ESSEX ST. CHEESE

Essex Street Cheese was founded in New York City in 2006. When we began we sold just one cheese, Comté from Fort St. Antoine, at the Essex Street Market on Delancey Street in the Lower East Side. Today we remain very focused, importing just a handful of iconic cheeses. We work directly with cheesemakers and agers to select consistently flavorful wheels and ship them from the source to you with minimal time in warehouse.   

LEAH LEWIS

Logistics and sales leader.

Leah imports our cheese and leads our crew. She has been in the cheese business for nearly two decades, having worked at Artisanal Cheese, Zabar's and Neal's Yard Dairy.

RACHEL JUHL

Sales, education, media, CSE.

Juhl is our chief educator and trainer. Formerly a cheese monger at her mom’s shop she has worked at cheese counters around America including Di Bruno Bros., Brooklyn Larder, Cowgirl Creamery and Zingerman’s Delicatessen.

Katie Park

Sales, logistics.

Katie manages all aspects of your order dispatch. She has worked in New England for Jasper Hill and the venerable Boston distributor Dole & Bailey. She has also worked behind the counter as a cheese monger in her own shop, The Curious Grape. She grew up on a farm where she raised her own animals, including a cow named Dairy Queen.

Erik Dorey

Sales, education.

Erik is a cheese educator, monger and advocate for independent retailers. After a career in policy and politics, Erik found his calling in cheese back home in San Francisco, where he worked behind the counter at Cheese Plus and led classes at the Cheese School of San Francisco.

JASON HINDS

Comté selection, new cheese selection.

Jason was formerly a cheese monger at London’s Neal’s Yard Dairy where he’s currently a partner. He also co-founded London’s Borough Cheese company with fellow Comté selector Dominic Coyte. 

MO FRECHETTE

Marketing, finance, management. 

Mo oversees the operations of Essex St. Cheese. He was formerly a cheese monger at Zingerman’s Delicatessen. He’s the founder and managing partner at Zingerman’s Mail Order. 

DAPHNE ZEPOS

The founding soul of our company passed away in 2012. Her legacy lives on at the Daphne Zepos Teaching Endowment, the foundation that funds a scholarships awarded to food professionals to learn—then teach—about cheese. Essex is a founder and continuing sponsor of the endowment. Learn more at dzte.org.