Nugget Cheese Specialists Get Certified Status
October 14, 2014 | 1 min to read
Nugget Markets, family owned and operated local grocer since 1926, has announced that specialty cheese executive buyer Rebekah Baker and cheese specialists Jeremy Patin in Davis and Reed Pattison in El Dorado Hills as Certified Cheese Professionals.
Baker, Patin and Pattison are part of a group of 153 individuals from 32 different companies who passed the third annual American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional exam, held on July 29 in Sacramento.
The ACS Certified Cheese Professional exam is the first and only exam of its kind and was established by the American Cheese Society to encourage high standards of comprehensive cheese knowledge and professional service. The exam tests participants on their knowledge and skills required to successfully perform cheese-related tasks in jobs throughout the industry. The broad range of testing topics encompass raw ingredients, the cheese-making process, storing and handling cheese, selecting distributors, marketing and communicating information about cheese, nutrition, regulations and sanitation.
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