Welcome to the Grootplaas De Rust
Cheese Academy

The Grootplaas De Rust Cheese Academy, hidden behind hundred year old trees on an old family farm in Broederstroom opened it’s doors to several guests last week to introduce the academy and demonstrate how tasty haloumi cheese is made, amongst others .

The academy was originally started with the aim to make a considerable contribution to the knowledge and skills associated with the production of Dairy Products.

The Academy’s facility is fully equipped to facilitate the manu-facturing of fermented mild products (for example Amasi and yoghurt) as well as most types of cheese. A ripening room is also available to mature cheese to some very delicate pleasant flavours. The lecturing room is well designed and is quite adequate to accommodate fifteen students simultaneously.

The course which the academy offers is spread over a period of three days in which the manufacturing of yoghurt, Amasi, soft cheese and three other types of cheese are concentrated on. Although the practical side takes up a large portion of the course, there are adequate notes and lectures to strengthen the theory of milk product manu-facturing.

Courses for specific types of products are also available. Students are lectured by Hans Keller, Retha Carelsen, Cherylynn van Wyk and Barbie Pretorius and various other invited knowledgeable speakers.

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