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Cheese Tasting in Paris

The easiest cheese tasting in Paris is the Musée Vivant du Fromage on Île Saint-Louis: an hour with a live cheesemaking demonstration and four cheeses to taste, for €20. For a proper cheese and wine class, Paroles de Fromagers and Androuet run workshops there from €70, and Ô Chateau near Les Halles hosts a wine and cheese lunch in English for €85.

Museum
€20 adults, 60 minutes
Workshops from
€70
In English
Ô Chateau lunch, €85
The Musée Vivant du Fromage on Île Saint-Louis, Paris
Photo: Artvill, CC BY-SA 4.0

Musée Vivant du Fromage

39 rue Saint-Louis en l'Île, in the 4th arrondissement (Metro Saint-Paul or Pont Marie). A 60-minute visit with a live cheesemaking demonstration and a tasting of four cheeses; a glass of wine is €5 extra. Tickets are €20 for adults, €17 for ages 12 to 17, €13 for ages 8 to 11, and free under 8.

Workshops

Paroles de Fromagers runs classes at the museum: a cheese-tasting course of an hour and a half with seven cheeses and three wines for €70 (with a separate English session), a cheese and wine pairing for €95, and hands-on mozzarella and butter making for €76. Androuet runs a similar discovery workshop there, also €70 for seven cheeses and three wines, up to 15 people.

Ô Chateau Wine and Cheese Lunch

At 68 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the 1st, at 12:15: five wines including a Champagne, with cheese, bread and charcuterie and a sommelier, in English, for 105 minutes. €85.

At the Fromageries

Quatrehomme holds tasting evenings in its cellar with eight cheeses and four wines for up to 12 people, and Marie-Anne Cantin offers two-hour tastings Tuesday to Friday. Ask the shops for prices. See our Paris cheese shops page.

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Questions People Ask

Where can you do a cheese tasting in Paris in English?

Ô Chateau's wine and cheese lunch is in English, and Paroles de Fromagers runs an English session of its cheese-tasting course at the Musée Vivant du Fromage.

Official site: musee-fromage-paris.com/. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese tastings.