Steve Ehlers is the owner of Larry's Market, the specialty cheese and gourmet store his father started. A board member of the American Cheese Society and the Dairy Innovation Center, he frequently teaches classes and assists new cheesemakers. He has been a retail packaging judge for both the US and World Cheese Championship contests, and an aesthetic judge for the American Cheese Society. Steve has also been a retail judge for the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade Annual Product Awards.
