About the Art of Cheese
Meet Kate Johnson (she/her)
Founder/Owner/Cheese Coach

I got my start as a cheesemaker while raising Nubian dairy goats on my family farm in Longmont, Colorado. I had more delicious farm-fresh goat milk on hand than we could drink so I began learning how to make cheese with the excess. At first I was self-taught, but I eventually took an advanced cheesemaking course from Larry and Linda Faillace of the Three Shepherds Farm of Vermont as well as several other renown cheesemaking educators. After winning a champion ribbon in a local amateur cheesemaking contest, I was asked to teach a class through Colorado State Extension Services and soon a new hobby-business began. Although my background is in counseling, life coaching & training, I have found that these skills translate well into my role as a cheesemaking teacher and like to think of myself as a Cheese Coach!
In October of 2014 I decided to pursue teaching full time and The Art of Cheese was born. Initially located in a shared classroom in downtown Longmont and then within a local cheesemaking creamery, by 2019 we decided to build a classroom right on the farm so students could visit our friendly goat herd after classes. We offer year-round in-person classes there and now, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, we also offer a wide variety of online classes and a robust certification program.
In addition to running the cheesemaking school I have also been active with our local 4-H program and county fair and have written two books, Tiny Goat, Big Cheese and Say Cheese!
Meet Kelly Liebrock (she/her)
Lead Instructor/Certified Cheese Professional

Meet Deb Britton (she/her)
Instructor/Goat Wrangler

Meet Denise Milligan (she/her)
Business & Website Consultant /Instructor

Meet Al Milligan (he/him)
Cheesy Photographer
