Our good friend, Bob Albers in Mandeville, Louisiana has contributed many blog articles over the past 3 years (for which we are very grateful).*
Recently, he told us he will be volunteering at New Orleans’s fabulous cheese festival. He will be working at the gate Saturday from 1-4, so be sure to say “hi.” There are still a few slots open for volunteers (click here).
He will be taking pictures of the event for us and we will post them in a follow-up article later this month.
This is more than just a one day event – there are 3 main activities spread out over 3 days – a class, a party and then the festival itself. (Only New Orleans would have a party before the party!) Unfortunately, the class and party are sold out, but there are still tickets available for the main event Saturday.
Fête des Fromages
Where: New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116
When: Saturday, November 16th
Time: 12pm – 4pm
An outdoor festival featuring over 150 cheeses to taste and cheese makers from all over the world to meet. Your admission includes unlimited cheese samples, local bands, admission to The New Orleans Jazz Museum and a race between 2 chefs to break down giant wheels of cheese. You can purchase beer, wine & cocktails.
Cracking open cheese wheels at last year’s event
Schedule:
11am: Early opening for The Big Cheese, Cheese Boss, Cheese Fanatic and Cheese Lover ticket holders
- DJ Nice Rack on stage
12pm: Doors open for Cheese Enthusiast ticket holders
- Harmonouche on stage
- Bordeaux Wine & Cheese Pairing VIP Seminar, Museum 3rd Floor (This class is sold out.)
1 pm: Chefs battle it out to crack open giant wheels of cheese on stage
- Celebrity Contenders
- After the judging, watch Chef Dan Esses turn freshly-cracked half wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano and Fulvi Pecorino Romano into giant pasta bowls. (Pasta portions will be available for purchase.)
1:15 pm: Bordeaux Wine & Cheese Pairing VIP Seminar, Museum 3rd Floor (This class is sold out.)
2 pm: Meschiya Lake and The Little Big Horns on stage
2:30 pm: Tuscan Wine & Cheese Pairing VIP Seminar, Museum 3rd Floor (Register for this class when you buy VIP tickets.)
3:00 pm: 200lb Emmentaler Cheese Wheel Cutting on stage.
- Contest: Guess the weight to the nearest 1/100th of a decimal. The 3 closest entries will win 1 pound of Emmentaler.
3:15 pm: Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots on stage
3:45 pm: Tuscan Wine & Cheese Pairing VIP Seminar, Museum 3rd Floor (Register for this class when you buy VIP tickets.)
Tickets:
https://fetedesfromages.com/tickets/
Website:
https://fetedesfromages.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/new-orleans-jazz-museum/f%C3%AAte-des-fromages-nola-cheese-fest/328943814460893/
*About Bob
Bob is a retired electronics engineer who has traveled all around the world, but now lives in Mandeville, Louisiana. He has contributed 13 articles to our blog (so far), and we have done one about him (click here). We’re very grateful to him for his contributions to our community of home cheese makers.
These are his previous articles, listed in order with the most recent at top:
Bob’s Homemade Limoncello
An Easy Way to Flip Camembert
Creole Cream Cheese Recipe #2
Calculating Weights for the Dutch Style Press
Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
Time Keeping Spreadsheet for Making Cheese
Kummelkase (Caraway Cheese)
Cream Cheese Experiment
Bob’s Homemade Curd Cutter – Part 2
Bob’s Homemade Horizontal Curd Cutter
Making a Drying Box
About Cooking Curds
Creole Cream Cheese
