The Big Cheese with Adam J. Moskowitz

The UNITED and The Stand by William Wright & Co. present Adam “Mister Moo” Moskowitz as he returns to Westerly to share a sneak peek screening of his award winning documentary film titled The Big Cheese. The movie follows a scrappy team of eccentric cheesemongers led by their coach (Adam) in the world of competitive cheesemongering (yes, competitive cheesemongering) as they battle personal struggles, cultural clashes and melting cheese while training to become world champion cheesemongers. With reputations, redemption, and a historic victory on the line, can this eclectic crew finally prove America belongs on the world’s biggest cheese stage? Come eat for yourself. With the purchase of each ticket, you also receive: Udderly overwhelming box of creatively curated cheese treats, 30-minute class with Adam on how to taste cheese like a professional before the screening and Q&A after. A curated selection of wines by the glass will be available for purchase at the event thoughtfully paired by accomplished Sommelier Jennifer Schwindt. Watch the trailer for the film here: https://www.bigcheesefilm.com/#trailer

Adam Moskowitz is a 3rd Generation Importer. Today Adam owns and operates Larkin Cold Storage, Columbia Cheese, and the Cheesemonger Invitational. Larkin Cold Storage is a logistics hub for some of the world’s finest cheese. Columbia Cheese is an import company that sources, markets and sells unique, best-in-class cheese from Europe under the banner Maker to Monger. But his crowning achievement was creating The Cheesemonger Invitational. Imagine an event equal parts: education series, cheesemonger obstacle course and artisan cheese festival. Adam has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, NY Times and Wine Spectator. He has appeared as a guest judge on Chopped, a cheese expert on Dr. Oz, featured on CBC Sunday Morning, and a regular on the Epicurious youtube channel. Learn more about Adam at: https://www.adamjaymoskowitz.com/

This event is part of the UNITED Table series – a culinary entertainment series presented by the UNITED to celebrate the food we eat and the creative, hardworking people who take the care and thought in preparing and presenting that food, preserving its history, and filling our lives with the tastes, smells, and experiences that bring people together. Through conversations, tastings, book talks, food fests, and screenings from the culinary cineverse, The UNITED Table invites you to pull up a chair. Bon appétit!

William Wright & Co – affectionately referred to by the locals as just “The Stand” – in Watch Hill connects local farms to the Watch Hill and Westerly communities. Created by Becky Wright and her daughters, WW & Co. strives to educate its customers about the benefits to one’s body and to one’s land of eating recently picked and responsibly farmed food. To pay attention to the quality of what goes ON as well as IN one’s body. They value proximity, with a little luxury thrown in for good measure.