Twilight Cheese Festival at Tonsley
THE latest drawcard at Tonsley’s innovation precinct promises to be a very cheesy affair.
THE latest drawcard at Tonsley’s innovation precinct promises to be a very cheesy affair.
Cheese-a-holics, based at Bowden’s Plant 4, hopes its new Twilight Cheese Festival will draw about 2000 people from across Adelaide.
Alongside some of the best goudas, cheddars and bries made in SA, cheese-lovers will also sample local wines and listen to live music at the Saturday, January 27, event.
Festival organiser Lauretta Whittaker says it will put locals in touch with those responsible for making their favourite treats.
“We wanted to put the spotlight back on the amazing products that SA producers are putting out in the marketplace and bring people face-to-face with the makers,” Mrs Whittaker says.
“Any role I’ve had in the past 10 years has all been about education and exciting and imparting the same passion that I have for cheese from local and overseas producers ... and the story and history that comes with that.”
Mrs Whittaker, who runs Cheese-a-holics with her husband Evan, set the business up after she worked in several positions managing Adelaide cheese bars.
Renewal SA and Marion Council approached the business to see if it could run a cheese festival at Tonsley, following the success of a similar event it hosted at Bowden in July.
Mrs Whittaker says she’ll never be short of staff, given how many people say cheese is the one food they could “never live without”.
“I get a lot of people say to me, ‘That’s my dream job – if you ever need staff, I’m totally available’.”
As for whether she tries to restrain herself at work, she’s happy to keep sampling all the cheese she likes.
“Life’s too short – you’ve got to enjoy them, that’s what they’re there for.”
Twilight Cheese Festival, MAB Tonsley, 1284 South Rd, January 27, from 5-11pm.
Tickets cost $20 for adults, $10 for children aged 10-15, and children aged nine and under can enter for free. Details: cheeseaholics.net
To buy tickets, visit bit.ly/cheese-fest-18