New Zealand Cheese School courses are delivered throughout the year
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.
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.
The Cheesemakers Certificate offers a training path for people who would like to obtain a nationally recognised cheesemaking qualification. It involves the principles and practices of cheesemaking and is mostly theory. Prior experience is useful but not essential to get the most out of this course.
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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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.