Charlie's
Become a Cheese Pairing Event Professional Host
Charlie Turnbull, cheese expert, casselier, founding direct of the Academy of Cheese can help you host expertly guided cheese and wine events. Become one of our Partners and
If you know food and drink you can do this. We can give you all the support and training you need.
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Each live event is based on 5 cheese and drink pairings. I usually use wines, two red, two white and a fortified or dessert wine as they are the most popular. Each offer is themed, such as Classic Wine and Cheese, or American Wines with Cheese.
You can buy in three formats:
For every Party/Event we give guidance on how to source your wine and cheese.
Added value options:
What happens on the day
You are the host. Your guests join their tables for the cheeseboard and wines. After your introduction you play the Meet Charlie video.
You introduce each tasting with Charlie’s 3-4 minute video. Your guests can taste, discuss, perhaps ask questions of you or your team and make their own discoveries. Charlie encourages them to make their own conclusions. This typically takes 10 or so minutes. After the last pairing, Charlie has a short thank you/goodbye video.
The whole event will take 60-90 minutes, depending on your pacing and what else you have planned.
Each Event/party has a Portal for you and your guests. It includes
You can give access to your Guests to the Party if you choose.
Demonstrations:
You access all you need through CharlieTurnbull.com – how to source your cheese, how to prepare your event space, and all the media you need for you occasion.
Each event has 3-5 wine (or other drink) and cheese pairings. Each pairing begins with a 3-4 minute video of Charlie introducing the wine, the cheese and how they pair. Your guests then try the cheese and wines, discovering the tastes and matches as Charlie describes. Each pairing in total takes 10-15 minutes, so your guided tasting events will last 40-80 minutes.
Charlie Turnbull’s pre-recorded presentations and tasting notes are
You can host where you like, when you like, confident it will be a success.
Charlie’s combination of professional expertise, humour and enthusiasm work every time to educate and entertain your guests. There is no easier way to get a high profile professional international cheese specialist to your party.
Find our more:
Buy a Pop-up (12 person) party and try it out. If you like it we will refund the cost against your next purchase.
A free credit to our online Introduction to Cheese course for you or a member of your team every time you book a Professional course worth £69/$86.
Each party is 3 or 5 cheese paired wines, spirits, cocktails, mocktails or beers.
The oldest cheese in the world, fresh goats’ curd, paired with a very modern smooth slightly creamy Californian Chardonnay.
Soave, from the uniquely Italian Garganega grape, produced north of Venice, paired with a sharp crisp Californian Sauvignon Blanc, bright with notes of lemon and apple.
Pinot Noir, light, young and full with red fruits such as strawberry and cranberry pairs with a gooey, earthy, mushroomy, ripe brie.
The Californian home grape Zinfandel paired with Gruyere, the classic alpine “Swiss” cheese with smooth rich satisfying sweet and savoury notes.
An American version of the Portuguese classic Port, paired with English Stilton. A staple combination in fine dining since 1740.
You will receive two courses in your charlieturnbull.com Party Portal:
Both your Portals will be available in your MyStudy in the menu bar of charlieturnbull.com.
We do Pop-up Parties and Professional Events. Pop-up Parties are for smaller groups or home parties. Professional events are opportunities for businesses to host events for commercial purposes, such as revenue generating, networking, team building or marketing. Professional gives long term, repeat access to events and can be presented to larger groups.
You can choose a:
Please talk to us.
If you have questions, want to use our Parties in a different way, or want to contact Charlie about something else, just chat. We are real people, no bots. Email or WhatsApp using the chat buttons on the bottom right of your screen.
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Your videos will be 3-4 minutes per pairing, with an introductions to the cheese, the wine and then why they go so well together.
Here is an example of of Charlie’s Champagne and Brie to get your mouth watering.
