Kappacasein Dairy
Cheese shop · Borough ·
Makers of London's legendary grilled cheese & raclette
Makers of London's legendary grilled cheese & raclette
"Speaking of sandwiches, the cheese toastie at Kappacasein—sharp cheddar and creamy leeks sandwiched between sourdough—is a thing of beauty. If you want to keep your hands kind of clean, get the new potatoes with raclette instead. This Alpine-style cheesemaker is open Thursday to Saturday, and there’ll be a line at all times, but it moves fast." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"Every subculture has its own celebrity and it’s no different in London’s toastie world. Head down to Kappacasein’s Borough Market stall between Thursday and Saturday and there’ll be a polite crowd of cheese toasties stans. It’s got a mix of cheeses but mostly sharp cheddar, as well as welcome chunks of onion and leek, all between slices of crunchy Poilâne sourdough." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley, sinead cranna, daisy meager
"Some time before “street food” became a Thing in London, Bill Oglethorpe set up a cheese toastie and raclette stall at Borough Market. At first, that was an occasional table outside Neal’s Yard Dairy, where he worked as a cheesemonger and from where he sourced his cheese — notably the crucial combination of punchy Montgomery’s cheddar and Ogleshield, which is a British raclette-like oozy cheese named after him. Later Kappacasein morphed into an always-busy trolley in the Market, and more recently a permanent stall at the top of Stoney Street. In 2005, the esteemed American food writer Ruth Riechl described Bill’s sandwich as ‘the Platonic ideal of toasted cheese’; and it remains towards the top of London’s on the go pantheon. His excellent raclette — with potatoes and pickles — now showcases London Raclette, a cheese Bill now makes close by at his Bermondsey dairy." - Ed Smith
"Bill Oglethorpe’s grilled cheese sandwich is a Borough legend, right up there with Brindisa’s chorizo roll. A heady mix of his own Ogleshield cheese, comté and Montgomery’s cheddar, it’s also laced with a wonderfully aromatic mix of leek and onion to create what is an oft-imitated classic." - James Hansen
"A small spot famed for its grilled cheese, widely regarded as one of London’s most celebrated 'things between bread' and a local must-try." - James Hansen
