Cheesemaking course

Hands-On Cheesemaking Course

Step inside Yorkshire Dama Cheese and discover the fascinating journey from milk to cheese in our hands-on cheesemaking experience.

During this approximately two-hour session, you’ll be guided through the cheesemaking process and have the opportunity to get hands-on with the curds, learning some of the techniques we use to transform fresh milk into cheese.

You’ll also hear the story behind Yorkshire Dama Cheese, discover how our award-winning Squeaky Cheese is made, and learn about the skill, science and care involved in cheesemaking.

The experience includes cheese tasting and plenty of opportunity to ask questions, making it ideal for food lovers, budding cheesemakers, couples, friends, Birthday gift idea, Father's day gift voucher, or mother's day gift and anyone curious about how cheese is really made.

Time: 10:00am–12:00pm
Duration: Approximately 2 hours
Price: £45 per person
Location: Yorkshire Dama Cheese, Sowerby Bridge

Your experience includes: a hands-on cheesemaking session, an introduction to the journey from milk to cheese, guidance from our team, the story behind Yorkshire Dama Cheese and Squeaky Cheese, and a tasting of a selection of our cheeses.

Booking Your Course

Please book and pay online through our website. Once your booking has been received, we will contact you by email with the available course dates and full joining information.

We also welcome private and group bookings by prior arrangement. If you would like to organise a cheesemaking experience for a family or friendship group, corporate team, community organisation, school or college, please contact us to discuss availability.

Cancellation Policy

As our cheesemaking courses have limited places and require ingredients, staff time and preparation in advance, we operate a 10-day cancellation policy.

If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer your place to another person. If this is less than 10 days before your course, please provide us with the name and contact details of the person attending in your place.

If you contact us at least 10 days before your booked course, we can transfer your booking to another available date. If there is not a suitable date available at that time, we can provide a voucher for a future cheesemaking course.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds, transfers or replacement sessions for cancellations made less than 10 days before the course, or for non-attendance.

In the unlikely event that Yorkshire Dama Cheese needs to cancel a course, we will give as much notice as possible and offer you the choice of transferring to another date or receiving a full refund of the course fee. We cannot accept responsibility for travel, accommodation or other costs incurred.

Please note: Our factory is a working food-production environment. Visitors will be required to follow our hygiene and food-safety procedures during the experience. Please let us know about any allergies or dietary requirements when booking.