A wheel of parmesan cheese can cost over $1,000 and has an average weight of 88 pounds, which means it cost over $11 per pound. Parmesan cheese is a big business for Italy. An average of 3.6 ...

The event, which is known to have taken place since at least 1826, sees competitors hurl themselves down Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester, to chase a wheel of cheese, with the first to grab it named ...

The cheese is stored at around 15 degrees, at high humidity. It also has to be kept on wooden shelves. The cellars here house 7,000 wheels of cheese. Gruyère is aged here for five months ...

The Juraflore company took on the Guinness World Record for the largest cheese fondue at ... used for the attempt was filled with 40 wheels of comté cheese variously matured for 9, 15 and 21 ...