A London cheese festival ran out of cheese and people are fuming
What happens when a cheese festival runs out of, erm, cheese?
Well, guests at London‘s Giant Cheese Board event were met with their worst fears over the weekend.
The festival, held at Studio 338 in South East London, promised customers a day of unlimited cheese, hot mulled wine and cosy open fires. Sounds pretty dreamy, right?
But guests, who forked out over £30 to attend the event, took to Twitter to vent their frustration after discovering lengthy queues, tepid wine and scraps of leftover ‘supermarket‘ cheddar.
It’s safe to say, customers were a little cheesed off… (sorry)
Here’s the lowdown:
It’s been dubbed the British equivalent of Fyre Festival
If you want cheering up today, I heartily recommend looking at #giantcheeseboard hashtag, for a very British Fyre Festival.
Hint: everyone paid a lot of money. Nobody’s getting any cheese.
— Sugar Icebox Plum Fairy (@stavvers) December 17, 2017
In bits at the UK-equivalent of #FyreFestival, a £35-a-head “immersive giant cheeseboard” that turned out to be a chaotic wasteland in a tent serving cold mulled wine and unidentified crumbled supermarket cheese #GiantCheeseboard
— Dawn Herod Foster (@DawnHFoster) December 16, 2017
There wasn’t any cheese…
The people struggle for the last scraps of Camembert. The suffering has gone on too long. pic.twitter.com/Qtyd7CBodE
— Tom Capon (@TomCapon) December 16, 2017
Bloody hell, #GiantCheeseboard is a misery. Supermarket cheese on paper plates under a shoddy tent, all for £40?!
— Kirsty Bates (@cursedteacakes) December 17, 2017
Surprised and disappointed to find no cheese at the #GiantCheeseboard only 1.5 hours after opening. Oversold and underprepared. And you’ve deleted my Facebook review. I am looking for a full refund.
— Jessica Walker (@Jeeskababy) December 16, 2017
#GiantCheeseboard No sign of a giant cheese board? Just 4 tables with piles of supermarket cheese. Cold mauled wine and no atmosphere! #giantcheesefraud
— Chris (@swimswamsank) December 17, 2017
But there was plenty of room for a pun or two
Things can only get Feta? #GiantCheeseboard
— Helen O’Rahilly (@HelenORahilly) December 17, 2017
Sounds like the #GiantCheeseboard festival blew up spectacularly. All that is left is de brie.
— David smith (@Davidsm92204981) December 17, 2017
I went to #GiantCheeseboard and it was like a nightmare toddler’s birthday party in a dodgy village hall. Certainly unforfetable. Basically a brie-ch of human rights. #atleastwegotcheesepuns https://t.co/VRbv4zSUWu
— Cat Harrison (@catjharrison) December 17, 2017
You’d think that organising a cheese festival would be an absolute bries wouldn’t you?
*Deletes account*
#giantcheeseboard— Phlegm Clandango. (@Cain_Unable) December 17, 2017
1hr delay so far getting really cheesed off now #giantcheeseboard
— Kevin Chun (@peanutter571) December 16, 2017
Looks like #GiantCheeseboard was a Hallouminati conspiracy.
— Daniel Emerson (@DoktorFuttocks) December 16, 2017
The hashtag #GiantCheeseboard has been trending over the weekend in the hope that customers will receive a full refund.
But in response to the controversy, the festival took to Facebook to weigh in on the debate and denied any claims that they served cold mulled wine or received a last-minute cheese delivery from Sainsbury’s:
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