Inverness pupils get a taste for British Cheese Week

An Inverness Primary School is organising a cheese tasting session to celebrate British Cheese Week starting on 26 September 2009.

On Tuesday 29 September pupils will get the chance to test their taste buds on local Ardersier-based Connage Highland Dairy produce. Pupils will also be able to try out another Scottish cheese from the Mull of Kintyre donated by Tesco.

The event which has been organised by the school’s FFAB (Food & Fitness at Balloch) Group aims to widen pupil interest in locally sourced, organic produce.

Types of cheese that the pupils will taste include soft and hard cheeses such as Crowdie and Gouda from Ardersier and cheddar from Mull.

FFAB pupil representatives Kieran and Charlie said: “We think the cheese tasting is a good idea because eating some cheese can be healthy and there are lots of delicious kinds to try. We hope all the children in the school will taste some and enjoy it. Balloch is an Eco School so we like the idea that some of the cheeses are made locally, not far from our school and this means they have few ‘food miles’.”  

Christine Scott, Head Teacher at Balloch Primary School said: “We are very grateful to Connage Highland Dairy and Tesco for donating the cheese samples for this FFAB tasting initiative. The pupils who were behind this idea were very keen that particularly the younger ones realise that not all cheese comes in plastic wrapped slices or strings and they were keen to try out locally sourced cheese that didn’t have to travel far to get to their plates.”