Virginie Boularouah

Handed down from father to daughter since 1946, Virginie Boularouah, 54, is a master cheese refiner in Montmartre. She works in her 2 cheese dairies at 54 Rue Damrémont and 125 Rue Caulaincourt (18th arrondissement). She has her own maturing cellars.
At the age of 27, she decided to take up the family torch and move to Paris.
Her commitment and priorities have always been: taste, raw milk, maturing, respecting the seasons, promoting her fabulous producers, taking an interest in farming conditions and animal welfare.
2002 Voted best ‘Cheesemaker of the Year’ by the Pudlowski Guide.
2007 Guilde Internationale des Fromagers, named ‘Maître Fromager Affineur’.
2008/10 Collaboration with Cyril Lignac, ‘cuisine by’ magazine, dedicated Creamery and Cheese section.
2021 voted best cheese maker by Timeout magazine.

Read the interview with Virginie Boularouah at the last Salon de l’Agriculture:
https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/l-invite-de-la-chambre-des-metiers-et-de-l-artisanat-d-ile-de-france/107-1