Disney4me Posted July 27, 2023 Report Posted July 27, 2023 If there’s one challenge we’ll gladly accept, it’s taking on a Disney CHEESE CRAWL. Eat a bunch of cheese? No problem. Win a PRIZE at the end? We’re sold. We’re eating ALL the cheese The 2023 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has officially begun, and there’s so much to do! There are tons of tasty eats to try, souvenirs to purchase, and even concerts to watch. But one of our favorite parts about this festival is Emile’s Fromage Montage, or — as we call it –the cheese crawl. Come check it out! Emile’s Fromage Montage is an EPCOT challenge that only comes around during Food & Wine time. To participate, you’ll buy any 5 of the featured dishes in the “crawl,” and then once you’ve collected the 5 corresponding stamps, you’ll get a special prize. There are lots of items to pick from, but you only need to buy 5 in order to get your prize. First, pick up a Festival Passport. These are free, and you can grab one at either entrance to EPCOT. (If you don’t see them, ask a Cast Member or stop by guest relations.) Make sure that you get your Festival Passport stamped each time you buy a qualifying item. Food and Wine Passport Once you’ve ordered the dish at one of the food booths, just ask the Cast Member to stamp your passport. When you’ve got all 5 stamps, bring that stamped Festival Passport to the Shimmering Sips Marketplace hosted by CORKCICLE for your prize. Shimmering Sips 2023 Here’s a look at the items that’ll qualify for the cheese crawl: India — Curry-Spiced Crispy Cheese with Mango-Curry Ketchup Germany — Schinkennudeln: Pasta Gratin with Ham, Onions and Cheese Greece — Griddled Cheese with Pistachios and Honey Brazil — Pão de Queijo: Brazilian Cheese Bread Canada — Canadian Cheddar and Bacon Soup served with a Pretzel Roll Flavors from Fire — Smoked Corned Beef with House-Made Potato Chips, Cheese Curds, Pickled Onions and Beer-Cheese Fondue Hawai’i (Opening August 15th) — Passion Fruit Cheesecake with Toasted Macadamia Nuts The Alps — Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Alpine Ham, Baby Potatoes, Cornichons and Baguette; Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Baby Potatoes, Cornichons and Baguette Spain — Charcuterie with a selection of imported Spanish Meats, Cheeses, Olives and an Herb Vinaigrette Wine & Wedge (Opening later this fall) — Assorted Artisanal Cheeses and Accoutrements; Fig and Balsamic Boursin® Soufflé with Fig Tapenade; Southern Pimento Cheese with Bread-and-Butter Pickled Vegetables and Grilled Bread First, we tried the Curry-Spiced Crispy Cheese with Mango-Curry Ketchup from India for $5.25. This is a favorite of ours, but really, you can’t go wrong with cheese at all! We did think these were a little saltier than normal, but we still enjoyed it! Curry-Spiced Crispy Cheese with Mango-Curry Ketchup Next up, we got the Griddled Cheese with pistachios and honey from Greece for $5. We’ve had this before, but this year, the cheese (which is goat cheese) is VERY rich, but we liked it. It’s cheese, y’all. Of course we liked it. Griddled Cheese with pistachios and honey Our third item was the Smoked Corned Beef with house-made potato chips, cheese curds, pickled onions, and beer-cheese fondue from Flavors From Fire for $6.50. This is an old favorite, and we will ALWAYS order it when it’s available. We love all the textures in this dish, and well, the cheese was AMAZING. It’s still one of the best options at the festival! Smoked Corned Beef with house-made potato chips, cheese curds, pickled onions, and beer-cheese fondue Almost there! Next, we tried the the Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Alpine Ham, Baby Potatoes, Cornichons, and a Baguette from The Alps for $5.75. Although this item is 25 cents more expensive than last year, we still found it very filling and delicious as always! We don’t mean to be cheesy (okay, we do), but this is cheesiness at its finest! Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Baby Potatoes, Cornichons and Baguette The final item in our cheese crawl this year was the Schinkennudeln: Pasta Gratin with Ham, Onions and Cheese from Germany for $5. We’ve loved this in the past, but this year, we didn’t feel as impressed by it. If you are a baked mac ‘n’ cheese fan, though, you might love this. We also think this is one of the festival offerings kids will like. But the portion size is smaller this year and it was also a little greasier. Schinkennudeln: Pasta Gratin with Ham, Onions and Cheese Our passport is full of stamps, so now let’s go to Shimmering Sips to collect our prize! Shimmering Sips 2023 This year, the prize was Strawberry Cheesecake Soft Serve topped with a Mini Cheesecake and Graham Cracker Crumbs in a Specialty Cup. Yes, the price is CHEESE CAKE! We just won at life! Our prize! Our reporter doesn’t even like cheesecake, but LOVED this prize. It tastes like what we think strawberry milk would taste like if it were soft-serve (because strawberry milk tastes nothing like strawberry ice cream, so this is even better). The little cheesecake on top is so cute, too and we loved that crunch from the graham crackers. The serving size is nice, as well — the perfect dessert. So what do we think? Is the cheese crawl worth the prize? Well, if you love cheese, the answer is “YES!” Who doesn’t need an excuse to eat a TON of cheese and get cheesecake in a fun souvenir cup as a reward? Isn’t that just #lifegoals? So even though we technically paid about $28 for this prize (if you add up the price of all the items in the cheese crawl), we thought it was 100% worth it, especially since we enjoyed all of the items that were in the crawl. Food and Wine Festival (2022) Remember that you don’t have to pick the five items that we chose! You can choose from any of the cheesy snacks listed in your Festival Passport that are marked “Emile’s Fromage Montage.” Note that some of the items that qualify are at booths that don’t open until later on — the Hawai’i booth opens on August 15th, and Wine & Wedge won’t open until later this fall. Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2023 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2023 Food & Wine Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2023 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! 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