Cheese Masterclass tickets

Le Bouchon Breton has become a huge hit on the London dining scene and infamous for its replete and pleasingly pungent Gallic cheese trolley. The Breton cheese trolley features over forty different regional varieties, all wheeled from table to table much to one's delight. Jean Claude became passionate about cheese from his homeland during his first job in London in 1988 at Le Beaujolais in Covent Garden, a French stronghold for many years. Le Beaujolais had an extensive range of French cheeses, which at the time was rare and the young Frenchman was soon busy learning about all of the 400 different types of regional French cheese. In 1990 Jean Claude took his knowledge and expertise with him to The Bleeding Hart where he took over sourcing all of the restaurants cheese, creating his own selections. Since he joined the team at Le Bouchon Breton, Jean Claude has delighted customers with his enthusiasm and understanding of his subject and has created the ultimate cheese selection of over 40.

The cheese master class comes with wine pairing.

"before we have sat down is already pressing a 2002 Nicolas Feuillates Rose on us together with a little pre-nibble of some Murol from the Auvergne and a Morthais sur Feuille goat cheese from Deux Sevres. A bite of the cheese mixed with a mouthful of the wine causes an alchemic process in the mouth that makes you go 'mmmmm' involuntarily. Jean-Claud grins with pleasure and encourages us to sit down and get stuck in to the pairings proper. The masterclass costs £50 and for that you get to try ten cheeses with matching wines all served with slices of crusty baguette. Excellent value when you consider the quality of both wines and cheese. Not only does Jean-Claude personally inform you about each pairing, but his young team of waiters seem equally knowledgeable and ready to share their obvious enthusiasm. One tells us how he always rushes down to the cheese supplier's van when it comes, keen to get his nose inside and see what's new. A far cry from the sort of 'couldn't care less' waiter so many restaurants seem to have and, along with the excellent cooking, another reason why on a Tuesday night the restaurant is doing very good business indeed, despite its rather out of the way location.

The cheese class is one of those ideas that you wonder hasn't been done before. Cheese and wine are natural partners but most of the time we don't choose a wine to go with a cheese as we would, say, with a dessert. Jean Claude's pairings show what we've been missing as he gradually ups the cheese selection pungency and the wines that go with each. A Roeulle du Tarn goat's cheese from the Midi Pyrenees seems mild at first but the Jurancon Sec teases out hidden, submerged flavours. While a Couronne Lochoise from Loire Valley has its delicate flavour balanced perfectly by a Pouilly Fumee villa Paulus. A wonderful Montrachet, single farm goat's cheese from Burgundy meets a Meursault Mischief +Mayhem 2006 and is superb. And as for the Brillat Savarin aux truffes with a Premier Cru Vosne Romanee, this is about as close as anyone who can't eat foie gras will probably get to foodie.

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Ticket price & availability

• General admission tickets
• £50

Ticket delivery

• Your tickets will be held for you to collect at the venue's box office one hour before the performance
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Event information

• Doors open at 17.45
  Event starts at 18.15 and ends at 22.30
• Over 18s only
• No dress code

Venue information
Le Bouchon Breton, 8 Horner Square, Old Spitalfield Market, London, E1 6EW

• BR station: Liverpool street
• Please contact the venue directly for information about disabled access

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