Learn how to make your own cheese in this full day masterclass at the award-winning Bath Soft Cheese Company which includes a tour, tastings and lunch.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

Bath Soft Cheese has a creamy and mushroomy flavour with just a hint of lemon. It’s also soft and yielding, with an ivory interior and a white bloomy rind. This is the soft cheese for the cognoscenti. Discover  the secrets behind this famous fresh cheese by spending the day with expert cheesemakers who will guide you through the process and provide some background history along the way.

This was a favourite of Nelson’s recommended to him by his father. There’s a guided factory tour too, but the real joy will be learning the basics of how to make your own soft cheese.

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You will start with hot drinks and pastries to set you up for the cheesy day,  then it’s to work, learning how to make and separate the curds from the whey. As you wait for the curds to settle, you will not be sitting on your tuffet, but engaging in an exclusive tour of the cheesemaking and maturing rooms. Then it’s back to check on the curds and get to grips with ‘moulding up,’ as you make the international, award-winning Wyfe of Bath cheese.

Lunch is next served in the award-winning Bath Soft Cheese Co. Café, where there will also be a cheese tasting. Among their other artisan cheeses, this company makes a spectacular Somerset Brie and a Bath Blue. To finish the day, you will be making some fresh mozzarella to take home with you (it’s all in the stretch), and your Bath Soft Cheese (the one you made earlier), will be sent on to you once it has matured.

IMPORTANT DETAILS

• Starts at 9am - 3.30pm
• Over 16's only
• This is quite a physical day as you'll be on your feet all day and lifting 4kg Wyfe curds
• Twice a month on a Wednesday

HOW DOES IT WORK?

All you have to do is pay for the gift experience you wish to purchase. We’ll send a voucher including booking information to you or directly to the recipient. You or your recipient needs to check the information on the voucher and book your experience date.