Canada’s Artisan Cheese Night Market will be a veritable showcase for the best in Canadian cheese. Among the 150 artisan and farmstead cheeses to sample and purchase on June 6 will be the three most recent winners of Canadian Cheese of the Year honours at Canadian Cheese Awards/Les Concours des fromages fins canadien:
Le Baluchon, Fromagerie Baluchon, Québec, 2014 Cheese of the Year
Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar, Cows Creamery, Prince Edward Island, 2016 Cheese of the Year
Louis d’Or, Fromagerie du Presbytère, Québec, 2018 Cheese of the Year.
Here’s the list of cheese producers who have confirmed to date. More are expected by show time on June 6.
Fromagerie de L’Abbaye Saint-Benoît
Fromagerie du Champ à la Meule
Fromagerie du Terroir de Bellechasse
Fromagerie La vache à Maillotte
Fromagerie La Station de Compton
Canada’s Artisan Cheese Night Market is a unique sampling show where consumers can taste and buy cheese, charcuterie, chocolate, roasted nuts, shortbread, olive oil, drunken jams, gourmet butter, ginger tonic, chutney, and small-batch wine and craft beer and cider, and spirits, and much more. 19+
Tickets are still available for Session 1 (12 noon to 3 pm) and Session 2 (3:30 to 6:30 pm). Session 3 (7 to 10 pm) has SOLD OUT.
It’s all happening at historic St. Lawrence Market’s Temporary North Hall at 125 The Esplanade in downtown Toronto.
Information and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadas-artisan-cheese-night-market-2019-tickets-56463973264?ref=ebtnebtckt
