Russell Smith

Russell Smith
Cheese Consultant and Educator
Deputy Chief Judge, Australian Grand Dairy Awards

Russell Smith provides cheese sensory training and cheese education for retailers, consumers, chef and restaurateurs, and the list goes on.

Through his role as owner/operator of Mart Delicatessen in Canberra for over 8 years, Russell’s experience of cheese and dairy products offered the local community greater depth of knowledge in Australian cheese appreciation.

Russell judges for the Royal Agricultural Societies and the Australian Specialist Cheese-makers’ Association Awards. He is the chief judge of the Dairy Produce Show for the RNA in Brisbane and is the Chairman of Judges for the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Shows.

Russell also conducts cheese appreciation courses for Flavours Culinary Centre in Canberra and has been the Deputy Chief Judge for the Australian Grand Dairy Awards for eight years.

Meet AGDA’s deputy chief judge Russell Smith…