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 3rd 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 23rd Aug
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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Starts on Mon 31st May
From $435
Setting up a Specialty Cheese business
This 1-day course, based on a recent case study, has been specifically designed for people considering the commencement of a specialty cheesemaking enterprise. You will be introduced to all the logistics of starting and operating a specialty cheesemaking enterprise.
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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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