That Cheese Plate’s Marissa Mullen On Fromage Faves, Cheesemongers & Social Media

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Hosted by Kerry Diamond Produced by Catherine Baker and Jenna Sadhu Edited by Jenna Sadhu Music by Tralala, “All Fired Up” Marissa Mullen has a career that cheese lovers could only dream of. As the founder of That Cheese Plate, Marissa gets to meet cheesemakers and cheesemongers; travel to famous cheese regions; and share her flair for making cheese boards with her audience online and off. Her second book, That Cheese Plate Wants To Party, is out tomorrow and leans into the celebratory side of cheese. Marissa joins host Kerry Diamond to share what it’s like to be a cheese influencer, how her jobs at The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert shaped what she does today, her picks for everything from crackers to produce, and her day-to-day as a culinary creative. Thank you to Whole Foods Market for supporting today’s show and our 10th annual Cherry Bombe Jubilee conference. Learn more about their Environmental Stewardship program here. Join the Jubilee waiting list here. Radio Cherry Bombe is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. Our show is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. Want to build your professional network? Sign up for your Cherry Bombe magazine annual subscription here and membership here. More on Marissa: Instagram, That Cheese Plate, website Order Marissa’s book

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0:00.0	Hi, Boys and girls are all fired up.
0:07.0	Hi, everyone, you're listening to Radio Cherry Bond, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from newsstand studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City. I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb magazine, and each week I talk to the most interesting culinary folks around. Joining me in the studio today is Marissa Mullen, one of my favorite folks and Cherrybom's queen of all things cheese.
0:40.4	A few years ago, while working on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,
0:44.2	Marissa became obsessed with making cheese plates and found she was quite good at it.
0:48.6	She told Stephen she was leaving to focus on frommage.
0:51.6	I wish I could have re-dropped that conversation, and went on to become a
0:55.2	hit on social media under the name That Cheese Plate. Fast forward to now, and Marissa's
1:00.3	a full-fledged cheese authority, and her second book will be out tomorrow. It's called That
1:05.8	Cheese Plate wants to party, and she is here to tell us all about it. Speaking of party,
1:10.7	our Jubilee conference is this coming weekend, OMG, and we are so excited.
1:15.5	We have amazing talent joining us, including Joanna Gaines of Magnolia, Molly Baas, top chef
1:20.9	winner Melissa King, and everyone's fave, Sophia Rowe.
1:24.7	We've got book signings with folks like Molly, Marissa and Natasha Pickowitz,
1:28.7	Maya, Camille Broussard all the way from Chicago, and Ding Ding Who. Also, of course, beautiful
1:34.4	food and drink all day long. Tickets are sold out, but you can join the waiting list at
1:39.3	cherry bomb.com. And I'm thrilled that Whole Foods Market is returning as our partner.
1:44.8	Whole Foods Market has supported all of our New York City Jubilee conferences since our very
1:49.0	first one in 2014.
1:51.4	One of the things I admire about Whole Foods Market is they are partnering with Amazon
1:55.2	to cut food waste in half by 2030.
1:58.8	So this year, Whole Foods Market is bringing its sustainability message to life at
2:02.9	Jubilee in several ways. I have a special guest here to tell us more. It's Jamie Rondo, senior
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