Eating blue cheese as a child set Lynsey Henderson in good stead for a job working at The Cheesery, Dundee. Lynsey, 28, has been working at The Cheesery since it opened back in 2019. This was the perfect role for her, considering her varied appetite as a child.
“Growing up, I was always an adventurous eater,” she says. “I put that down to my dad. He would always encourage me and my siblings to just ‘try it’.
“Pretty much everything he would bring us, I would love it. “When I was young, my dad and I would eat blue cheese together – at the dismay of my mum and my brothers. “Food has always been a passion of mine.
“So I think this is where I was meant to end up.” After Lynsey left school, she started studying renewable energy sciences at university. But it became clear that working in food and drink was her passion.
“I was working part time in a pub,” she tells me. “And it was getting to the point where I would wake up and dread having to go to uni. “But I was actually really looking forward to working in the pub.
” Now, she puts her skills as a people person to good use chatting to customers in The Cheesery. “We always liken to an adult version of a sweetie shop,” laughs Lynsey. “It’s a bit different to going and doing your weekly shop in Tesco.
“It is a feast for the senses. “People tend to be in a very good mood when they come in – and when they leave.” There are times when customers assume Lynsey may have less cheese expertise t.