Maker & Monger's Friends of Fromage Series

Some of the nation's best chefs are popping up at Prahran Market to showcase their twist on the classic cheese toastie.
Andrew Zuccala and Reema Hindi
Published on August 13, 2024

Overview

There is nothing quite as comforting as a perfect cheese toastie. Both delicious and nostalgic, it is a go-to on any day. And luckily for us, Maker & Monger will once again elevate the toastie experience with the fifth instalment of its famed Friends of Fromage series.

Every Saturday, from August 31–September 28, Melbourne's favourite cheese connoisseurs Maker & Monger are letting a different top Aussie chef take over its Prahran Market stall — each creating a one-of-a-kind toastie.

The series will include Micha Tropp (Toddy Shop), Rosheen Kaul (ex-Etta), Shannon Martinez (Smith & Daughters), Blayne and Chayse Bertoncello (O.My), and Jeung Eun Chae (Chae).

Maker and Monger's Friends of Fromage 2024

Tropp kicks it off on Saturday, August 31 with his riff on a Bombay veggie sanga, and is followed by Kaul's tuna sambal toastie on Saturday, September 7. Martinez is running the stall on Saturday, September 14, pumping out stacks of her Mexican cobb loaf, before Blayne and Chayse Bertoncello work together on their 'textures of artichoke' sandwich on Saturday, September 21.

This year's Friends of Fromage ends on Saturday, September 28, when Chae whips up an epic cashew doenjang and comté toastie for the Prahran Market masses.

The FOMO is real with this one pals, as these toasties have been created just for this cheesy event. If you want to sample one of them, you'll only have single day to do it.

Maker and Monger's Friends of Fromage 2024

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