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Online Course | Learn Cheese Making at Home with Marcus Fergusson

Online Course | Learn Cheese Making at Home with Marcus Fergusson

£45.00 Inclusive

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Overview

Join Marcus, who first learned how to make cheddar cheese at River Cottage and has since won Best British Cheese at the Virtual Cheese Awards. He returns to share his expertise, ensuring you have a memorable cheese-making experience as you learn how to make cheese at home.

In this hands-on course, Marcus will guide you through the process of cheese making, equipping you with the skills and confidence to create four delicious types of cheese: Caerphilly, Camembert, Ricotta, and Labneh. He’ll also share his tips on how to ferment vegetables and adapt common household items for cheese making, so you won’t need to invest in expensive specialist equipment.

Experience the magic of cheese making as you watch the milk transform. Marcus will explain the science behind each step, as the milk takes its “leap towards immortality.” Join us and unleash your inner cheesemaker!

Highlights

  • Learn which equipment you’ll need for making cheese (and how to make the equipment and cheese molds at home) for your cheese-making experience.
  • Discover how to make Camembert, Caerphilly, ricotta, and labneh cheeses.
  • Learn how to taste cheese professionally and enhance your cheese-making skills.
  • Gain confidence in knowing when the cheeses you make are ready for eating, ensuring you enjoy the fruits of your cheese-making efforts.
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Overview

Join Marcus, who first learned how to make cheddar cheese at River Cottage and has since won Best British Cheese at the Virtual Cheese Awards. He returns to share his expertise, ensuring you have a memorable cheese-making experience as you learn how to make cheese at home.

In this hands-on course, Marcus will guide you through the process of cheese making, equipping you with the skills and confidence to create four delicious types of cheese: Caerphilly, Camembert, Ricotta, and Labneh. He’ll also share his tips on how to ferment vegetables and adapt common household items for cheese making, so you won’t need to invest in expensive specialist equipment.

Experience the magic of cheese making as you watch the milk transform. Marcus will explain the science behind each step, as the milk takes its “leap towards immortality.” Join us and unleash your inner cheesemaker!

Highlights

  • Learn which equipment you’ll need for making cheese (and how to make the equipment and cheese molds at home) for your cheese-making experience.
  • Discover how to make Camembert, Caerphilly, ricotta, and labneh cheeses.
  • Learn how to taste cheese professionally and enhance your cheese-making skills.
  • Gain confidence in knowing when the cheeses you make are ready for eating, ensuring you enjoy the fruits of your cheese-making efforts.
Can’t find the right date? Click here to receive an alert
when new dates are released for this event.

Reviews (4)

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  1. Diana

    “Our chef teacher was enthusiastic, friendly and very helpful and informed. I love cooking and I really enjoyed myself. However long you’ve been cooking you can always learn new things and the dishes we made were all delicious.”

  2. George

    Brilliant chef for the day, it was amazing thankyou, and really appreciate the hard work and effort that must go on behind the scenes everyday to organise all you do, as well as to do the day itself thankyou.

  3. Zoe

    Well organised, relaxed, great environment to learn – I enjoyed the course and it was inspiring too!

  4. Jeanette

    Great food and all fresh and local, fabulous staff, we picked up plenty of tips