DO you dream of a little bit of Wensleydale like Wallace and Gromit?

Does your mouth water at the thought of rainbow cheese toasties and halloumi fries?

Then the latest foodie festival to come to Brighton, CheeseFest, could be just up your street.

Organisers, who have picked the city to launch their first event, promises an appreciation for cheese like no other.

They boast visitors will get to sample the best mac ’n’ cheese they have ever tasted as well as some more unusual and unlikely offerings at the event in Victoria Gardens on Saturday, August 12, between 10am and 6pm.

Tickets go on sale next week but eager cheese worshippers can register in advance.

Elliott Dalton, of Cheese- Fest UK, said it will be the “most important day of cheese Brighton has ever seen”.

He said: “This won’t be like any normal cheese festivals.

“It will be quite unique – it’s not just stalls of traders selling different types of cheese. There will be some really quirky things like the pasta wheels and the newest and unique flavour like sherbet cheese.

“And we’re all about things like melted raclette, gooey mozzarella sticks, the halloumi fries.”

He is particularly excited about how the city’s cheese lovers react to the arrival of rainbow cheese toasties, a Hong Kong invention which hit the London food scene last year.

He said: “All of us in the office love cheese, we run food and drink events and it is something we are really passionate about. We have been going to events for a long time.

“CheeseFest will be unique, there hasn’t been anything like it.”

Visitors will also be able to pick up tips on which wines and beers to pair with their cheeses.

Mr Dalton said the city was picked to launch the touring festival because it was seen as a “foodie paradise” by those in the industry.

He said: “Brighton is very cosmopolitan, it’s full of food lovers and has lots of really good restaurants.

“We’re also really keen to work with local, independent traders and we know there are so many in this area.

“We would love any of them to be able to take part in CheeseFest and if they are interested they can get in touch.

“They can apply to trade with us at the event in Brighton but our applications are open throughout the year so they can tour with us as well.”

The event in Sussex will pave the way for others in Bristol, Sheffield, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Aberdeen.

To sign up to the mailing list and for discounts, or to register for tickets visit cheesefestuk.com/brighton.