Godaddy - #OpenWeStand- 2020The Antonellis have always loved food, particularly fine cheeses. In 2010, they transformed their passion into a business, and Antonelli’s Cheese Shop in Austin was born. Read More![]() Visit France the Cheese Way-2021“While you are waiting for the borders to reopen why not take a culinary trip by way of French Fromages? Here, five tantalizing, regional tastes.” Read More![]() CapitalOne Learn & Grow-2020How Your Business Mission Can Guide You Through a Downturn With its purpose firmly intact, this mission-driven business is shifting its strategy during COVID-19. Read More![]() CapitalOne learn & Grow-2020Antonelli’s Small Business Picks: Holiday Eats for Foodies. Cheese shop owners John and Kendall Antonelli show you how to build a meal around a cheese board. Read More![]() Dating Advice-2020Antonelli’s Cheese Shop Helps Couples Enjoy Decadent Date Nights at Home. Read More![]() Tribeza Austin Curated-2020Austin Under 40 Names Austinite Of The Year. Austinite Of The Year. Read MoreGodaddy - #OpenWeStand- 2020The Antonellis have always loved food, particularly fine cheeses. In 2010, they transformed their passion into a business, and Antonelli’s Cheese Shop in Austin was born. Read MoreCheese Connoisseur-2019“Becoming a cheesemonger is special,” he says. “Taking the cheeses people have been nurturing for months on end and telling their story is an honor, and I really enjoy it.” Read MoreEdible Austin-2019Time and time again, Austin’s essential cheese institution has taken the title of Local Heroes Food Shop. Read MoreAustin Business Journal-2018Kendall Antonelli co-owns a cheese shop with her husband on a charming corridor in Central Austin’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The homegrown business fits perfectly with her love of interacting with people and for being involved in projects from the ground up — a realization made clear to her after once working in the bureaucracy of Washington, D.C. Read MoreAustin Business Journal-2018Antonelli's Cheese LLC is thriving, with a standalone shop in Hyde Park. The company hosts more than 200 events a year, from tastings and classes to private parties. It's also the go-to cheese source for many of the region's top chefs, sourcing ethically made and hard-to-find varieties from around the globe. Read More![]() VIDEO KXAN-108It’s Time to Get Real Cheesy.Kendall Antonellis talks with KXAN Studio 512 on a mini cheese lesson and what to expect when visiting their Hyde Park Shop. Read MoreWine Spectator-2018What are the cheese pros excited about right now? Like wine, the world of cheese is vast and diverse—potentially overwhelming, but rewarding to explore. Read MoreThe Austin ChronicleIf you like cheese like we like cheese – and, man, we really like cheese – there's no better place to get your goat (or sheep or cow) than Antonelli's Read MoreAustin American Statesman-2017John Antonelli has been a member of the American Cheese Society since before he and his wife, Kendall, even officially got into the cheese business. But last week, Antonelli’s Cheese Shop took another step forward into the international spotlight when John, a longtime board member of ACS, took the helm as president of one of the world’s leading cheese organizations. Read More![]() Movers+Makers-2017It’s safe to say that working with cheese all day long would be many people’s idea of a dream job. For Kendall and John Antonelli, that dream is a reality. Read More![]() Favor Delivery-2017John Antonelli: Confessions of a Texas Cheesemonger. For National Cheese Lover’s Day, The American Cheese Society Vice President and Austin cheese shop hero, John Antonelli, shares his cheesiest pairings and pick-up lines. Read More![]() Austin Business Journal -2016Meet Kendall Antonelli, co-owner, Antonelli’s Cheese Shop. A country girl with a worldly view. Her first name, Kendall, comes from the Texas county her parents drove through one day and settled there because it was pretty. Her middle name, Sky, was inspired by the Hill Country views Read MoreTravel and Leisure Magazine- 2014Best Cheese Shops in America It's hard to believe that foodie hotbed Austin didn't have its own dedicated cheese shop until 2010. That's when John and Kendall Antonelli, who used to run a grilled cheese club from their house, went pro with this opening in historic Hyde Park. John quit his job as a CPA, and the two went on a European tasting mission that included an internship at a French affineur, or cheese ager. Antonelli's stocks a number of Texas-made varieties from the goat farms of Texas Hill Country and cattle farms out on the Plains . Read MoreCommunity Impact -2012Austin couple celebrate love of cheese and each other John and Kendall Antonelli opened Antonelli's Cheese Shop in February 2010 to do more than just sell cheese. John said they wanted to share their passion with everyone in Austin after the idea first began to form about five years ago. Read MoreChowhound-2011“Austin’s Lone Cheese Rangers” In Hyde Park, we visited Austin’s only dedicated cheese shop, Antonelli’s. John and Kendall Antonelli, the shop’s owners, sell cheeses from all over the world, including some made in Texas, as well as cured meats... Read More![]() Austin Chronicle- 2010A Portrait of the Cheesemonger as a Young Couple Antonelli's Cheese Shop is an intimate neighborhood shop where curious patrons can taste everything, ask a million questions, and have their selections cut to order. Read MoreEdible Austin-2010Marketplace: Antonelli’s Cheese Shop “In an MBA program, you’re basically supposed to build a business model,” says John Antonelli. “Why not try to execute it at the same time?” And that’s just what he did. Without actually going back to school, Antonelli applied the traditional graduate degree template—lock onto a passion, research, cultivate mentors, intern, write a business plan—to the world of cheese Read MoreVIDEO 2020 - KXANTime and time again, Austin’s essential cheese institution has taken the title of Local Heroes Food Shop. Read MoreCapital one - 2020Capital One highlights the Antonellis’ entrepreneurial story and pivots during the pandemic at these 3 segments.1. Part 1: (10:55-12:23) 2. Part 2: (29:26-31:45) 3. Part 3: (51:33-53:26) Read More![]() ShipStation Story: Antonelli’s Cheese ShopHusband and wife, John and Kendall Antonelli, turned their passion into profit by starting Antonelli’s Cheese shop in Austin, Texas in February of 2010. Starting as a small business that cut and sold cheese for orders, the company began with just three employees but has grown significantly since. Read More![]() The Gourmet Retailer-2014My wife, Kendall, and I made a honeymoon decision to quit our jobs in search of a passion that would allow us to use our strengths - eating, talking, and being together (with the goal of traveling with family). We put it all together in Austin's first cheese shop . Read More![]() Things I've Learned: John & Kendall AntonelliAfter eight years in Hyde Park, Antonelli's Cheese Shop opens a second location at downtown's Fareground. Read MoreThe word on cheese culture- 2020When asked about a memorable cheese experience or bite this year, I have to quiet and still my mind from overwhelming recollections of hustling to keep a business alive, team members employed, and cheese moving. Read More |