Christian Janier, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, preside over this 2026 edition !

Christian Janier is a cheesemonger with a passion for his profession, and he represents the 4th generation in this family business in Lyon. In the Janier family, this passion has been handed down from father to son: Christian’s great-grandfather sold Comté cheese in the streets of Lyon, his grandfather and father continued to develop the family business...and that is how, when Christian Janier was still just a boy, he came to the ‘Carreau’ in the Halles de Lyon marketplace to sell wheels of cheese with his father. 

Then it was Christian’s turn to develop the family business, and since he wanted to make his passion his profession, he became a ripener-wholesaler with an eye to preserving the precious know-how involved. The Janier line includes nearly 250 cheeses from France and other European countries. All have one thing in common: excellence obtained through strict requirements regarding origin. These exceptional products are sold in France and abroad, from Belgium to Germany and as far away as Japan.
In 2000, Christian Janier set himself a new challenge, which he obtained with brio when he was named Meilleur Ouvrier de France Cheesemonger. He now wears with pride the famous blue, white and red striped collar, a sign of his excellence.