Melt into your French
Moment with Cheese and Wine!!
The 1st Cheese Refiners Days in Hong Kong will be held from 2 –
5 Jun 2011. Cheese, is a product which
filled with history, culture, life and character. During the festival, you
can understand and experience over 200
varieties of rare and exceptional cheeses from France via 3 fascinating
workshops, the typical French cheese
market and the exceptional dinners. Moreover, you will have a chance to
meet 2 of the best French cheese
refiners and Michelin-Starred Chef: Philippe Marchand (Best
French Cheese Refiner 2007, 2009),
Dominique Bouchait (“Meilleur ouvrier de France (MOF)”
2011) and Philipe Orrio (Executive Chef of Hullett
House)
A total of 70 seats in the coming 3 workshops are now specially offered to
French Moment members.
At the workshops, apart from getting the opportunities to know more about
cheeses and meeting the world
top cheese refiners, you’ll also have the chance to enjoy the French fine
wine and cheese pairing.
It’s one of the best French events that you should not miss!
Workshops details:
1. I am a cheese refiner!
Date: 4 June 2011 (Sat)
Time: 11am – 12 noon
Venue: Mariner’s Rest, 1881 Heritage
Speaker: Philippe Marchand, Dominique Bouchait
Capacity: 45 pax
Cost: HK$220 (non-member : HK$250)
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An amazing workshop to
discover or rediscover cheese history and to learn what is a cheese
refiner: his function, his power, his magic, and how to refine a
cheese with different types of ingredients, gestures and duration of
refinement. The workshop will also introduce what is a “MOF” (Meilleur
ouvrier de France), the highest recognition of the competition for
master artisan refiners in France. The workshop also shows you how to
create and compose wonderful and surprising cheese platters.
The workshops will end with
some cheese and wine pairing. |
2.
Cheese, food and wine
Date: 4 Jun, 2011 (Sat)
Time: 2:30pm – 4pm
Venue: Champagne room, Hullett House
Speaker: Philippe Marchand, Philipe Orrio, Loic Serot
Capacity: 15 pax
Cost: HK$280
(non-member : HK$410)
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This workshop will introduce a selection of specific and luxury
cheeses from cheese refiner Philippe Marchand. The workshop will
show how to pair wine with cheese for its best taste and also food
pairing with creative recipes by Chef Phillipe Orrico.
The workshops will end with some cheese, food and wine pairing. |
3. How to make a cheese?
Date: 5 Jun 2011 (Sun)
Time: 11am – 12 noon
Venue:
Mariner’s Rest, Hullett House
Speaker:
Philippe Marchand, Dominique Bouchait
Capacity: 10 pax
Cost: HK$220 (non-member : HK$250)
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The workshop will introduce
the history of methods for making cheese and how to create a cheese,
demonstrated by Dominique Bouchait. The two master cheese refiners
will introduce their renowned and new cheese recipes: the Napoleon, le
gros Lorrain and the Wasabique, which are already listed in the legend
of France.
The workshop will be ended
with some cheeses and wine pairing. |
For
interested members, please download the
registration form
here, then mail back the filled form together
with
the cheque
to Sopexa HK on or
before 20 May 2011. For enquiry, please email to
frenchmoment.com.hk
or contact
Ms. Emily Chan / Ms. Carrie Lau at 2866 7163.
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