Seattle Cheese Festival

As artisanal cheese production grows, so does the festival! Come taste more than 200 cheeses from local and international producers along the cobblestone street of Pike Place Market. The Seattle Cheese Festival is the first of its kind on the West Coast with artisanal cheese at center stage.

10:00am - Truckle Roll - Pike Place, starting at the Pig

10:00 am - 5:00 pm - Cheese Showcase - Pike Place, main thoroughfare

10:00 am - 5:00 pm - Cooking Demonstrations - Pike & Stewart

On Saturday and Sunday enjoy cooking demonstrations by some of the city’s best chefs. See how the pros are inspired to create great dishes with cheese. Taste the results of their efforts and bring home some inspiration to your kitchen.

10:00 am - 11:00 am - Elise Fineberg - TASTE Restaurant / Pastry Chef
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Joseba Jimenez de Jimenez - Harvest Vine
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Jason McClure - Sazerac Restaurant
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Josh Henderson and Danny Sizemore - Skillet

10:15am - Kid’s Costume Parade - Pike Place, starting at the Pig

The children will kick off each day of the 4th Annual Seattle Cheese Festival as they parade down a closed Pike Place adorned with their own farm animal costume. (We’ll have a few cow and sheep hats to borrow for those who might not remember their costume that day.) It will be a great way to start each day!

10:30am, 12:00 noon, 1:30pm, 3:00pm - Fresh Mozzarella Making Demo

Text for “Fresh Mozzarella Making Demonstration” DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine is famous for its fresh mozzarella and now you can see how it all comes together at this year’s Festival! We’ll be making fresh mozzarella at the Mozzarella Tent throughout the Festival. As an added bonus, we’ll also make buratta once on Saturday and once on Sunday. What’s buratta? Buratta is fresh mozzarella with cream added to it. Buratta is very difficult to make but it is sooo worth it – rich and silky, it’s the non plus ultra of fresh mozzarella.

Joins us Saturday and Sunday as DeLaurenti staff show you how to make Fresh Mozzarella!

12:00 pm - 5:00pm - Wine Tasting - DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Wine Garden - Pike Place, main thoroughfare

After perusing and sampling the cheesemakers' offerings, what better repast than a glass of wine? Join us in the Wine Garden! Select from a range of wines specifically selected to pair well with the artisanal cheeses offered at the festival.

Winemakers and representatives from Adelsheim Winery, Tamarack Cellars, Bergenvin Lane, Mercer Estate, Barnard Griffin, Cooper Mountain Dalla Terra, Dreyfus- Ashbey, Winebow, Winebow International, Hedges Family Estates, Classical Wines, Goose Ridge Winery, Vineyard Brands, Badger Mountain, Powers Winery, Reininger Winery, Maison Marques and Domaines, and Zerba Winery will be in the wine garden to answer your questions about their wines.

This year DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine will be offering a cheese tray for sale near the entrance to the wine garden. Pick up a tray to bring with you as you sample wines and find your own favorite matches.

5 generous tastes for $10.