Holiday Cheeseboard Workshop with Alli Keyser-Marti at Gold Ridge Organic Farms

Elevate your holiday entertaining and learn the ultimate skills to wow your guests this festive season! Join Gold Ridge Organic Farms' resident cheese expert, Alli Keyser-Marti, for an intimate, hands-on cheeseboard workshop designed to help you create show-stopping displays for your holiday gatherings. Explore how to create your own beautiful board, showcasing a wide array of flavors, textures, and colors. Learn how to incorporate a variety of edible flowers and fresh herbs, local honey, apple cider syrup, balsamic vinegar, EVOO, olives, artisan bread, crackers, and dips to accompany the best local cheeses made by artisan producers from Sonoma County and beyond. All ingredients and materials included in ticket price. You'll get to take home your creation to share with friends and family. Building on a culinary career starting in her teenage years, in 2014 Alli Keyser-Marti fell in love with exploring the world of milk, salt, enzymes, and microbes. Her cheese journey includes managing Cowgirl Creamery’s original Pt Reyes shop, overseeing the Oliver’s Market Stony Point cheese department, as well as being awarded an ACEF Scholarship to attend the American Cheese Society's Portland conference in 2022, where she successfully completed the Certified Cheese Professional® exam. In 2025, Alli also became an ACS Certified Cheese Sensory Evaluator® and judged cheese for the Good Food Awards. She has followed this passion from her backyard in California to small farms all over France, rural Ohio, roadside stands in Sardinia, and ferries in Croatia. Most recently you’ll find her skillfully pairing cheese with olive oil and apple tastings at Gold Ridge Organic Farms, as well as overseeing our custom olive milling operations and maintaining our organic certifications.