Cheese Lovers:
Make the most of the weekend
Six Steps to Maximum Enjoyment
Calling all Cheese Lovers! Join the movement supporting GREAT CHEESE and get yourself involved in this year’s Big Cheese Weekender. You’ll discover some phenomenal cheeses and have fun along the way. Here’s how…
Step 1: Download your essential Goodie Pack
Get ready for the Big Cheese Weekender with these great resources. Cheese tasting flavour wheel, Activity sheets for kids and and design your own Big Cheese bunting .
Download your essential Goody Pack
Step 2: Order some cheese
With the Big Cheese Weekender just around the corner, it’s time to get some cheese in. But, how do you choose? We know, with so many great cheeses available from so many interesting makers, where do you start! Well, here are a few ideas to help you…
Step 3: Choose your events
With the line up almost confirmed, it will soon be time to plan your Big Cheese Weekender activities. There are loads to choose from, whether you can make it down to one of the live events, or simply plan to just kick back at home, with friends, family and a board-full of cheese. Browse them all on our what’s on page or download the whole programme. Not sure what to join? Check out the themed virtual events that we have run in previous years to get you started.
Step 4: Connect (And Share The Cheese Love)
The excitement is building around this year’s events across social media, search for the hashtag #BigCheeseWeekender on twitter, Instagram or facebook and join in the cheese chat. The more people using the hashtag the wider the reach for great cheese – Let’s get it trending.
Step 5: Enter to Win
We all love a competition. And, this year some of our guest speakers have come up trumps, each offering a chance to win a generous selection of their products. Enter for a chance of winning
Step 6: Watch, Taste, Cook – Enjoy
That’s it your all set. Hopefully you have selected some events to join, have some cheese in the fridge and you are ready to taste along with our Cheese Professionals. Wait, one last thing. Whilst you enjoying the events, why not record your tasting notes and taste along like a pro using the Academy Of Cheese’s Tasting Toolkit
Tasting Toolkit
Three useful tools from the Academy Of Cheese to help you taste cheese like a pro before, during and after the Big Cheese Weekender.
Enormous thanks to our Patrons. We wouldn’t be here without you!
Connect & Share
If you like what you see and eat, please shout about it on social media using the hashtag #BigCheeseWeekender. And do please keep buying good cheese: now, for the festival and afterwards!