Certification
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What the Advanced Affinage Certificate actually covers
Members keep asking whether the Advanced Affinage Certificate is worth the time on top of Cheese Foundations. Here is what the credential tests and who it is built…
Read postWhat the Foundations Certificate actually covers
The Cheese Foundations Certificate is the first rung on our credential ladder, and this fall's new-member wave has been asking what it covers and what comes next.
Read postWhat the cheesemonger credential actually covers
With specialty cases getting busier, more counter staff are asking what Certified Cheesemonger actually tests. Here's the honest answer, plus how it differs from the CCP.
Read postThe credential that expires if you stop
Competition Judge Accreditation is the one federation credential that lapses from disuse, not just from time. Here's the path onto a panel and what keeps you there.
Read postWhat it takes to judge the competition
Competition Judge Accreditation is a smaller credential than most, and a stricter one. Here's what the pathway covers and why the panel wants palates, not just resumes.
Read postWhat the advanced affinage credential actually trains
The Advanced Affinage Certificate is one of our least-asked-about credentials and one of the hardest to fake your way through. Here's what it covers and who it's for.
Read postWhy the affinage credential filled up this summer
Enrollment in the Advanced Affinage Certificate has climbed all summer, and the record heat settling over much of the country this month is a big part of why.
Read postBecoming the person behind the judging table
Competition Judge Accreditation is the credential members ask about most as conference nears. Here's what the pathway actually covers and why it takes longer than a weekend.
Read postThe sensory certificate that gets you onto a judging panel
Every year a handful of members ask how to move from entering the competition to judging it. The answer runs through one certificate and a course most people…
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