanal cheeses, the brothers built a cave: the Cellars at Jasper Hill. Of the network of seven climate-controlled rooms that required hauling away more than 2,000 truckloads of rock, Mateo says, “I think the basic formula is dig a big hole, dump in money, and bury it.” The investment lets them produce rich blue and washed-rind soft cheeses. It also lets them serve as finishers for other local dairy farmers, who would otherwise never have access to a cave: Jasper Hill provides the space and the staff who hand-turn the cheeses. The results are on par with the best offerings from abroad—and challenge any ideas about super-market products: Cabot’s award-winning Clothbound Cheddar is a joint venture with Jasper Hill. Mateo insists that “other cheesemakers aren’t the competition,” he says. “As a group we compete for the person who hasn’t had that awak-ening yet. We want the person who bites into a Hervé Mons Camembert, and the light comes on.”

See all the honorees at the American Made site.

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