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Comté Cheese Association | www.comte-usa.com | [email protected] | @Comte_USA The Comté Cheese Association – Comité Interprofessionnel de Gestion du Comté (CIGC) – represents all those who are involved in the production of Comté—dairy farmers, cheesemakers, affineurs—and carries out activities in all fields of interest to the trade, including research and technical issues, economics, information and communications, marketing, law and promotion of the Comté appellation, defense of local traditions and protection of the environment. Comté Scholarship for Certified Cheese Professionals™ Overview: The Comté Cheese Association (CIGC) is thrilled to offer an exciting scholarship opportunity for the American Cheese Society’s Certified Cheese Professionals™ (ACS CCP™s). Comté is a PDO (European Union Protected Denomination of Origin) cheese that has been made in the Jura mountain region of France for over a thousand years. The winner of this scholarship will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the Comté region to learn first-hand about the cheese’s unique history and production, as well as to discover the know-how and culture of the region. The trip will take place in the spring of 2017 (dates TBC). Past scholarship winners include Devin Lamma (Whole Foods), Lisa Futterman (Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine), Amanda Parker (Murray’s Cheese) and Leslie Uhl (Di Bruno Brothers). To apply, ACS CCP™s must fill out the entry form and answer a short essay question (see attached). The essays will be judged anonymously on the basis of knowledge and creativity by a panel of three judges, who will select the winner. 2016 Scholarship Judges Include: Dick Roe Board President of the American Cheese Society; Vice President of Administration, Gourmet Foods International Cathy Strange Global Cheese Buyer, Whole Foods Market, Inc. Max McCalman Maître Fromager, Author, Speaker, Consultant, Educator Rules: • Applicants must have passed the Certified Cheese Professional™ exam as administered by the American Cheese Society. • Applicants must be 21 years of age or older and must live and work in the United States or Canada. • The Entry Form (see attached) must be emailed to [email protected] by the end of the day on October 10, 2016 . The Required Information and Essay must be typed directly into the Entry Form or into a separate Word document and sent as an email attachment. • Essays must be 500 words. All essays must be original. • Essays will be judged according to knowledge and creativity. Essays will be judged anonymously, and judges will not have access to contestants’ names or information. • Winner will receive a trip to the Comté region of France in the spring of 2017 (dates TBC), including flights from a U.S. or Canadian airport to the Comté region and back, local transportation in the region, hotel stays and meals during the visit (incidentals are excluded). The winner will accompany a representative from the Comté Cheese Association and a small group of journalists. • Winner will be notified by email. • The winner will be featured in the Spring/Summer 2017 edition of Comté News. • Past winners of the Comté Scholarship for ACS CCP’s cannot apply.
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Comté Cheese Association | www.comte-usa.com | [email protected] | @Comte_USA T h e C o m t é C h e e s e A s s o c i a t i o n – C o m i t é I n t e r p r o f e s s i o n n e l d e G e s t i o n d u C o m t é ( C I G C ) – r e p r e s e n t s a l l t h o s e w h o a r e i n v o l v e d i n t h e
p r o d u c t i o n o f C o m t é — d a i r y f a r m e r s , c h e e s e m a k e r s , a f f i n e u r s— a n d c a r r i e s o u t a c t i v i t i e s i n a l l f i e l d s o f i n t e r e s t t o t h e t r a d e , i n c l u d i n g r e s e a r c h a n d t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s , e c o n o m i c s , i n f o r m a t i o n a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , m a r k e t i n g , l a w a n d p r o m o t i o n o f t h e C o m t é a p p e l l a t i o n , d e f e n s e o f l o c a l
t r a d i t i o n s a n d p r o t e c t i o n o f t h e e n v i r o n m e n t .
ComtéScholarshipforCertifiedCheeseProfessionals™
Overview:TheComtéCheeseAssociation(CIGC)isthrilledtoofferanexcitingscholarshipopportunityfortheAmericanCheeseSociety’sCertifiedCheeseProfessionals™(ACSCCP™s).ComtéisaPDO(EuropeanUnionProtectedDenominationofOrigin)cheesethathasbeenmadeintheJuramountainregionofFranceforoverathousandyears.Thewinnerofthisscholarshipwillreceiveanall-expenses-paidtriptotheComtéregiontolearnfirst-handaboutthecheese’suniquehistoryandproduction,aswellastodiscovertheknow-howandcultureoftheregion.Thetripwilltakeplaceinthespringof2017(datesTBC).PastscholarshipwinnersincludeDevinLamma(WholeFoods),LisaFutterman(PastoralArtisanCheese,Bread&Wine),AmandaParker(Murray’sCheese)andLeslieUhl(DiBrunoBrothers).Toapply,ACSCCP™smustfillouttheentryformandanswerashortessayquestion(seeattached).Theessayswillbejudgedanonymouslyonthebasisofknowledgeandcreativitybyapanelofthreejudges,whowillselectthewinner.
2016ScholarshipJudgesInclude:
DickRoeBoardPresidentoftheAmericanCheeseSociety;VicePresidentofAdministration,GourmetFoods
International
CathyStrangeGlobalCheeseBuyer,WholeFoodsMarket,Inc.
MaxMcCalman
MaîtreFromager,Author,Speaker,Consultant,EducatorRules:• ApplicantsmusthavepassedtheCertifiedCheeseProfessional™examasadministeredbytheAmericanCheeseSociety.• Applicantsmustbe21yearsofageorolderandmustliveandworkintheUnitedStatesorCanada.• TheEntryForm(seeattached)[email protected],2016.The
RequiredInformationandEssaymustbetypeddirectlyintotheEntryFormorintoaseparateWorddocumentandsentasanemailattachment.
• Essaysmustbe500words.Allessaysmustbeoriginal.• Essayswillbejudgedaccordingtoknowledgeandcreativity.Essayswillbejudgedanonymously,andjudgeswillnothave
accesstocontestants’namesorinformation.• WinnerwillreceiveatriptotheComtéregionofFranceinthespringof2017(datesTBC),includingflightsfromaU.S.or
CanadianairporttotheComtéregionandback,localtransportationintheregion,hotelstaysandmealsduringthevisit(incidentalsareexcluded).ThewinnerwillaccompanyarepresentativefromtheComtéCheeseAssociationandasmallgroupofjournalists.
• Winnerwillbenotifiedbyemail.• ThewinnerwillbefeaturedintheSpring/Summer2017editionofComtéNews.• PastwinnersoftheComtéScholarshipforACSCCP’scannotapply.
Comté Cheese Association | www.comte-usa.com | [email protected] | @Comte_USA T h e C o m t é C h e e s e A s s o c i a t i o n – C o m i t é I n t e r p r o f e s s i o n n e l d e G e s t i o n d u C o m t é ( C I G C ) – r e p r e s e n t s a l l t h o s e w h o a r e i n v o l v e d i n t h e
p r o d u c t i o n o f C o m t é — d a i r y f a r m e r s , c h e e s e m a k e r s , a f f i n e u r s— a n d c a r r i e s o u t a c t i v i t i e s i n a l l f i e l d s o f i n t e r e s t t o t h e t r a d e , i n c l u d i n g r e s e a r c h a n d t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s , e c o n o m i c s , i n f o r m a t i o n a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , m a r k e t i n g , l a w a n d p r o m o t i o n o f t h e C o m t é a p p e l l a t i o n , d e f e n s e o f l o c a l
t r a d i t i o n s a n d p r o t e c t i o n o f t h e e n v i r o n m e n t .
ComtéScholarshipforCertifiedCheeseProfessionals™EntryForm
TheRequiredInformationandEssay(seeattached)canbetypedhereorinaseparateWorddocument.Emailyourentrytotrade@comte-usa.combyOctober10,2016.
RequiredInformationFirstName:
LastName:
DateofBirth:
MailingAddress:
Telephone:
Email:
Nameofcurrentemployer:
Addressofemployment:
Comté Cheese Association | www.comte-usa.com | [email protected] | @Comte_USA T h e C o m t é C h e e s e A s s o c i a t i o n – C o m i t é I n t e r p r o f e s s i o n n e l d e G e s t i o n d u C o m t é ( C I G C ) – r e p r e s e n t s a l l t h o s e w h o a r e i n v o l v e d i n t h e
p r o d u c t i o n o f C o m t é — d a i r y f a r m e r s , c h e e s e m a k e r s , a f f i n e u r s— a n d c a r r i e s o u t a c t i v i t i e s i n a l l f i e l d s o f i n t e r e s t t o t h e t r a d e , i n c l u d i n g r e s e a r c h a n d t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s , e c o n o m i c s , i n f o r m a t i o n a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , m a r k e t i n g , l a w a n d p r o m o t i o n o f t h e C o m t é a p p e l l a t i o n , d e f e n s e o f l o c a l
t r a d i t i o n s a n d p r o t e c t i o n o f t h e e n v i r o n m e n t .
2016ComtéScholarshipforCertifiedCheeseProfessionals™EntryFormEssayQuestion:Pleaseanswerthefollowingessayquestionin500wordsorless:WhatisaPDO?HowdoesPDOstatusbenefitacheese,andwhatdoesitentail?HowcanyouusePDOasasellingpoint?PleaseuseComtéasanexample.
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