An annual Atlanta event geared towards cheese aficionados takes place this weekend.
The Cheese Fest, back for the fifth year in a row, will feature more than 500 international cheeses and 100 cheese producers.
Guests can have an unlimited amount of cheese samples, peruse a cheese shop and listen to live music. Craft beer and wine will also be available.
The festival also includes a grilled cheese and mac-and-cheese contest with submissions from local restaurants. Attendees will cast votes for their favorites.
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If you want to learn more about the event, tune in to the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Facebook page Thursday at 2 p.m. Food and dining editor Ligaya Figueras will speak with the "Cheese Twins," Michael and Charlie Kalish, cheese-industry consultants who won season 7 of the "Great American Food Truck Race." They will talk about the festival as well as how to pair wine and cheese and make the perfect cheese plate.
The brothers will also attend the event, which is Saturday from 1 to 8 p.m. in the Historic Fourth Ward Park.
General admission tickets are $35. VIP tickets, which include entry and a choice of one pairing class (wine, beer, champagne/sparkling wine or "Cheese Twins"), are $55. Anyone 12 and under gets in free.
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