About the Author

Ben Vinken has been professionally involved with beer for 32 years. After holding business positions at brewing companies such as Palm and AB Inbev, he established himself as a publisher specialising in beer-related publications, including Michael Jackson's 'Great Beers of Belgium' and 'Bierpassie magazine'. He is a great advocate of marrying beer to cuisine, and this is the theme of his television series on the Belgian Vitaya channel named 'De Biersommelier'. Michel Van Tricht owns the best cheese shop in Europe, as the 'Wall Street Journal' describes it. He has refined cheese since 1978, a profession that he himself mastered. He purchases the best cheeses available in Europe, ripens them in his cheese atelier and subsequently supplies them to top restaurants and cheese enthusiasts from far and wide.