Travelling to Lombardy, Will explores two of the country’s best-known soft cheeses, Gorgonzola and Taleggio.
Season 1
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Tour through Italy, France and England, and explore some of Europe’s best-known cheeses in this first ever season of the award-winning Cheese Slices. Join Will Studd as he explores the ripening caves of Taleggio and Gorgonzola, and soaks up the atmosphere of Italy’s largest specialist cheese fair in Bra. Learn the secrets behind the exceptional flavours of cloth-bound Cheddar, Parmigiano Reggiano and Pecorino Toscano. Discover the origins of French goat cheese and the difference between Normandy Camembert and Brie. A cracking start to a cracker of a show. This is where it all begins…
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Will travels to the Poitou region of southwest France, where most of the country’s AOC goat’s cheeses are made.
In this episode Will meets the Biemme family, who have been making Parmigiano Reggiano for four generations.
Will visits the Piedmont town of Bra, where the Slow Food movement holds a specialist cheese festival every second year.
Camembert is a potent symbol of French cheesemaking and is copied the world over.
Cheddar is one of the world’s best-known cheeses, taking its name from the village in England’s southwest.