Wendy Mitchell is owner and founder of Avalanche Cheese Company, which she started in 2008 with a goat dairy in Paonia, CO, and a creamery in Basalt, CO. She opened Meat & Cheese Restaurant and Farm Shop in Aspen in 2014, adding Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in spring 2016. Her company added a USDA meat processing plant in 2014 to make dry-cured salami. Mitchell has worked in the food world her entire career. She started Mission Burritos in Houston, managed fine dining at four-star hotels and private clubs, did extensive research into Dallas bars and clubs in college, and worked at a Hickory Farms mall outlet while in high school.
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