Indie Fude - Belfast, N.Ireland
We are flying to visit friends in Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿 and last time they loved a few Irish cheeses we brought over to try. So this time get a proper selection from our favourite deli store in the town. It’s always nice to have a chat with someone who knows so much about local delicacies. Local I mean from all over the island.
Spent a few quids more but it’s worth every penny 💚
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#localproduce #shoplocal #cheese @indiefude@johnnyfude
So who all is coming to see us at @eikonexhibitioncentre for the Love Your Food Show?! 👀
Our @johnnyfude is there from 10-6 until Sunday and he has l the usual deliciousness you’ve come to expect! 😋
Incredible artisan Irish cheese 🧀 Sensational Irish charcuterie 🐷 and some pretty wonderful condiments - if we do say so ourselves 😉
He’s also making cheese & charcuterie boxes to go 🙌🏼 So your show snacking needs are sorted 💥
Catch us at stand D36 ☑️ And the go and check out all our buddies @ardsandnorthdownboroughcouncil 💚 And much more besides 😊
Cheese 101: Lets talk cheese at Indie Füde 🧀
Just before Christmas we launched a brand new series of events. Where we all get together and learn a little bit more about the wonderful world of cheese 🙌🏼
Each session will focus on a style of cheese. Covering everything from the mystery behind the cheese making process to tasting and pairing! 🙌🏼 Our cheesemongers are @cheese_academy trained and full of more than enough tales and knowledge to go around! 💥 But we hope to have an Irish cheese maker with us for most events too 🧡 And they kick off soon! 🔥
📅 Saturday 24th January @ 2pm
🧀 Session one: Mould-ripened cheese
💲 £20 per person
Think beautiful bloomy rinds, and all the questions you’ve ever wanted to ask but haven’t had the chance 💃
View all sessions and book your spot now https://bit.ly/4qJLlIX
Link in stories 🙏
That’s us signed off for Christmas 🎄
Huge thanks to our brilliant Indie Füde team and our wonderful customers for everything this season 🧡 The graft, the chats, the support, the community 🥰
We’ll be back open again on Saturday, rested and ready 😅
Until then - Happy Christmas from all of us 💚
What a night in Comber! 🎄✨
Huge thanks to everyone who called in for our festive evening 🎅
A massive shoutout to our special guests:
🧀 @brackfieldtwentynine
🧡 @burrenbalsamics
🔥 @hottieschocolate
The sampling, stories and craic made it such a brilliant way to kick off the Christmas season (and celebrate 10 years of Indie Füde in Comber!) 🥳
Lots of lovely moments 🤗 Including a throwback to our very first Comber Christmas Market in 2017 💛🫣😂
From his Adidas Sambas and travel book collection, to Liverpool season tickets and current favourite pair of headphones, founder and co-owner of @indiefude in Northern Ireland, Johnny McDowell tells Wedge about some of his favourite things. Besides cheese, of course.
Learn more about @johnnyfude in the latest issue of Wedge | Issue 1.
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We’ve missed you! 🤗
Comber HQ is officially back open after our refurb, and we’re so excited to get you in the door again 🥳 Fresh shelves, full counters, and all your favourites from our local makers 🔥
Come on in - we’d love to see you 🧡
Some other cheesy news…
Delighted to announce Blue Bull has scooped a coveted bronze medal 🥉 for @indiefude at the World Cheese Awards 2025 in Bern, Switzerland 🇨🇭
This is our second World Cheese Award medal having also lifted a bronze at the World Cheese Awards in Wales in 2022 for our Straciatella 🧀 a competition I had also entered Blue Bull into but wasn’t quite good enough - but I’ve learned a lot in the last 3 years 🤓
Blue Bull was a collaboration I put together using Kearney Blue, a fantastic blue cheese made in the Castlereagh Hills above Belfast, and Belfast’s superb @bullhousebrewco El Capitan export stout 🍺
I think the rather festive combination of a rich, creamy and spicy blue marries so well with the bold punch infused by the fruity big stout - and so glad the judges agreed 🥰
Watch this space for Christmas stock updates at our Indie Füde stores in Comber & Ormeau Rd as well as on my roving cheese stall - and definitely at our next pairing night at @bullhouseeast - where the inspiration all began💥
A big week for our Johnny! 🧀✨
He’s over in Bern, Switzerland judging at the @guildoffinefood World Cheese Awards 🙌🏼 Joining forces with cheesy experts from all over the world💛
One of @johnnyfude favourite weeks of the year. And it’s easy to see why 😋
If you’re a bit of a cheese nerd yourself you can head over to @guildoffinefood live stream today and marvel at the scale and majesty of it all!
Comber HQ is closing… but not for long! 👀
We’re closing the doors from Sunday 9th to Sunday the 16th of November for a well-deserved refurb 🔨 🎨 Just in time to celebrate 10 years since Indie Füde first popped up in Comber! 🎉
Comber has been our home from the very beginning, and we’re so proud to be part of this brilliant community 🧡
Our Belfast shop on the Ormeau Road (and online store) will stay open as usual, keeping you stocked with cheese, coffee and local goodness while the magic happens in Comber. We can’t wait to welcome you back soon for a peek at the new look! ✨
Come in on Saturday. Buy lots of delicious treats. Lighten the load we need to move 😆 And this space for updates. We’ll reopen as soon as we’re ready! 🔥
