HC-One care homes across the UK have been celebrating all things cheese to mark National Cheese Lovers Day on Monday, January 20, 2025.
Cheese Lovers Day is an annual event which celebrates the art of cheesemaking, and the different types of textures, rich flavours and types of cheeses that enhance culinary experiences.
HC-One care homes have been participating in a range of activities and events, including sharing cheese-based recipes, hosting cheese and wine tasting parties and indulging in extravagant cheese boards.
Residents have been enjoying indulging in their favourite dairy delight, including tangy blue cheese, creamy Brie cheese and sharp cheddar cheese. Residents enjoyed celebrating the special day by expanding their taste buds to explore the vast diverse range of cheeses on offer including sampling new and exotic varieties to revisiting their beloved classic favourite cheeses.
At HC-One’s Admirals Reach Care Home in Chelmsford, Essex, residents and colleagues enjoyed a Cheese and Wine evening hosted by the home’s Wellbeing team. Wellbeing Coordinators, Liz Kingshott and Sharon Jeffs arranged the evening by putting on a range of cheese delicacies for everyone to try paired with wine to enhance their tasting experience.
Resident at HC-One’s Admirals Reach Care Home, Kathleen Wells, commented:
“The Wellbeing team are wonderful. They put on lots of wonderful events for us including the latest cheese and wine evening for us all to enjoy. We all had a really lovely time and thoroughly enjoyed the evening, when is the next one?”
Residents at HC-One’s Springwater Lodge Care Home in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, also enjoyed a wine and cheese evening. The spread was carefully curated by the home’s kitchen team who put together a fantastic cheese board with grapes and chutney.
Residents enjoyed playing riddle games with each other as they drank glasses of wine, ate a selection of different cheeses and shared lots of laughter.
Diane Lesley Bruce, Home Manager at HC-One’s Springwater Lodge Care Home, said:
“It's always a joy to see our residents socialising together, and everyone had a lovely night at our wine and cheese evening event.”
At HC-One’s Daneside Mews Care Home in Northwich, Cheshire, residents enjoyed a cheese and wine night alongside their family and friends. Everyone enjoyed indulging in their favourite cheeses such as Cranberry, Brie, Apricot, Cheddar cheese and more, as well as a selection of wines of their choice to choose from including red and white wine. Residents enjoyed taking part in a singalong and were soon tapping along and up on their feet dancing to their favourite tunes.
Kali Whitbread, Home Manager at HC-One’s Daneside Mews Care Home, stated:
“All of our residents and their family and friends enjoyed our cheese and wine night. It was so lovely to see the residents socialising and having a great laugh together.”