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A London cheese festival ran out of cheese and people are fuming

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Guests at London’s Giant Cheese Board festival were less than impressed [Photo: Getty]

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

There wasn’t any cheese…

But there was plenty of room for a pun or two

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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