Opinion & Culture
Cheese Markets, Festivals and Events
Cheese markets, festivals and events offer different ways into the subject: somewhere to explore a place, follow a tradition or understand how cheeses are judged. This hub brings those interests together, with routes through public celebrations, market visits, competitions and the stories behind remarkable cheeses.
Dutch Cheese Markets: Alkmaar, Gouda, Edam and Hoorn
The bell sounds across Alkmaar’s Waagplein.
Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling
The wheel is away.
The Slow Food Cheese Festival in Bra
First, Italian meadow cheese.
Slow Food Cheese Presidia Explained
In Farindola, on the eastern side of Italy’s Gran Sasso massif, sheep’s milk sets with an ingredient you might not expect: pig rennet.
The World Cheese Awards
In Bern, Switzerland, the spotlight fell on a Gruyère over 18 months old.
The World Championship Cheese Contest
A sniff.
Everything in this section
- The American Cheese Society CompetitionA cheese lands before two judges.
- Famous Cheeses and Record BreakersOpen the lorry and imagine the view.
- Ruzzola and Cheese-Wheel Throwing in ItalyA wheel of pecorino rolls across a square in Pienza, heading for a fixed target.