Exhibitors
Program
Gastronomic Offer
Fenster zum Hof
Exponat: Käse
The team
Thanks
Cheese Berlin
Sunday, 03.11.24, 11:00 – 18:00
Meet The Käsemacher
Since the first gathering in 2012, Cheese Berlin has evolved into one of the international artisan cheese community’s most important hubs. The setting: Markthalle Neun, a historic covered market in Kreuzberg where food craft, culture, and community meet—right in the heart of Berlin.
Every year, cheesemakers, mongers, affineurs, distributors, and cheese lovers from around the world gather to taste, discuss, buy, and celebrate. Exhibitors for the day-long Sunday event are carefully curated, and the market is spiced up by a rich program of tastings, talks, and an exhibition.
A space for conversation, Cheese Berlin connects those who care about real cheese—emphasising the landscapes, animals, and people behind it.
Exhibitors
Programm
Saturday 02.11.24
The unexpected world of butter and its traces in the new old wine from the Rhine
with Ursula Heinzelmann
The wonderful variety of hard cheeses and vulcanic wines SOLD OUT
with Ursula Heinzelmann
Sunday 03.11.24
The Big Cheese Market
Exponat Käse: Rinds
Klartext Käse: Mould
in co-operation with the Kulturverein Markthalle Neun e.V. + Marie Neusser
Meet: Cheese Berlin Award Winner!
with Silvio Schöpfer from the dairy Käserei Kleinstein
Making tradition fit for the future: Auvergne/Westphalia
with François Débeaud, Sabine Jürß + Anna Kabacinska
Cheese and Hiphop from the Emmental: Käserei Uettligen and Käsehaus K3
with Slow Food Berlin, Christoph Räz + Beat Wampfler
First Cheesewalk SOLD OUT
with Ursula Heinzelmann
Klartext Käse: Holes
in co-operation with the Kulturverein Markthalle Neun e.V. + Marie Neusser
If Camembert is dying out, are cheese rinds an endangered species?
mit Ned Palmer, Grace Pullin + Augustin Denous
Meet: Feta PDO!
Borderless bunker maturation in South Tyrol: Hansi Baumgartner from Degust
with Slow Food Berlin + Hansi Baumgartner
Second Cheesewalk SOLD OUT
with Ursula Heinzelmann
Klartext Käse: Colour
in co-operation with the Kulturverein Markthalle Neun e.V. + Marie Neusser
Do rinds speak Italian, Swiss and German?
with Hansi Baumgartner, Stephan Ryffel, Christoph Räz + Carolin Gennburg
First Winewalk with Suff SOLD OUT
with Christian Schossau
Meet: Parmigiano Reggiano! SOLD OUT
with Bettina Meetz of the Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano
Directly from Hudson Valley/New York: Churchtown Dairy
with Slow Food Berlin + Grace Pullin
Third Cheesewalk SOLD OUT
with Ursula Heinzelmann
Klartext Käse: Age
in co-operation with the Kulturverein Markthalle Neun e.V. + Marie Neusser
Meet: Feta PDO again!
with Sofia Efremidou
Fromages Sauvages: “wild” cheese from France with Augustin Denous
with Slow Food Berlin + Augustin Denous
Second Winewalk with Suff SOLD OUT
with Christian Schossau
World's Best Cheese: Sense and Non-Sense of Cheese Awards
with Hero Hirsh, Yule Seifert, Marc Albrecht-Seidel + Carina Reckers
Fourth Cheesewalk SOLD OUT
with Ursula Heinzelmann
Klartext Käse: Rind and Smell
in co-operation with the Kulturverein Markthalle Neun e.V. + Marie Neusser
New beginnings on the other side of the Oder: Serowarnia Golęczewo
with Slow Food Berlin + Michał Jaremkiewicz
Parmigiano Reggiano: Let's crack that Käse!
with Eirny Sigurðardóttir, Bettina Meetz + Lea Ligat
Third Winewalk with Suff
with Christian Schossau
Klartext Käse: Storage
in co-operation with the Kulturverein Markthalle Neun e.V. + Marie Neusser
Exponat Käse: the Tasting
with Ursula Heinzelmann + Sophie van den Berg
Gastronomic Offer
Of course, Cheese Berlin is not just about cheese. The permanent traders at Markthalle Neun are adding cakes, bread, pizza, pasta and more to the range! Who is open?
Fenster zum Hof
Since 2017, Cheese Berlin has been presenting an award: the Fenster zum Hof (translates to window to the farm). With this award, we honour a producer that comes particularly close to the ideal. A dairy that demonstrates how and that it is possible to
use resources sustainably,
work with natural conditions instead of against them,
respect animals as partners,
not exploit personal resources or those of employees,
achieve long-term financial stability.
Exponat: Käse
Since 2023, we have been putting together the ‘ Exponat: Käse’ exhibition and inviting visitors to take a closer look at cheese. The focus is on artisan cheeses and their makers, who embody the diversity and depth of this traditional craft.
The exhibits are illuminated under changing themes. Informative displays, interactive elements and tastings at the end of the market turn the exhibition into a dynamic experience that promotes appreciation for the world of cheese.
The team
Ursula Heinzelmann has been with us for over ten years as curator of Cheese Berlin. She has acquired her knowledge through self-study, travelling and the conscious examination of artisan traditions. With the help of a wide international network, she lends Cheese Berlin a depth of content. Heinzelmann attaches particular importance to giving people, animals and the hard work behind the products the respect they deserve.
Carina Reckers is the voice and eye of Markthalle Neun. She's in charge of communications, public relations, and shapes the content of the market. Her studies in gastronomic sciences and her work as an international cheese judge have sharpened her eye for food and agriculture. In addition, a wealth of experience from cheese dairies all over Europe and a certain affinity for stables and herding flow into the organisation of Cheese Berlin.
As a former self-employed restaurateur, Olivier Witzkewitz brings experience, perseverance, sensitivity and a passion for really good food. As event manager, he ensures smooth processes, has timing and structures under control and thus enables the actual realisation of curatorial visions.
Together, they curate, organise and design Cheese Berlin with one goal in mind: to put the spotlight on artisan cheesemakers.
Thanks
Cheese Berlin is made possible by our partners and many helping hands and minds. It is thanks to your support that this annual platform for artisan cheese can be realised. We thank you for your commitment and unwavering love of cheese.
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