Twenty-Nine Cheese Gnocchi 2022

Overview

UPDATE, January 24, 2022: Cucinetta's 29-cheese gnocchi is now sticking around until Sunday, February 6. This article has been updated to reflect that change.

UPDATE, January 6, 2022: Cucinetta's 29-cheese gnocchi has been postponed until mid-January, kicking off on Wednesday, January 12. This article has been updated to reflect that change.

Melburnians, you really love your cheese. You've tried a 150-cheese pizza, bought buckets of the stuff on the cheap and have entered cheese-fuelled comas in a cheese cave. Now, you can kick off 2022 with another ultra-cheesy experience: a 29-cheese gnocchi.

South Yarra's Cucinetta is the eatery behind the wondrous creation, which it's bringing back for a fourth year. If you're keen, it's available between Wednesday, January 12–Sunday, February 6 for both lunch and dinner.

The handmade potato gnocchi is oven-baked with 29 cheeses sourced from Thomastown's That's Amore Cheese, including buffalo mozzarella, truffled caciotta (a fresh cow's milk cheese), smoked scamorza, blue cheese and salted ricotta.

Setting you back $39.99, it can be enjoyed with one of 29 wines on the regularly changing list and eaten inside the 29-square-metre restaurant. Sensing a theme? Cucinetta really likes the number 29.

If you, like us, fancy yourself a bit of a cheese fanatic, you're probably curious as to what the 29 cheeses are. Well, here's the full list:

Fior di latte
Buffalo mozzarella
Burrata
Scamorza bianca
Caciotta
Pepper caciotta
Chilli caciotta
Truffle caciotta
Ricotta delicata
Ricotta salata
Mascarpone
Squacquerone
Buffalo bocconcini
Buffalo ricotta
Buffalo caciotta
Buffalo mozzarella (smoked)
Smoked bocconcini
Smoked scamorza
Smoked caciocavallo
Diavoletto
Secret of The Forest
Drunken buffalo
Lavato
Panettone
Panettone with truffle
Caciocavallo
Bufalotto
Blue cheese
Formaggio di vacca