Formaggi Ocello

Sydney's premier cheese store. Welcome to Formaggi Ocello where we stock the finest and largest selection of Italian and French Cheeses.

Also stock the finest Spanish, Swiss, Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish, American, Portuguese and of course Australian farmhouse cheeses.

Photos from Formaggi Ocello's post 01/10/2024

Gorgeous couple Chiara & Julian 🥂 celebrating their special day with cheese 🧀 ✨

26/09/2024

Our Grazing Boats are perfect for client drinks, events & wine tastings!

Individual portions of 2 cheeses, 2 meats, olives, crackers & seasonal fruit - gluten free & vegetarian options also available 🧀🥖🫒🍖🍓

Photos from Formaggi Ocello's post 24/09/2024

Join us at our next Cheese & Wine Tasting on the 19th November at 6pm in Surry Hills 🧀🍷

Last one of the year! Selling fast - So a grab some of your cheese loving friends for a great night out!

Includes -

🧀 6 x generously portioned cheeses
🍷 6 x glasses of wine
🥖 All the accompaniments
🎤 Live presentation from our Cheesemonger & Sommelier

Book online 💫

10/09/2024

Cheeses cut for our French Cheese & Wine Night 🧀🍷🇫🇷

08/09/2024

Sunday Open 🌞 10am to 2pm

29/08/2024

📣 Our Father’s Day Pic. If you have to choose 1 cheese this Father’s Day this is it - Occelli Cusie al Pepe is a winner 🏅🧀

Made with sheep and cow’s milk with the addition of a generous amount of black and pink peppercorns.

This creates a sharp, peppery bite and a long, lingering finish with hints of cream and cultured butter. It is aged for at least 6 months on locally sourced wooden boards in the cellars at Valcasotto, Piedmont. Under the natural crusty rind the texture is moist, crumbly.

Team up with a bottle of Dolcetto from the region & Dad will love you 🍷

Come in for a taste!

22/08/2024

🧀Our Father’s Day Selection 🧀 is an exclusive range of cheeses from producer Beppino Occelli - we consider them to be in the category of “The Best of The Best” cheese!

Our Father’s Day Selection Includes:

🍷 Occelli al Barolo – Coated with the pressed grapes used to make Barolo wine – the flavours of the cheese and grapes mingle together to create a flavour that is bitey, creamy, sweet, winey, buttery and sharp all at once.

🥃 Occelli Cusie Malt & Whisky – A mature cheese soaked in whisky and coated with malted barley. It has a deliciously intense flavour, with hints of smokiness, nutty ‘cereal’ flavours, cream, salted caramel and spicy whisky.

🍇 Occelli Grappa di Moscato e Frutta – A mature cheese soaked in grappa with dry fruits pressed on top. It is crumbly and sweet with a finish of grappa on the back palate.

🍁 Occelli Cusie al Castango – A mature cheese wrapped with chestnut leaves with an amazingly complex flavour that is strong but not necessarily ‘bitey’ – there is a long-lasting flavour.

Also includes:

50g of Australian Honeycomb cut off the frame
A packet of Mario Fongo Wholemeal Mini Lingue
All package in an hamper box
Free Delivery for Sydneysiders
Cost $180 - Buy online - link in Bio ✨

10/08/2024

Sunday Open ☀️ 10am to 2pm 🧀

27/07/2024

It’s that Time! Freshly cut Raclette du Valais AOP from Canton of Valais, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Raclette is a semi hard cheese, made from full cream and raw cow’s milk only in the summer months May to October. 🐄

The rind is washed creating a sticky rind, pungent aroma which adds a meaty flavour to this cheese.. 🍖

Raclette party anyone? 🧀 🍖 🥒 🥂

Photos from Formaggi Ocello's post 11/07/2024

📣 NEW Date: French Cheese & Wine Night 10th September bookings now open online - link in Bio 💫🇫🇷 🇫🇷🇫🇷

Only premium soft, oozy, smelly & delicious French cheese will be presented paired with premium wine 🧀🍷

04/07/2024

Happy 4th July 🇺🇸 We are loving this Cabot Clothbound Cheddar aged in the Jasper Hill Cellars in Vermont, USA.

A successful collaboration between Cabot Creamery who have been producing cheddars since the 1930’s & Jasper Hill Farm who mature this special batch of cheese in their calibrated vault.

What is achieved is a beautifully balanced cheddar with a full bodied buttery texture, nuttiness & and lingering caramel sweetness 💫 Simply the Best!

28/06/2024

Ready for a weekend spread? We have all that you need 💫

Photos from Formaggi Ocello's post 13/06/2024

Private Cheese Tasting stunning showroom in Surry Hills.

Need a cheese presenter at your next event? Get in touch with us today 🧀 🍷

06/06/2024

Long Weekend Trading Hours 💦
🧀Friday 10am to 5pm
🧀Saturday 9am to 4pm
🧀Sunday 10am to 2pm
🧀Monday - Closed

Escape the cold & get melting 🫠

22/05/2024

Free Range Porchetta is back!

Grazie .sydney we are loving our Porchetta with all its crackle - simply delicious 👍

Freshly sliced daily. Best lunch time hit 👊

Photos from Formaggi Ocello's post 18/05/2024

Fiore Sardo DOP

One of our favourite Sheep Milk Cheeses! Made by the shepards on the island of Sardinia in Southern Italy 🇮🇹 🐑

It has a sharp, salty, smoky, rustic flavour and round grassy, notes to finish. During maturation the texture becomes firm and slightly crumbly. Organic & a member of the Slow Food Presidio. An authentic Pecorino grate on pasta or eat with drizzle of honey 🍯

Photos from Formaggi Ocello's post 13/05/2024

New cheeses from have arrived 🙌🇺🇸

Meet Harbison a Vermont superstar cheese! This bloomy rind is wrapped in spruce bark to help contain the gooey, silky interior.

Bring it to room temperature & spoon it out or bake for 30 mins and see how it turns in runny goodness ✨

Also in store:
Willoughby - a smelly washed rind & Little Hosmer - a Camembert style bloomy rind.

All these cheeses have been cave matured at the Jasper Hill Cellars 🧀 Be quick only limited stock!

08/05/2024

New: Cheese & Wine Night 🧀🍷

Join us at our next tasting on Tuesday 2nd July where we will present a new selection of premium cheeses from France, Italy, Switzerland, UK and Australia served with premium wines!

Go to our link on bio more details & book online ✨

02/05/2024

Our Italian Burrata 🇮🇹 has Just Landed 🛬 Fresh from Italy the original and the best!

Never Frozen! Be quick as we have limited stock 🏃🏽‍♂️

01/05/2024

The cooler weather is here & the Raclette Party Season is upon us ✨ Come in to get yours freshly sliced today 🧀

23/04/2024

We are closed Anzac Day🌷

Open Wed 10am to 5pm
Open Fri 10am to 5pm
Open Sat 9am to 4pm
Open Sun 10am to 2pm

Photos from Formaggi Ocello's post 21/04/2024
18/04/2024

Wrinkly Lactic Goat Cheese Bliss 💫

06/04/2024

Sunday Open ☀️ it’s a bright & Sunny day we are open from 10am to 2pm.

Everyday is a Cheese Day! Pop in and try something new 🧀

25/03/2024

Easter Trading Hours 🌟

Tuesday to Thursday 10am to 5pm
Friday - Closed (Good Friday)
Saturday 9am to 4pm
Sunday - Closed (Easter)

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Our Story

Welcome to Formaggi Ocello where we stock the finest and largest selection of Italian, French and Swiss Cheeses.
We also stock the finest Spanish, Swiss, Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish, American and of course Australian farmhouse cheeses.

Formaggi Ocello was established in 2001, retailing to cheese enthusiasts across Sydney via the Growers Markets at Pyrmont, North Sydney and Fox Studios.

From humble beginnings all those years ago (19 years ago) with a hand-ladled goats cheese from Queensland, we now have over 200 local and international cheeses on offer at our store in Surry Hills.

Determined to source only the finest products, each year we travel extensively throughout Europe to discover new cheeses for the Australian market. Our speciality is rare cheeses and we take great pride in selecting cheeses that have been made in certain seasons at altitudes where animals roam freely and milk quality is at its best. To maintain its condition, we air freight fresh cheese and then transfer it to our purpose-built maturation room which is visible to customers in the store. Storage in the maturation room allows the cheeses to age to perfection in specific temperature and humidity conditions.

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Shop 17/425 Bourke Street
Sydney, NSW
2010

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 2pm

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