You will learn about all the families of cheeses, how to taste them and how they are made. The Level 1 Academy of Cheese is an introduction to the universe of cheese, including elements of cheese history, good practice and practical cheese serving skills.

Cheese is primarily a pleasure, and the sessions is sociable, educational and full of enthusiasm.

This course will be taught by 3 interactive webinars.

Who’s it for?

Anybody with an interest in Cheese. The Academy programme progresses from Level 1 to Level 4 the Master of Cheese. Level 1 is for

people who need to understand the broad basics of cheese and cheesemaking for their career

people who just love cheese and want to get more pleasure from it, and

wine lovers who want to know more about wine’s best friend.

What’s included in the price?

For Level 1, you get

Three evening sessions learning about cheese

Tutored tasting of 11 cheeses which are delivered to your home the day before the first webinar (if you would prefer to source your own cheese, or are joining from outside the UK, the course can be purchased without the cheese delivery at a reduced rate).

The Academy of Cheese Delegates pack, including the 25 Level 1 Cheeses book, the Make Post-Make Model and Standard Approach to Tasting Cheese

12 month’s subscription to the Academy of Cheese

Access to the Academy of Cheese Level 1 online knowledge base, study materials and Cheese Library

The Level 1 exam

The webinars will start at 6pm and run through to 8pm (GMT)