Hero Hirsh is Head of Retail for Paxton & Whitfield, cheesemongers to the Queen. She is a regular judge at the World Cheese Awards, having won Cheesemonger of the Year 2012.
She has been a training partner for the Academy of Cheese since its inception, delivering both level 1 and 2 courses to hundreds of delegates. She is working with the Academy to create learning content for their upcoming level 3 and Master of Cheese qualification.
With a lifelong passion for food, and a background as a pastry chef in some of London’s Michelin star restaurants, she had the ideal foundations for a career running the cheese counters in one of the UK’s most prestigious cheesemongers.
Hero loves to talk about all things cheese and even started the UK’s first dedicated cheese podcast.