Yet again, California has a lot of winners at the American Cheese Society's 36th Annual Competition! Let's take a look at Avery Jones.
Meet Avery Jones. She is the daughter of Reggie and Kellie Jones of Central Coast Creamery. She is 15 years old (in 2019, when this post was published). Avery is the founder of her own brand called Shooting Star Creamery. And she just won 3rd place Overall in the Best in Show class at the 36th Annual Competition at the American Cheese Society! With 1,742 entries.
Central Coast Creamery owner Reggie Jones asked his daughter, Avery Jones, if she wanted to try her hand at artisan cheese making. Soon, they set up a separate creamery that was based on Central Coast Creamery to allow Avery to take risks with the cheese as well as to have something to base her recipes on. They called this company Shooting Star Creamery to reflect on their belief of shooting for the stars.
Avery Jones is now a college student who has been helping her father make cheese for nearly half of her life. She started making cheese to pay for her college education with the cheese that she makes. She will be also giving a percent of the profits to veterans and amputees to give back to the community.
Down below you can see Shooting Star Creamery's Aries which is an aged alpine style sheep's milk cheese that took home the accolades. Reach for the stars, Avery!
Learn more about Shooting Star Creamery here, including links to their Instagram on Instagram.
