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24:00Germany has a long history of cheese-making dating back to pre-Roman times, and is also the largest producer of cheese in Europe. After travelling to the Alps to look at a seasonal mountain cheese called Bergkase, Will visits a small biodynamic farm to discover how Germany's most popular fresh cheese, quark, is made. After...
22:38Will travels to Provence in the South East of France to try Banon, a traditional benchmark goat's milk cheese wrapped in dried chestnut leaves where he also discovers a rare cheese called Brousse du Rove. After driving north to the Vercors plateau to investigate St Marcellin Will comes across an extraordinary small dried g...
25:10Many people think the only traditional cheese made in Wales is mild young crumbly Caerphilly, but they're wrong. Will travels to Caws dairy to meet a family responsible for re-creating farmhouse Caerphilly before catching up with an old friend at Gorwydd farm who is now making this benchmark cheese from raw cow's milk and ...
23:23No Italian region boasts as many traditional cheeses as Piedmont. Will investigates the many different types of Toma cheese made in the Alps before travelling to the Langhe Hills and meeting the producers of two endangered cheeses protected by the Slow Food movement. Finally, after tasting truffle-infused cheese in the und...
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Scotland is not renowned for good cheese, but in the rugged rolling highland country, Will unearths an ancient sour cream 'chieftains' cheese called Caboc. After enjoying Strathdowne blue with oatcakes, Will finds out how the cheese also matches with single malt whisky. Then it's off to the Isle of Mull where an enterprisi... 24:40 Expired
The Danish dairy industry is widely recognised as one of the most efficient in Europe - it produces more blue cheese than any country in the world. Will travels to the pretty island of Bornholm to see how Danablu is made, before heading to Copenhagen to find out more about how the Nordic food revolution is now encouraging ... 23:45 Expired
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and has a long history of traditional cheese-making influenced by the Greeks, Romans, and Normans - and of course the Italians. Will looks at the many flavours of Sicilian Pecorino, and visits one of the last farmhouse dairies making a saffron-flavoured cheese from ewe's mi... 24:15 Expired
Will travels to the spectacular fjords of Norway to look at rare skimmed milk cheeses dating back to Viking times. After learning about a traditional fresh cow's milk cheese called Pulltost, he visits a family making a cheese called Gammelost, which lives up to its notorious reputation for smelling like old socks. The epis...Season 4
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If the name ‘Brie’ conjures up images of a mild creamy flat cheese covered with a pure white mould, chances are you have never experienced authentic Brie from Brie. Will visits the Ile de France region to learn more about the benchmarks of the style, Brie de Meaux and Brie de Melun, before visiting Brie’s close cousin, Cha... 25:15 Expired
Will’s cheese tour takes him across the United States to look at artisanal cheese in regions not normally associated with specialist cheese. Will learns first hand about the challenges of making farmstead washed-rind cheese in Virginia before meeting up with his old friend Ari at Zingerman’s Creamery in Ann Arbor, Michigan... 23:59 Expired
Squeaky, salty haloumi is one of the world’s best-loved grilled cheeses. However most of it is now mass produced using cows milk. Will travels to the island of Cyprus to see how traditional Haloumi is still made from a mixture of goat’s and ewe’s milk. After discovering a fresh, mild whey cheese called Anari, he then visit... 26:35 Expired
The upper Midwest state is famous for its ‘cheese heads’ and proudly declares itself America’s Dairyland because it produces more cheese than any other state in the USA. But since the 1950s, most of the original traditional cheese types have been replaced by bland and predictable mass-produced Swiss and Cheddar. Will visit... 22:59 Expired
Will journeys to Italy’s picturesque Campania region to look at stretched curd cheeses and finds it hard to resist the lingering flavour and sensual texture of buffalo cheese made from raw milk. After learning about Italy’s oldest ewe’s milk cheese, which is matured in a terracotta jar, Will gets a lesson from a Countess i... 23:37 Expired
Until recently, Portugal’s traditional ewe’s milk cheeses were rarely found outside the country. Will travels to the rugged mountains of the north to find out more about the king of Portuguese cheese, Serra da Estrela. Dating back to pre-Roman times, this ancient cheese is still made from ewe’s milk and curdled with the ju... 25:14 Expired
The Canadian province of Quebec is undergoing a cheese-making revival. Will visits Quebec to find out whether the original French settlers have had any influence on this renaissance. After finding the oldest traditional cheese still made in North America, he visits pretty Ile-aux-Grues in the St Lawrence River to learn how... 22:38 Expired
Despite being close neighbours, these two large islands in the Mediterranean have distinctly different cheese traditions. While sampling Corsica’s renowned Brocciu, a soft ewe’s milk cheese, Will is introduced to a traditional version ripened with maggots. After a short ferry ride and a drive into the beautiful mountains o... 27:27 Expired
Will visits influential cheese retailer Neal’s Yard Dairy in London, where cheese champion Randolph Hodgson explains how English traditional farmhouse country cheese was saved from extinction. Then it’s off to the Midlands to look at some of the survivors.Season 3 26:16
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Artisan and hand made farmhouse cheeses have been at the forefront of a growing consumer backlash against innocuous mass produced foods in the United States. Will travels to Northern California to find out more from those responsible for this exciting new movement and after a tour of the Ferry Building farmers market in Sa... 24:38 Expired
The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of cheese in Europe after France, yet it’s famous for just two cheeses, Edam and Gouda. Will visits the town of Edam to see what it once looked like before it was covered in red wax, before visiting a slow food show in Rotterdam where he discovers a number of interesting tradi... 23:20 Expired
Switzerland has a reputation for producing the finest mountain cheeses in the world, and more than three quarters of these are still made the traditional way from raw milk. Will samples raclette and learns how it’s made, the old fashioned traditional way over a wood fire. His journey takes him on to the pretty town of Gruy...