Big Cheese Weekender 2021
Save the date! 23-25 April
About the event
The programme of talks and speakers will be revealed soon, along with information on the best places to buy cheese. Last year’s event, which was backed by HRH The Prince of Wales, saw everything from wine and cheese masterclasses, cooking demos and talks on the history of cheese to farm tours, a cheese quiz and even cheese poetry. Sign up and we’ll let you know as soon as the events are live..
Take a cheese road trip
Launched last year in response to the crisis facing the country’s specialist cheesemakers when the Pandemic struck, the Big Cheese Weekender returns in April with three days of free online cheese events aimed at celebrating and supporting this fragile sector. Be transported around the country, from fields and farms to dairies and maturing rooms, as well as cheesemongers’ counters and the kitchens of top chef. All you have to do is buy British artisan cheese, tune in and taste along.
Support specialist cheesemakers
It’s been a roller-coaster year for Britain’s artisan cheesemakers, who faced disaster when Coronavirus hit last year and devastated sales. The Big Cheese Weekender was set up in response to the crisis and was part of a groundswell of support to Save British Cheese. Thanks to these efforts, and the creativity and skill of the cheesemakers themselves, most have pulled through, but they still face huge challenges.
Our supporters
The Big Cheese Weekender is a not-for-profit event that was set up by cheese writer Patrick McGuigan and Academy of Cheese director Tracey Colley. This year’s event is kindly sponsored by Opies Foods, Tracklements and Peter’s Yard, and is backed by The Specialist Cheesemakers Association, The Guild of Fine Food and the Academy of Cheese.
Big Cheese Weekender 2020
To celebrate the amazing range of cheeses made by small producers in the UK and to highlight the crisis they face, the campaign cumulated in the Big Cheese Weekender over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend in 2020. The three-day event encouraged the public to enjoy the country’s best cheeses with a series of free, online tastings by the country’s top cheese experts.
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