Canada's first Artisan Cheese Night Market
Event Information
Description
SOLD OUT!
All sessions sold out for Artisan Cheese Night Market. No tickets available at door. We'll be back same time same place next year with additional sessions to handle the demand for #CDNcheese.
Complete list of award-winning cheeses posted here: http://www.cheeseawards.ca/winners-e/
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CALLING ALL CHEESE LOVERS!
Canada's first-ever Artisan Cheese Night Market is a sampling show where you can try before you buy. Once you have purchased admission, sampling of award-winning Canadian cheese, Québec and Ontario charcuterie, Ontario artisan foods, plus Niagara wines, Ontario craft beer and cider, and Prince Edward County spirits is free. That's correct, FREE and included in the price of admission.
Admission also includes a generous sample of the 2018 Canadian Cheese of the Year to take home for the first 1,000 ticket buyers PLUS a big insulated souvenir tote bag for everyone for your purchases. Regular admission price is $40.00 plus tax. Order tickets in advance online, avoid having to line up to buy a ticket at the event and quickly access all the deliciousness via the Express Entrance.
Avoid disappointment by ordering your tickets soon. We are certain to sell out. There will be NO tickets sold at the door.
For the Night Market, historic St. Lawrence Market's Temporary North Hall will transform into a bustling celebration of the best in Canadian cheese to conclude the 2018 Canadian Cheese Awards. The biggest cheese competition in Canada concludes the evening prior with the crowning of Cheese of the Year and 33 category winners. Most winners and finalists will be at the Night Market.
- Try and buy the best artisan cheeses in Canada
- Meet award-winning cheesemakers from coast to coast
- Try and buy artisan foods, charcuterie, breads and more
- Sample fine wine, craft beer and cider, and spirits
- There will be tasty foods to purchase and enjoy in a comfortable patio setting
- Live entertainment will keep the celebrations going all evening.
To avoid overcrowding, two sessions, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Please note that Session #2 has sold out as of May 25. Age of majority event 19+.
Click here for information on attending as a group, having more fun and saving money!
VIP COMBO PASS—$100.00—Only 27 still available!
If you're crazy about cheese and want a really memorable Cheese Awards experience, order a VIP Combo Pass that will get you into the Night Market on Thursday as outlined above PLUS admit you to the Awards Ceremony and Tasting Gala on Wednesday when the winners are announced and presented for sampling by members of the cheese industry and special guests like you. It will be the cheese party of the year!
The Awards Ceremony starts at 4:30 p.m. with the Tasting Gala getting under way at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, the day before the Artisan Cheese Night Market, at the same venue at 125 The Esplanade in downtown Toronto.
HOW TO GET TO ST. LAWRENCE MARKET
Using public transit to get to St. Lawrence Market for Artisan Cheese Night Market is a snap. Union Station, with GO, Via Rail and TTC subway stops, is an 11-minute walk. The Yonge subway stop at King is a 12-minute walk. The Market is mere minutes from TTC streetcar stops at Jarvis on the King and Queen lines. There also is a Jarvis bus that stops steps from the Market.
Taxi and Uber will get you there even quicker.
If you’re coming by car, designate a driver for a safe trip home as there will sampling of alcoholic beverages at the Night Market, if you're so inclined. There will also be a bar open on the patio.
If you’re driving, best place to park is the Green P parking garage with entrances at south end of Church Street and south end of Market Street:
Carpark 43 ~ St. Lawrence Garage ~ 2 Church Street
Also enter from Market Street just south of St. Lawrence Market
Rate: $2.50 / Half Hour
Capacity: 2,008 spaces (Yes, 2,008!)
Payment Options: Auto Express Pay Stations, Credit Card at Entry & Exit, Customer Assistance Booth
Accepted Forms of Payment: Bills, Coins, Charge (Visa / Mastercard / American Express Only)
Organizer Cheese Lover Productions Inc.
Organizer of Canada's first Artisan Cheese Night Market
Our mission at Cheese Lover Productions is to help increase the sale and consumption of Canadian artisan cheese. Our goals are to produce high-quality shows that connect cheese producers directly with cheese lovers, to create events where consumers can sample and purchase cheese and related products in an appealing setting.
The Great Canadian Cheese Festival, since its launch in 2011, has become the biggest artisan cheese show in North America. Founded in 2014, the biennial Canadian Cheese Awards/Le Concours des fromages fins canadiens is the biggest cheese competition in Canada.
Artisan Cheese Night Market, a showcase for the best in Canadian artisan and farmstead cheese, was introduced in 2018 and was an instant sell-out success.
Georgs Kolesnikovs, our founder and director, has extensive experience in event management and promotion—and a lifelong passion for cheese. He first fell in love with artisan cheese when he tasted Oka as a teenager, when the Trappists still made it. He maintains the popular blog CheeseLover.ca.
First-class events cannot be produced without many willing hands and smart minds. Georgs considers himself fortunate to have associates he can count on:
- Jackie Armet, Cheese Co-ordinator and Awards Co-ordinator
- Heather Robertson, Ticketing Co-ordinator and Awards Registrar
- Roxanne Renwick, Cheese Specialist/Cheese Producer Liaison
- Nathalie Rollet Schofield, Quebec Cheese Producer Liaison
- Rebecca Crosgrey, Event Manager
- Nicole Gibb, Event Co-ordinator
- Darshana Sen, Volunteer Co-ordinator
- Anne Munro, Special Projects
- Phoebe Powell, Promotions Specialist
- Lin Chong, Associate Director.
For more information about Cheese Lover Productions, click here.
Cheese Lover Productions Inc.
59 Laguna Road
Campbellford, Ontario K0L 1L0
Telephone 705.632.1503.
