00:02Cheese. Almost everyone loves it, but not as much as these people.
00:07These experts are called cheesemongers.
00:10If you would have told me that I'd be in the cheese business, I'd have told you you're out of
00:13your mind.
00:14I worked for a bank.
00:16I have a PhD in German literature.
00:17People think the cheesemonger is another person behind a deli counter.
00:21Oh, so you sell cheese. That's funny. Like, what's funny about it?
00:25Introducing the one, the only, Mr. Moe!
00:30We made cheesemongering a sport, and when they cut a perfect quarter pound...
00:35The audience goes crazy.
00:36And fire!
00:37Yeah!
00:38This year, Team USA will go to compete in the Olympics of cheese, Mondial du Formage in France.
00:45If 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 a goat's milk
00:55cheese,
00:55my friend, you're never going to get there in time.
00:57There is this rivalry with U.S. and Europe.
01:00They don't think that we have the skills or the talents or even look at cheese the same way that
01:05they do.
01:06In other parts of the world, a cheesemonger is a career.
01:09But in the United States, we don't get the respect.
01:12Do you have an opinion on American cheesemongers?
01:15I 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.
01:24This has definitely pushed them farther than they've ever been pushed in their career.
01:28I'm just really nervous.
01:30I think it's a stress right now.
01:32Ten seconds to finish. Hurry up, please.
01:35I do it as a redemption.
01:36I 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.
01:45Cheese does that to you, doesn't it?
01:47This is one of the most amazing, important moments in their life.
01:50How does anyone respond to that pressure?
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