25/08/2025
Editor’s note: Nicole Pinch is one of the Official Conference Cheesemongers for the American Cheese Society’s 2023 conference in Des Moines. We previously featured the other Official Conference Cheesemongers Liz Steeves and Austin Banach.Nicole Pinch is an Official Conference Cheesemonger for the American Cheese Society’s 2023 conference in Des Moines. She works as the Salumi e Formaggi Manager at Eataly Toronto, where she began her cheese career. In between stints at Eataly, Nicole worked as a monger at Whole Foods and earned her CCP certification in 2022.How did you start working in cheese?
Nicole Pinch
My first job in cheese was mozzarella maker for Eataly, which is where I now work. I had been working in cosmetics, and in the cosmetics company, we used a lot of food. The idea that we would put 30 kilos of avocado into something just didn’t sit well with me anymore, and I missed working in food.
Editor’s note: Nicole Pinch is one of the Official Conference Cheesemongers for the American Cheese Society’s 2023 conference in Des Moines. We previously f
