ABOUT KURT

KURT WAS RAISED IN THE CHEESE INDUSTRY BY HIS PARENTS, OWNERS OF WORLD RENOWNED CHEESE SHOP, FORMAGGIO KITCHEN.  IT WAS JUST PART OF HIS LIFE -  EATING GOAT CHEESE ON TOAST EVERY WEEKEND WITH HIS FAMILY AND HAVING COMTÉ AND SALAMI SANDWICHES FOR SCHOOL LUNCH.KURT’S FORMAL CHEESE TRAINING STARTED AT NEAL’S YARD DAIRY IN LONDON, AN INSTITUTION OF BRITISH ISLE CHEESE AND ONE OF THE BEST SHOPS IN THE WORLD.  AFTER HIS VISA WAS UP, HE RETURNED BACK HOME TO FORMAGGIO KITCHEN, WHERE HE GOT INVOLVED IN THE KITCHEN, GRILLING FOR THEIR SIDEWALK BBQ, MANAGED THEIR CHEESE CAVES, BECAME A CHEESE BUYER AND EVENTUALLY THE STORE GM. THROUGHOUT HIS EARLY YEARS AS A MONGER HE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE TAUGHT BY SOME OF THE BEST IN THE GAME. IN SEARCH OF DOING SOMETHING ON HIS OWN, KURT LEFT THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO SUNNY CALIFORNIA WITH THE GOAL TO OPEN A NEIGHBORHOOD SHOP SIMILAR TO FORMAGGIO KITCHEN IN LOS ANGELES. A PLACE WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEES EACH OTHER & CAN GATHER PROVISIONS FOR THEIR FAMILY & FRIENDS.  HE HOPES TO DO WHAT HIS FAMILY, HIS MENTORS AND OTHER FELLOW CHEESEMONGERS HAVE DONE FOR HIM: TO SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE HE WAS TAUGHT, HIS PASSION AND HELP SUPPORT AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE THE FOOD WE EAT.