From August 25 – 28, 2010, 400 or so of the nation’s top cheese makers will settle into Seattle for the American Cheese Society’s Cheese-A-Topia conference, an intensive, all-about-cheese event with a strong emphasis on professional education. Much of the agenda is geared to the pros who create cheese—sessions include TK. Several stand-out happenings are aimed at the general public, though, so mark your calendars and make plans to visit this can’t-miss cheese extravaganza.

On Saturday evening, August 28, the so-called Academy Awards of the cheese world will be given at the Awards and Festival of Cheese, held at Benaroya Hall. The big draw is the post-awards tasting of hundreds of cheeses, a rare chance to cozy up to some of America’s very best cheeses and meet their makers. The following day, after the conference officially ends, the public will have a chance to purchase cheeses from an unparalleled group of American cheese makers. 

To purchase tickets for the Festival of Cheeses, TK.