A couple of weeks ago myself and Grace headed off to
CheeseFestUK the first held in Kent. The
truth of the matter we used it as an excuse for an up coming sports event, still
counts if they are a month apart right?
The event was being held at the Kent Showground in Detling
just outside Maidstone, so a quick half an hour from our home. And with a ticket price of £5 then we
couldn’t say no.
I have been to food festivals and convention type events in
the past for various jobs but this new event, at least, this version of the
touring show was the size was not as big as I expected, this was the downside of the event. I am not sure what I expected but something
of a bigger event with more stalls, but there just wasn’t the space in the
centre. It was full mostly with street
food vendors some better than others and one bar that had the standard longest
queue known to mankind if you want a beer or a wine.
It does seem I have only said the bad points of things and
that is but size does matter on certain things
As we walked into the indoor centre we were hit with a
overpowering smell of cheese, not just one cheese but hundreds of cheeses,
along with a bag of cheese popcorn.
Basically, if you have high cholesterol of a similar ailment this is not
the place for you.
You enter and are surrounded by a grilled cheese stall,
halloumi fries, Raclette stall, mac and cheese and full wheels of cheese. We had a quick walk around the different
stalls and as my eyes watered with the stench of some of the heady cheeses I
spotted some corkers like this beast with a silly name. I think it was stinker
too. Sadly there were some stalls that I
could have got have the stock from a supermarket and hope they are cheaper when
not at an event like this. There was a
stage with a band on it, I guess there was supposed to be something else on the
stage but just seem to be a covers band then a DJ. I had seen on the site there was
demonstrations but we were there for a few hours with no mention of this, maybe
I missed something or my brain was too stuffed with cheese.
We started with Halloumi fries, the Greek squeaky cheese is
certainly ready for being fried with a coating and where such a great salty
snack. This was closely followed by
Raclette, for Grace as I am not a fan, and mozzarella sticks for me. Then the big one was required. The amazing cheese wizards from The Mac Shac
redeemed my day and shot me far away in Cheese happiness. With a sauce made up of three cheeses in the
Mac and one i don’t normally like mixed perfectly with a range of
toppings. Now the Spanish Chorizo mixed
into this amazing mac was the nicest thing I have ever eaten. You would want to live off it, even though it
may kill you.
I mean look at my face above, that is not posed, I was so
happy. Eventually I dragged myself back into the car and headed home to digest
this cheese fest feast.
