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Englishman is France's best cheesemonger
An English civil servant on sabbatical in France has beaten the French at their own game and won a cheese competition in the city of Lyon. When it comes to pop music, roast beef and discussing the weather, the British might be said to have the edge over the French. But when it comes to cheese, it is hard to argue with France's excellence. It must therefore have riled certain of our friends across the Channel when an English civil servant beat them at their own game to be crowned France's most expert cheesemonger. Matthew Feroze triumphed over 15 of the country's most talented cheese-sellers at a bi-annual contest in the French city of Lyon at the weekend. The 30-year-old, who took a two-year sabbatical from his London job as a government accountant in late 2011 to pursue his passion for French culture and cheese, is the first foreigner to win the Concours National des Fromagers at the prestigious Salon Mondiale de Restauration et Hotellerie. To do so, he had to shine in several different categories of the competition. There was a blind tasting of cheese, a task involving cutting slices of cheese to specific weights and, perhaps most importantly, he had to present a platter of cheeses he had chosen and matured himself. Despite his love of French cheese, Mr Feroze did give a nod to his British roots in this stage of the contest, including a cheddar and a stilton in his selection. His victory is all the more surprising because he has only been a professional cheese refiner ... From: telegraphtv Views: 253 7 ratings Time: 01:35 More in News & Politics
