Certificate in Professional Cheese Making

Conestoga College - Waterloo Campus

Canada,Ontario

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 14,588/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 100

Application Fee

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Canada, Ontario

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 26,000 +

Int. Students: 3,200 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

108 University Ave, Waterloo, ON N2J 2W2, Canada

Certificate in Professional Cheese Making

Program Overview

This program will teach the practical and scientific knowledge needed to understand small-scale artisanal cheese production as well as larger scale manufacturing. It offers a whole system perspective on cheese making, from animal husbandry and welfare, forage and feed, dairy production, and milk quality. The program covers both the science and art of cheese making by exploring raw and pasteurized milk theory, cheese microbiology, coagulants, curdling mechanisms, and starters. In-classroom theory sessions as well as hands-on and observational cheese making, will focus on the production of lactic, hard, soft, and traditional cheeses. After learning to make cheeses, focus shifts to affinage, with attention to ripening cultures, climate control, rind treatment, and handling throughout the aging process.