New Zealand Cheese School courses are delivered throughout the year

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Whatever you want to learn about cheese, the New Zealand Cheese School is your one-stop-shop, delivering everything from courses for professional cheesemakers through to team-building workshops. Book one of our professional courses, DIY cheesemaking courses or private courses, parties and team building workshops today.

Starts on Wed 4th Nov
From $250
DIY Feta & Mozzarella: full day workshop
DIY Feta & Mozzarella: full day workshop make your own delicious feta & mozzarella in a fun, hands on full day workshop with tastings included. Learn the best way to ‘start’ your cheese and handle ingredients including the pre-warmed milk and rennet. You will get hands on, cutting the curd, stirring the curds, hooping and turning. Take your delicious handmade cheeses home…
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Starts on Mon 14th Sep
From $1,700
Artisan Cheesemaking – Practical
Get practical with hands-on cheesemaking during this 5-day course. You will work under the supervision of Master Cheesemaker Neil Willman, making a range of different styles specialty cheese inside the multi award-winning artisan factory Over the Moon Dairy.
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Starts on Fri 11th Sep
From $435
Cheese Sensory
Learn the principles of tasting and evaluating a wide range of specialty cheese. From defects and causes, grading of cheese, flavour and aroma identification, body and texture evaluation and scoring/ etiquette during judging.
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Neil Willman - Principal, Director and Head Trainer of New Zealand Cheese School

Neil Willman

Principal, Director & Head Trainer

We are delighted to have Neil as the Principal and Director of our school. Neil has over 30 years experience in the teaching industry for both professional and home cheesemakers. There is no other person better equipped to be our expert.

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