Around this time every year, Sydney’s French restaurants begin doing us a solid by scraping hot melted cheese directly from a wheel of raclette onto an assortment of potatoes, pickles and cured meats. While we’re unable to indulge in this particular tradition at a bistro or brasserie this year, the team behind Sydney’s annual Bastille Festival has us sorted. It’s delivering everything we need to recreate the experience straight to our homes.

The festival – held every year at The Rocks to celebrate Bastille Day (France’s national day of celebration) – has been postponed until October due to coronavirus. So, its organisers have diversified and created the Revolution Box: boxed-up up French treats they’ll send across the city. The raclette box has half a kilo of cheese for scraping, plus charcuterie, potatoes, pickles, French baguettes and wine. It also includes instructions on how to prep your raclette wheel for ultimate cheese extraction.

If you’d prefer to relive your last Euro-winter holiday to the Alps, it’s also sending out fondue boxes packed with three types of French cheese, two bottles of white wine (one for pouring into your melted cheese and one to enjoy on the side), baguettes for dipping, garlic and a bottle of cherry liqueur.

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But if you’re prepared to really commit to the French way of life (for the next six days, at least), order the French Wine & Cheese Feast box: you’ll get six wheels (totalling 1.5 kilograms) of fromage, six bottles of wine, baguettes, jam and a live masterclass with a sommelier to learn about the drops you’re downing. And if you’re missing your annual jaunt to the land of boulangeries and berets, there’s a six-bottle case of wine which will take you to regions such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire and Alsace.

Plus, for every box you buy, the Bastille Festival organisers will donate a meal to Meals on Wheels, which delivers hot meals to the elderly and disabled. Bon appetit.

revolutionbox.com.au