BBC Good Food (On-Demand): Your Complete Christmas Cheese Guide with the Academy of Cheese
About This Webinar
From Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve we have got all your cheese needs covered with this online masterclass in association with the experts at the Academy of Cheese, https://academyofcheese.org/
What's in the masterclass?
This hour-long live webcast will help you understand and develop your enjoyment of cheese this festive season– from learning how to select your cheese, what to serve with it and how to use up any leftovers (if you have any!), followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
Your masterclass itinerary
In this live webcast, Hero Hirsh – Head of Retail for legendary cheesemongers Paxton & Whitfield, cheese judge and trainer with the Academy of Cheese – and BBC Good Food’s Group magazines editor and cheese enthusiast, Keith Kendrick, will guide you seamlessly from Christmas Eve to New Year with the best cheeses for each of these momentous occasions. You will learn when and what to serve them with, how to care for them and how to taste each cheese.
You will be introduced to some stunning cheeses perfect for all the celebrations. They’ll be tasting and discussing six different styles of cheeses, which you can find in cheesemongers and at supermarkets if you’d like to taste along:
Here’s what they’ll be trying:
Stichelton, Beaufort, Mont D’Or, Etoile de Gatine, Kirkhams Lancashire and Tunworth
Beaufort
Alternative cheeses: Le Gruyere AOP, Mature Cheddar, Lincolnshire Poacher
Mont D’or
Alternative cheeses: Rollright, Baronet, Winslade
Stichelton
Alternative cheeses: Blue Stilton, Cornish Blue, Wrekin Blue
Kirkham’s Lancashire
Alternative cheeses: Any Lancashire cheese
Etoile de Gatine
Alternative cheeses: Little Lily, Cabecou, Capricorn goats
Tunworth
Alternative cheeses: Any Camembert, Coulommiers
The presentation will be recorded and will be available to all who purchase to watch up to 10 times.
Want to get a head start?
Download the Academy of Cheese flavour wheel and get introduced to five simple flavours which will help you with your tasting knowledge. https://academyofcheese.org/lp/cheese-tasting-model/
- Selecting and Purchasing cheese for the festive period
- How to care for your cheese
- How and what to serve it with and leftovers recipes
- Taste-along session to understand the style of cheese and how to taste it
- 30 minute Q&A
She has been a training partner for the Academy of Cheese since its inception, delivering both level 1 and 2 courses to hundreds of delegates. She is working with the Academy to create learning content for their upcoming level 3 and Master of Cheese qualification.
With a lifelong passion for food, and a background as a pastry chef in some of London’s Michelin star restaurants, she had the ideal foundations for a career running the cheese counters in one of the UK’s most prestigious cheesemongers.
Hero loves to talk about all things cheese and even started the UK’s first dedicated cheese podcast.
