Personal
Esther’s personal attention makes her workshops, trainings and lessons unique.
Making Dutch Gouda cheese or butter
Esther is happy to share her passion and profession in making cheese and butter. The day trips, workshops, team events, trainings and lessons that Esther offers are always small-scale. You will get a lot of personal attention and there is plenty of room for your personal questions. Choose from the options she offers:
Day trip with friends | Workshops for hobby chefs | Team events | Training for professionals | Lesson for schools | Consultancy | Gift voucher
Experience the ultimate Dutch experience and start making cheese together!
Visit the cheese maker or experience a day “trip” in your own kitchen. Esther brings all the necessary items to your home and provides a delicious farmer’s lunch.
Team events with colleagues
Go for a unique Dutch experience and make Dutch Gouda cheese or creamy butter together with your colleagues! The program of your team event can be adapted to your wishes. If you have specific wishes, please contact the cheese maker.
Are you an (agricultural) entrepreneur or professional and do you want to make your own cheese? Esther is happy to teach you how to make cheese professionally.
There are training courses at different knowledge levels (basic / in-depth / tailor-made). All training courses can be organized at your business location in the Netherlands and internationally. The training courses can also be organized at a location selected by Esther.
Esther offers various lessons in which she takes students from the beginning to the end of the cheese process, in both practice and theory.
The lessons can be tailored to any level and are therefore suitable for primary education, secondary education, MBO and HBO.
Esther is active in the Netherlands and abroad in providing cheese training and further education for Gouda cheese makers. The consultancy is aimed at:
- Farmers who want to get a taste of cheese making
- Farmers who want to set up a cheese dairy
- Companies that run into cheese problems
- NGOs that want to support local men and women through the knowledge and skills of KaasEs
Esther is a food technologist and making cheese is her profession. She has worked in the food industry and through various ways ended up with her passion: making cheese. She can talk passionately about the cheese making process and is happy to do so during the workshops, trainings and lessons.
Small-scaled
Learn how to make your own cheese in small, well-arranged groups.
Professional
Esther is a food technologist and loves to share her passion with you.
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Behind the scenes with Esther
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Recipe for Dutch Gouda cheese
Do you want to get started yourself? Make your own Dutch Gouda cheese now with this clear and comprehensive manual. Step by step you can make 1 kilo of Dutch Gouda cheese at home.
Frequently asked questions about cheese making
Here you will find all questions and answers about making your own cheese (in Dutch only). Check out an easy recipe to start making cheese, what ingredients you need and what ingredients you need to make your own cheese.
Ask advice
Do you have a question about making cheese or do you want to discuss your homemade cheese? Feel free to contact Esther, the cheese maker. She likes to think along about how you can successfully make your own cheese.
Something else?
Are you looking for a different team building activity with friends, family or colleagues, take a look at the possibilities at Breakout Bandits or one of the other partners.