NEW!
Friday Night Barn Dance and Cheesemaker Mixer
After lining up a full schedule of events for this year's festival, we wondered "how do we kick this thing off?" Lucky for us Lenny Rice of Bellwether Farms and Sue and Peg, the Cowgirls had the answer: a good old fashioned barn dance! Check out the menu and details. Tickets on sale NOW!
Chefs line up for Curds, Cooks, and Cuvees!
On Saturday evening, eight stellar chefs team up with eight top cheesemakers and eight outstanding vintners to create a cavalcade of cheese-inspired courses. Check out the chef and cheesemaker collaborators at the Schedule of Events page. Come early to enjoy a glass of champagne. Stay late for the Sweets Lounge — a post-dinner destination for dessert, music, and more dessert.
Recipe Competition
We are thrilled to introduce the festival's first Sunset Recipe Competition! For a chance to win, create a breakfast or dessert dish using one or more of the fresh cheeses featured in the February issue of Sunset magazine. One breakfast and one dessert recipe will be selected. The winners will each receive a ticket to the Seminar Day Program on Saturday, March 27 and have their recipes published on Sunset magazine's website. Enter your recipe now.
Entry deadline is Saturday, February 20, 2010 at midnight. Winners will be notified by Monday, March 15, 2010.
Tickets for the festival are now on sale!
To view the entire festival program go to the Schedule of Events or go directly to Buy Tickets.
If you are going to spend the weekend with us, we strongly encourage you to book a room at the Sheraton Sonoma County—Petaluma, where the festival is held. Rooms may be booked through the Sheraton Sonoma County—Petaluma website.
Cheese Bliss from The Girl and The Fig In this video from last year's festival, friends and famous Sonoma restaurateurs, Sondra Bernstein and John Toulze from The Girl & the Fig demonstrate making Raclette with Bravo Farms Silver Mountain cheese. This year, TG&TF and Estate Chef Chris Jones pairs culinary sizzle with cheeses from Laura Chenel's Chevre for a fabulous dinner course in the festival moveable feast: Curds, Cooks & Cuvees, Saturday, March 27. Complete menu pairings of cheeses, wines and chefs will be posted in mid-Febrary.
Artisan Cheese Festival featured in National Geographic's new book
The new coffee table book Food Journeys of a Lifetime included the cheese festival in the Where to Go section about California’s cheese country – Sonoma County. Food Journeys of a Lifetime
10% to Nonprofit Partners: Every year we donate 10% of ticket sales to nonprofits supporting the cheese and sustainable agriculture movements. Over the last three years, our donations to these groups have totaled more than $26,000. Thank you for helping us help them!
Recipe Competition