NOW CLOSED: Calling all cheese lovers…fancy coming along to a French goat’s cheese masterclass and a tasting session in London on Thurs 24th November?

[AnnMumsnet]

We have been asked by French goat's cheese who are running the [[http://www.frenchgoatscheese.com/en.html
Easy Cheesey Chèvre]] campaign, to find 20 Mumsnetters to go along to themed Masterclass hosted by Sophie Wright (French goat's cheese ambassador in the UK). Sophie is one of the youngest and most talented new chefs around and author of cookbook, Home at 7, Dinner at 8 which has been featured regularly in the Evening Standard.

The Masterclass will be taking place on Thursday 24th November at a cooking school in central London. The hands on class will start at 12 and finish around 2.30pm. The venue can be reached easily on public transport (Oxford Circus & Bond Street tube) or public car parking is nearby.

During the tasting event and masterclass, you will get to:

~ Taste a range of French goat's cheese (chèvre in French) from mild to strong, creamy to hard with complimentary drinks
~ Discover some of the 1,001 ways to enjoy chèvre and learn about the different types and regions from which they come and the best ways to enjoy them as a dish ingredient or on a cheese board
~ Create a selection of mouth-watering recipes and learn how versatile and easy to use French goat's cheese is
~ Be part of a group q&a with French goat's cheese expert
~ Sit back and enjoy the dishes at the end in the stylish dining area
~ Leave with inspiring recipe ideas, tips and a bag of cheesy goodies

After the event you'll be asked to add written feedback to a thread on Mumsnet.

Attendance is by invitation only - if you'd like to attend please sign up here and we'll be in touch with full details if you're selected.

Travel expenses of up to £15 will be paid. Sorry no children.

If you are unable to attend please post your question here and we will do our best to ensure it gets asked - responses will be available on the feedback thread.

Thanks and good luck
MNHQ

[AnnMumsnet]

Glad you all had a great time and sounds like mucho cheese was scoffed!

We're just sorting the feedback thread and will hopefully have it up and emailed out to you ASAP! Thanks. Ann

[Fillybuster]

DestinationUnknonw - The muffins were handed out, 2 to a box, with no reference to which table created them - so I have no idea who was responsible for the 2 very pretty ones I was given, but they were completely inedible....stuck to the paper on the outside, and claggy/solid/uncooked in the middle.

All 3 dcs loved the cheese I took home (now I regret not taking more!), which surprised me as I had taken the stronger/more obscure samples - so I will be feeding them far more goats cheese in future when i can bear to share it

[Punkatheart]

Thank you - lovely fellow Mumsnet women (and one man), beautifully organised and I had to roll home, stuffed with cheese.

Was there going to be a specific thread for us to discuss the day?

[patchworkchick]

Thank you so much for yesterdays fun, the cheese and company was fabulous!

[QuintessentialMercury]

Thank you. It was very nice.

Brilliant Wine. Brilliant Cheese. Brilliant event.

The muffins stuck to the paper, so they were a bit difficult to eat. ds1 and ds2 were not impressed, I was too full to appreciate them.....

[DestinationUnknown]

Thank you Mumsnet and the cheese people! Had a great time.

Sadly (for me but not my waistline) I had to leave without my muffin or cheesecake - intrigued how the muffins turned out? In particular Fillybuster how were our table's sloppy efforts?!

[lambethlil]

It was great!

(I've eaten the cheesecake already )

[Fillybuster]

Thank you for a brilliant afternoon - it was fantastic to taste so many different cheeses and the cookery sessions were great fun (and quite inspiring). I wasn't expecting a full lunch or daytime drinking as well as cheese....all in all, a brilliant afternoon bunking off work out.

I ate waaaay too much cheese, but suspect that was entirely my own fault.......and my dcs are very excited about the leftovers I brought home :)

[AnnMumsnet]

Not long to go now ladies and gent!! Hope you are all still excited...

[SalVadorDavi]

Hi Ann. Yes, I have. I'll reply to your e-mail again - please don't cancel my place!

[orangina]

Thank you very much, really looking forward to it!

[wahwahwah]

Mum(snet) knows best...
You know it makes sense. Cant have a cheese party without Wah.

[wahwahwah]

There would have been cracker crumbs and chutney all over... It would have been a very messy home that Master and MrW would have come home to tonight...

[AnnMumsnet]

I know filly....I am waywayway (do you see what I did there) scared not to invite her!!!

SalVadorDavi - have you emailed me?

[Valpollicella]

Happy days! Free cheese for me too

[Fillybuster]

On the basis of this response, AnnMumsnet, I am enormously relieved that wahwahwah made it onto the list...

Can you imagine the consequences if she hadn't been selected? [terrified emoticon]

[wahwahwah]

Yeeesssssssssssssssssssss! I love cheese. I am soooooooo very happy!

Oh god, I need a new job - to be this excited over some freebie cheese is deeply disturbing!

[AnnMumsnet]

she is filly!

[Fillybuster]

Does that mean you're coming too, wahwahwah?

[wahwahwah]

The Cheese Song...

there are so many nice cheeses
that i can't pick one
delicious and nutritious
curdled dairy fun
they go well with fruit and biscuits
or a seeded bun
there are so many nice cheeses
that i can't pick one

yes wensleydale is crumbly
stilton's veined and blue
brie can get quite runny
as can camembert too
do you think camembert's aware
that brie ripped off its act? those
copyright infringement suits
get tricky with lactose

so many cheeses
that i can't pick one
delicious and nutritious
curdled dairy fun
they go well with fruit and biscuits
or a seeded bun
there are so many nice cheeses
that i can't pick one

there are cheeses that are cultured
using sweaty little girl's feet
there are cheeses made from leaving goat's milk
outdoors for a week
there are cheeses made from sheep and cow
and human too
you can make a cheese with most things you can
find in a zoo

so many cheeses
that i can't pick one
delicious and nutritious
curdled dairy fun
they go well with fruit and biscuits
or a seeded bun
there are so many nice cheeses
that i can't pick one

some of them are stinky
i often like those best
but please don't breezily assume
you've got my preference guessed;
just when it seems i'm partisan
to vintage dorset blue
some fresh young farmhouse number
might come rolling into view

there are so many cheeses
that i can't pick one
delicious and nutritious
curdled dairy fun
they go well with fruit and biscuits
or a seeded bun
there are so many nice cheeses
that i can't pick one

now we take a little break...
this basically gives the vocalist, and you in the audience, of course
an opportunity for a little nibble
y'know, not a proper portion, in the middle of a song,
that wouldn't be right
but at least a swipe of philly
or some crumbs...

in france i met a connoisseur
of edible bacteria
he said he had the one true cheese
all others were inferior
he'd worked in cheese for fifty years
said comte is the best
i tasted it but told him
yeah, you've probably guessed... i said

so many cheeses
i just can't pick one
delicious and nutritious
curdled dairy fun
they go well with fruit and biscuits
or a seeded bun
there are so many nice cheeses
that i can't pick one

there are so many nice cheeses
i don't mean to be unkind
i do love every single one
right down to the rind
but no matter how addictive
any one cheese is
it will find itself one day
with a new neighbour in the fridge

altogether,
so many cheeses
i just can't pick one
delicious and nutritious
curdled dairy fun
they go well with fruit and biscuits
or a seeded bun
there are so many nice cheeses
that i can't pick one

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese!

[QuintessentialShadow]

[Fillybuster]

Wooohooo!

Thank you :)

Sod the diet :) :) :)

[SalVadorDavi]

Ann, thank you very much - I received my e-mail earlier.

I'm very excited, what a great experience!

[AnnMumsnet]

email went out this pm

[Fillybuster]

Have all of those chosen been notified yet? Just trying to work out if I need to allow for a cheese pigout when diet planning....!