Anne Saxelby

Anne Saxelby is the founder and co-owner of Saxelby Cheesemongers, New York City's first shop dedicated to selling only American artisan cheeses. Anne has worked as a cheesemonger, cheesemaker, and affineur over her 17-year career in the cheese world. She got her start as a cheesemonger behind the counter at the famed Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village, and apprenticed as a cheesemaker on small farms in the US and in France to learn the technical and agricultural side of cheesemaking. Saxelby Cheesemongers operates a retail shop in Manhattan's Chelsea Market, a wholesale division that curates cheese for over 100 fine restaurants and shops in New York City and beyond, and a mail order business shipping America's best cheese direct to consumers.