Meet American Jay, The Cheese Maker Living in Russia.
Sept 3, 2015 16:52:18 GMT -6
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Post by Jude on Sept 3, 2015 16:52:18 GMT -6
It really says something when a man who was born in America and has lived Mexico, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji as a child, while speaking English, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian...chooses to live in Russia.
And what is he doing? Making Cheese!
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A true chef at heart. :)
In the video he talks about real life and freedom. But he also states in the article that it isn't always greener on the other side either.
A lot of people just give up," he says. "I can't say you wouldn't regret it."
Sounds EXACTLY what it's like over here doesn't it?
So, he's doing what he loves, living in the Countryside, married to a woman half his age and earning a living to boot...
I guess if we're going to bend over we might as well eat cheese while we're down there.
Jude
And what is he doing? Making Cheese!
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Meet Jay Close, an American living in a small village near Moscow Up at 5am to milk his cows, battling bureaucracy by day and making late deliveries by night - becoming a cheese-maker in Russia has been "hard, hard work" for Jay Close. The 48-year-old New York-born chef began his operation 5 yrs ago, as part of a move to establish a rural life with his new wife Valentina, 25, in Moshnitsy, a village an hour's drive from the capital, Moscow.
Jay started with one cow. Now he has five plus eight goats, buys extra milk from nearby farmers and employs a worker from Tajikistan. He began making one to two kilogrammes of cheese a day, but can now make up to 30 - and 30 different varieties. The operation has taken over the entire downstairs of the farmhouse he built himself. "I'm making cheese in my living room and my kitchen," he says.
A true chef at heart. :)
In the video he talks about real life and freedom. But he also states in the article that it isn't always greener on the other side either.
Despite his growing success, Jay is divided as to whether he would recommend Russia as a suitable business environment. The bureaucratic struggles are constant, and he describes lengthy difficulties in buying land and getting his cheese certified for sale. "You've got to have some inside connections. For a foreigner thinking he's going to start something in Russia, it's too much - the culture, the people, the land..
A lot of people just give up," he says. "I can't say you wouldn't regret it."
Sounds EXACTLY what it's like over here doesn't it?
So, he's doing what he loves, living in the Countryside, married to a woman half his age and earning a living to boot...
I guess if we're going to bend over we might as well eat cheese while we're down there.
Jude
