Cheese Tours in Paris

Paris by Mouth: French Cheese Explosion

A cheese specialist takes up to eight guests to a celebrated cheese shop in the Marais to learn how to choose and order cheese, then to a tasting room in an old wine cellar for a seated tasting of about ten cheeses from different regions, with French wines and bread. Expect fresh goat cheeses in season, creamy cow's milk cheeses, washed-rind monastery cheeses, long-aged mountain cheeses and blues. It runs around noon, so it doubles as lunch.

It lasts about three hours (half an hour standing in the shop, the rest seated) and costs $150 per person, in English. The cellar is down one flight of stairs with a handrail, and the tour ends near Saint-Paul metro. Cancel at least 48 hours ahead for a refund minus €20 per ticket. It is not suitable if you cannot eat raw milk cheese.

Le Foodist: Wine and Cheese Pairing Lunch

A sommelier-led lunch on Saturdays from noon to 2:30pm: four wines and a Champagne with seven cheeses, an introduction to the main French cheese families and to blind tasting, and a lesson in sabering Champagne. Le Foodist lists two prices, €79 and €99, depending on the session.

Food Walks With Cheese

La Cuisine Paris runs food tours of the Marais and Les Halles with cheese among the tastings, alongside charcuterie, bread, pastry and wine. These suit a first visit; for real depth on cheese, choose a dedicated tasting.

Other Ways to Taste

The Musée Vivant du Fromage on Île Saint-Louis, cheese and wine workshops and Ô Chateau's English-language lunch are on our cheese tasting in Paris page. To explore on your own, start with the best cheese shops in Paris.