The Whitestone Cheese Affineur Academy is the result of extensive collaboration between Otago Polytechnic and us here at Whitestone Cheese.
Love cheese? Whether you love eating cheese, selling cheese, making cheese or maturing cheese and selling it for profit (affineur), the Whitestone Cheese Affineur Academy is the place to come for learning experiences that fit with your lifestyle, matched with EduBits micro-credentials that recognise your expertise and let you show the world what you know about cheese.
The Basic Affineur Skills EduBit, is recognised as equivalent to 5 Credits on the NZQF at Level 4 and has been awarded by Otago Polytechnic, an NZQA-accredited Category One provider.
Follow the link to sign-up: https://edubits.nz/see-edubits/affineur-academy/
Read a great write-up about it here.
2025 is shaping up to be a golden year for us. Not only have we celebrated a Champion of Champions title and taken home a string of gold medals at the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards, but we've also reached another significant milestone: achieving Qualmark Gold Sustainable Tourism Award.