Artisan Cheesemaking - A Taste of Halloumi & Ricotta
Course details
| NZQF Level | 2 |
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About the course
Learn to make halloumi and ricotta cheese with Karen Trafford from Wangapeka Cheese.
Learn to make these popular soft cheeses.
This short course is perfect for professionals and enthusiasts.
There are limited places so secure yours today.
This short course is held in the main kitchen in T block, off Nile Street.
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Karen TraffordKaren Trafford (and Daryl) are the owner operators of Wangapeka Family Dairy(external link) based in Wakefield. The journey where Karen became a skilled cheesemaker began on the family dairy farm when Karen was asked to provide fresh raw milk for a cheese-making course. This lead to Karen and Daryl moving in a new direction and to pursue a new approach to farming and food. Both from dairy, sheep- and beef-farming backgrounds, they had been milking cows for Fonterra for over two decades and realised that there was merit in a more holistic, quality over quantity approach to farming.
Wangapeka Family Dairy is a holistic farm-to-market dairy business where the key to success is being hands on with everything from pasture to plate (the finished product). Using high-protein milk from a small herd of organically farmed cows, a large range of cheese (from blue to brie) and dairy products using traditional, European methods with a Kiwi twist is distributed locally.
To be eligible to enrol on this course, you must be:
- a New Zealand citizen or resident
- 16 years of age or over
- not a full-time secondary school student
However, if you are a full-time secondary school student, NMIT is able to enrol you if you meet all of the following:
- are 16 years of age and over, and
- attend this course outside of normal school hours, and
- have obtained approval from the relevant school principal, and
- have obtained approval from the TEC to enrol in an ACE Course - please allow NMIT at least 14 working days before course start date to obtain approval from TEC. If approval is not gained before the course start date, you will be shifted to the next available intake.
For more information please contact our enrolments team; [email protected]
About the provider
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) is a Government Institute with campuses in Nelson and Marlborough.
NMIT is a New Zealand Qualifications Authority Category 1 (the highest) Institute. Our programmes are designed alongside industry to create work-ready graduates that meet local and international job market needs.
You'll find NMIT tutors care a lot about student success, and classes are small enough that they know you by name.