The UK’s Largest Dedicated Cheese Fair
17/18th July (Sat-Sun) 10am – 4pm in the Livestock Market, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray LE13 1JY
The Artisan Cheese Fair is the UK’s largest cheese fair with normally between 50 – 60 artisan cheesemakers from Britain and Ireland and around 300 cheeses to try and buy. Other food & drink on sale; wine, cakes, beer, pies, hot street food, etc is complemented by a range of other stands.
Tickets are £4 each for this year’s fair – Children under 16 enter free.
Due to Covid-19 guidelines, there will be a limited number of tickets available and priority will be given to Advanced Tickets. Tickets will still be on sale on the gate.
As this is a food event, we’re sorry to say that dogs are not allowed (except service dogs)
Most of the Fair is outside or in open halls, visitors should wear a facecovering when entering the closed halls. The event has been spaced out to minimise crowding and visitors should respect social distancing.
This is a particularly difficult time for cheesemakers, you can support them buy buying their cheese directly from them or through your local cheesemonger, deli, farmshop and specialist food store.
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THEATRE, TASTINGS & WORKSHOPS
The Artisan Cheese Fair is open from 10am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday
CHEESE THEATRE PROGRAMME (Provisional)
(Hall J at Entrance)
11.00 Tasting Cheese – A Beginners Guide
An informal guide to understanding cheeses
12.00 A History of Cheese
An informal, hopefully amusing, tale
13.00 Cooking with Cheese
A demonstration on cooking with cheese
14.00 Make your own Cheese
Cheese making at home – including Colwick
TUTORED TASTINGS
(In Market Tavern – limited capacity, first come first served)
11.30 No Kidding!
Goat’s Cheese has come a long way – it’s delicious
12.30 Cheese and Wine
Catchpole Cellars
13.30 Simply Red!
Taste a variety of Red Leicester’s – one of the UK’s favourites
14.30 The Stilton Challenge
Can you tell them apart?
DEMONSTRATIONS – WORKSHOPS
12.00 Making Butter (especially for kids)
13.00 Make Your Own Cheese
14.30 Making Butter (especially for kids)
ENTERTAINMENT
12.00 and 1.15 Eaga Gospel Choir
12.45 and 2.00 New St Georges Morris