The art of cheese tasting

By Ms Rhiannon Richards, French language teacher

Towards the end of Term One, the Year 9 French classes were hosted by Le Cheeserie, the newly opened cheese shop in the Belconnen markets.
Having studied food shopping and French markets as part of their first unit of the year, our Year 9 students were keen to put what they've learned into practice.

The team at “Le Cheeserie” devised a menu of four different cheeses to sample: Camembert, Brie, Comté and Basquitou. One of the owners, Kaitlyn Towner, took us through this cheese masterclass, accompanied by menu and stickers. We were also encouraged to look and smell before tasting. There was even an opportunity to use a special piece of equipment to shave off a sliver of sheep’s milk cheese.

We learnt a great deal along the way and a good time was had by all. We look forward to continuing this relationship with Le Cheeserie in the future and would like to thank the team for setting up this opportunity for our students. I for one will be back, to sample some more of their range in the near future!