Four days of encounters, discussions, tastings, and trips – all with the expert guidance of Academie Director Sue Sturman – provide students with insights on how the art of Cheesemongering is practiced in London.
This program will involve a great deal of walking. Professionals only.
Details:
- Four days guided visits and discussions (32+ hours)
- Class size limited to 6; minimum 4 enrollments required for course to be held
- Excursion to Somerset to visit cheesemakers
- Tuition, including lodging (double occupancy) & most meals: $3000
Cheesemonger visits:*
- Neal’s Yard Dairy shop and affinage center
- La Fromagerie shop and distribution center
- Paxton and Whitfield
- MonS shop at Borough Market
- Fortnum & Mason
- Urban creameries
- …and others
Excursion to Somerset:*
- Barber’s Cheddar
- Montgomery’s Cheddar
- White Lake Cheese shop and affinage center
- Westcombe Cheddar
- Lunch at an English country inn
Discussion topics:
- The Neal’s Yard Dairy story: Nurturing British cheeses
- Launching a cheese retail business with a bike and three wheels of Comté
- Distribution and retailing cheese in the British Isles
- Urban creameries in London
- Continental cheese and the British traditional
- “By Appointment to the Queen”
*visits subject to change; any replacements will be of equal quality and interest.