MARISSA MULLEN is a Brooklyn based best-selling author, entrepreneur, food stylist and content creator. She is the founder of That Cheese Plate, a global community for cheese plate inspiration and recipes, and creator of the Cheese By Numbers method, a step-by-step approach to creative food styling. She is known for pioneering the cheese and charcuterie trend in popular culture today and creating art out of simplicity.

In addition to photography and recipe development, Marissa teaches That Cheese Class and hosts That Cheese Party the first “build your own board” experiences of their kind. She spent two years as the Resident Cheese Contributor at Food52 and has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, Live with Kelly + Ryan, Access Hollywood, Business Insider and Food + Wine among many others. Her debut cookbook, That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life focuses on how crafting a cheese plate can be a grounding, meditative activity. This book has inspired many, awarded with Amazon’s Editor’s Pick for 2020 and listed on Wall Street Journal’s Best-Seller List.