This year I eaten my weight in cheese. I’m not exaggerating! And I changed one of my 40 Before 40 travel-related challenges to take part in a cheese masterclass course. Which I completed a few weeks ago!
It was a dream come true (but not one of those weird ones that people blame on cheese). Our host was Sherly, originally from Korea but now fully integrated into Swiss life and a certified Swiss Cheese Sommelier!

She told us so much about cheese that I never knew, like Swiss cheese is mainly made from raw not pasteurised milk, which knives to use for different cheeses, how to plate different cheeses exactly how a cheese sommelier would and how to describe the distinct flavours of the cheese.
I was surprised about how different all the cheeses were. The hardest thing was deciding which one was my favourite – completely impossible when all of them were amazing.

Finally, after being filled to the gills with cheese, it was time to learn how to make a Swiss classic – Chäse-Chüechli. Which is also impossible to say sober nevermind after a few drinks. A Chäse-Chüechli is a cheese tart that is made with leftover (I’ve never left any cheese so not sure how this happens) cheese. So simple to make and delicious as part of my lunch the next day.

In the past few weeks we’ve been trying new cheeses and, of course, Fondue season has started so cheese is very much still on the agenda and will be for the next few months.