Cheese School by Iryna Demianiuk

Ukraine’s first professional cheese school providing hands-on and online cheese education for aspiring cheesemakers and industry professionals.

Building Ukraine’s Next Generation of Cheesemakers

Cheese School by Iryna Demianiuk is the first professional cheese school in Ukraine, providing specialist cheesemaking education since 2015.

The School offers both hands-on and online programmes for aspiring and professional cheesemakers, artisan producers, entrepreneurs and dairy industry specialists. Our training ranges from introductory courses to advanced professional programmes covering milk quality, cheesemaking technology, starter cultures and microbiology, cheese defects, maturation and affinage, food safety and the practical organisation of cheese production. A key strength of the School is the combination of science, technology and hands-on practice. Students learn not only how cheese is made, but also why processes occur, how technological decisions influence the final cheese, and how to identify, prevent and solve production problems.

The School’s activities extend beyond education and include consultancy, audits of cheese and dairy businesses, technological support, and the design of cheese and dairy production facilities — from mobile artisan cheesemaking units and small creameries to dairy processing plants.

The School also operates a specialist shop for cheesemakers, importing professional starter cultures, enzymes and cheesemaking moulds from European manufacturers and giving both aspiring and established producers access to specialist ingredients and cheesemaking supplies.

Over the years, the School has trained cheesemakers from across Ukraine and internationally. Our students and graduates have repeatedly received awards at major cheese competitions, including the World Cheese Awards, ProCheese Awards and Ukraine Cheese Awards. Their achievements reflect the School’s focus on professional knowledge, technological understanding and consistently high standards of cheesemaking.

Today, Cheese School by Iryna Demianiuk is an educational and professional platform supporting the development of artisan and professional cheesemaking and cheese culture in Ukraine.

At A Glance

Pioneering Professional Cheesemaking Education

Ukraine’s first professional cheese school, providing specialist cheesemaking education since 2015.

Learn from a Fellow & Industry Expert

Training led by Iryna Demianiuk, Fellow of the Academy of Cheese (FAoC), cheesemaker and dairy technologist with over 17 years of hands-on cheesemaking experience and more than 10 years of teaching experience.

Understand the Science. Master the Craft.

A unique combination of scientific and technological knowledge with hands-on cheesemaking, covering the complete journey from milk and microbiology to production, maturation and affinage.

From Training to Dairy Consultancy

Expertise extending beyond education to dairy and cheesemaking consultancy, production audits, technological support and the design of facilities ranging from mobile artisan cheesemaking units to dairy processing plants.

Training That Delivers Award-Winning Results

Students and graduates of the School have repeatedly received awards at major national and international cheese competitions, including the World Cheese Awards, ProCheese Awards and Ukraine Cheese Awards.

Local Expertise, International Perspective

Strong links with Ukraine’s professional and artisan cheese community, combined with international knowledge exchange and educational visits to traditional and artisan cheesemakers across Europe.