00:02Cheese. Almost everyone loves it, but not as much as these people. These experts are called
00:09cheesemongers. If you would have told me that I'd be in the cheese business, I'd have told you you're
00:13out of your mind. I worked for a bank. I have a PhD in German literature. People think the
00:18cheesemonger is another person behind a deli counter. Oh, so you sell cheese. That's funny.
00:23Like, what's funny about it? Introducing the one, the only, Mr. Boo!
00:30We made cheesemongering a sport, and when they cut a perfect quarter pound,
00:35the audience goes crazy. That's fire! Yeah! This year, Team USA will go to compete in the
00:41Olympics of cheese, Mondial du Formage in France. If you win, you are the world's best cheesemonger.
00:49If you've gotten to this contest and can't taste the difference between a sheep's milk cheese and
00:54a goat's milk cheese, my friend, you're never going to get there in time. There is this rivalry with
00:59U.S. and Europe. They don't think that we have the skills or the talents or even look at cheese
01:04the
01:05same way that they do. In other parts of the world, a cheesemonger is a career. But in the United
01:10States,
01:10we don't get the respect. Do you have an opinion on American cheesemongers?
01:16I don't know them.
01:18Winning would mean, oh crap, the Americans, they know what they're doing.
01:21That's so good!
01:23This is a big year. This has definitely pushed them farther than they've ever been pushed in their career.
01:29I'm just really nervous. I think it's a stress right now.
01:34I view it as a redemption. I want to be the one.
01:38The two people who become Team USA tomorrow are who can actually win this.
01:43Cheese is a passionate food. Cheese does that to you, doesn't it?
01:47This is one of the most amazing, important moments in their life. How does anyone respond to that pressure?
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