"I could get my cheese delivered," he said, "but I always go and pick it out myself.
Equally likely to clear a room is Jedward – they've qualified for the second year running with another slice of poptastic cheese, delivered in Jedward's uniquely bonkers style.
I was only twelve at the time, yet the image of bags of rice and corn and canned Dutch cheese, delivered to our local mosque with "U.S.A.I.D. FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" emblazoned in blue and red, remained vivid in my memory.
The kitchen was out of cheese polenta with red sauce, or I would have had it; and when I saw the acorn squash filled with corn, carrots, sweet potato, onion, zucchini and two cheeses delivered to another table, I had order envy.
Here's the deal: 'Cheese Posties delivers all the components of a Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwich through your letter box each week.
Toni Amira, the director of sales for Artisanal Premium Cheese, had asked one of the producers of the cheese to deliver it unaged, so that Artisanal could let it mature in its own temperature-controlled cave.
Barbecue pork and white bean quesadilla, piping hot and full of runny, melted jack cheese, also delivered what it promised.
The cheese is delivered to the restaurant wrapped in a green leaf, the fronds of an Italian plant called asphodel, part of the leek family.
It promises "everything you need for your weekly shop", from artisanal Stilton to tangy cheese Doritos, delivered to your door in a cool box.
Consider a recent US Airways flight I took from Charlotte, N.C., to Newark — I bought a $75 upgrade — whose amenities were a bigger seat, a tiny pillow, a big bottle of water and a choice of nuts or cheese snacks, delivered in what an airline spokesman later called a "relatively heavy snack basket".
