Beyond Home Cheesemaking (2 day class)

I participated in a one-day beginner’s cheesemaking course. It was simply fabulous. Michael Paradise, our teacher, is extremely knowledgeable and very generous with his teaching. It is an intense and quite tiring day, which provides excellent value, but one needs to be prepared for a lot of info to process and quite a lot of time on your feet. We made an impressive variety of cheeses and left with the fruits of our labour – so delicious! This course and the Long Paddock Cheese School warrants a strong recommendation – such a great experience.

I did the 1-day cheesemaking at home class with instructor Michael. I didn’t have any experience making cheese prior but Michael explained everything to us and gave lots of tips and suggestions of things we could do at home with minimal equipment. We ended up taking home 5-6 dairy products each, including 1kg of Taleggio style cheese with instructions how to cure it. Overall it was a really fun and informative day.  I’m excited to try all the cheese and make some more as well.

So much cheese, so much knowledge.  Such a big world of cheese opened up to me by the very passionate and knowledgeable Michael.

Our teacher Michael was very knowledgeable and shared his experience working with producing and ageing cheeses. We were provided with delicious breakfast and lunch, including cheeses and local products, and finished the day with wine and cheese session at the nearby winery. A highlight for me was a tour of the fromagerie and the cheese ageing rooms. A very impressive company producing some beautiful cheeses you can purchase in the little shop on site.  Class sizes are limited to 8 so there is a lot of opportunity to ask questions on the day after the course. Really wonderful people, and very good value for money.

Thoroughly enjoyable 2 day course. Lots of fun, great people and Michael was excellent. We came home very tired, but had a huge amount of cheese that we had made!!! Awesome.

The cheese to take home was very generous. Michael presents very well and is inspiring. Thank you for a valuable and enjoyable day!!

Michael clearly has a huge knowledge and was very willing to share. Thank you for a lovely day.

A great day, in a great location, with a great instructor. Highly recommended.

Enjoyed the tour of the fromagerie very much! Lunch and wine and cheese session also very enjoyable. The day was well organised with everything prepared for us. Lots of goodies to take home! Very good value.

We had a thoroughly enjoyable day and came away knowing much more about cheese making than we expected and developed a new appreciation for the art.
The class size was fabulous, allowing for plenty of hands on experience and questions. Michael and Kate were both excellent, friendly and welcoming hosts. We have already recommended the course to many friends and we can’t wait to come back for another class.