Release Date: July 19, 2023
FRONTRUNNERS
1080p
2023
Published on, 5 months ago
FRONTRUNNERS
Japanese Cheese Trailblazer - Shibata Chiyo 1 Season 6 Episode
28 min
2023
Published on, 5 months ago
In rural Chiba Prefecture, Shibata Chiyo runs a pioneering cheeseworks out of a 120-year-old farmhouse. Her focus is 100% local fermented cheeses, and just three years after launching in 2014, she became the first female cheesemaker to win a prestigious award from Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, before going on to place third out of 3,804 entries in the 2019 World Cheese Awards. This time on FRONTRUNNERS, we follow a cheesemaker with a uniquely Japanese approach to fromage and sustainability.
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