Hey Perth, SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF CHEESE!
With close to 50 different types of incredible Australian cheese on tasting, it pays to do a little research and prepare a game plan.
Here is a list, and a little background, of the makers, growers, farmers and families who make up this years festival.
For individual lists of cheeses, keep an eye on the QR code at entry for the full cheese list. It's where you can add producers to your favourites and create you're very own cheese list.
But please remember and keep in mind, cheese doesn't grow on trees and due to the artisan nature of the makers we help represent, many cheeses are in short supply and limited production.
Don't worry, there is plenty of cheese to go around but some are in short supply.
Thank you for understand and supporting Australian artisan cheese makers.
🙏🏻❤️🧀
VICTORIA
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LONG PADDOCK
Castlemaine
It's 'thumbs up' all round when it comes to @longpaddockcheese.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
They're making some of the most exciting and unique cheese in the country and all from certified organic milk in Central Victoria.
Inspired by the most famous cheeses in the world, they remain uniquely Australian
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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SECTION 28
Adelaide Hills
Influenced by the traditional methods of Eastern France and Northern Italy, Section 28 craft alpine-style cheeses in the Adelaide Hills. Meet the team and experience their MOULD special release cheeses at Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth festivals 🧀
QUEENSLAND
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WOOMBYE
Established in 2013, Woombye cheese Company has quickly become one of the most awarded in the country. The word ‘passion’ gets thrown around a lot when it comes to cheese but as soon as you meet Beth O’Leary, you know its palpable.
She travelled Australia with her family in 2019 doing the ‘Big Lap’ which became the ‘Big Lap of Cheese’ when they managed to visit over 30 cheesemakers across the country! Beth is backed by a fantastic team based in our factory in West Woombye.
TASMANIA
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COAL RIVER FARM
Cheese and chocolate… need we say more? Okay, we will. TASSIE LOCAL LEGENDS 🙌! Meet the Coal River Farm family. They ditched the hustle of legal exec life for a dedication to honouring Tasmania's world-class farmland and produce and celebrating the magic of the Coal River Valley.
Crafting cheeses and chocolates that bring smiles to everyone's faces, MOULD goers are in for a treat with their creamy, bitey blues, to-die-for triple cream brie, mild yet complex, and smooth semi-hard cheeses, and their award-winning, earthy, and a little bit stinky washed rind 🤤 -
GRANDVEWE
Meet the Grandvewe team, hailing from Tassie and pushing boundaries whey beyond your usual expectations. With the philosophy of doing good things differently, everything Grandvewe does is founded on respect for their sheep, the environment, and their love of exceptional cheese 🐑🫶
As innovators and creators, their no-waste solutions — from packaging to vodka (yep, that’s right @hartshorndistillery) — honour their home and the environment.
A clear fan favourite,
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LA CANTARA
Vets by trade, Roslyn and Genaro came to Australia on a protection visa back in 2011. Finding themselves as farmhands on a beef property, it set the foundations for a love affair of the connection between land, the animals they nurtured and products they produce.
Falling in love with Tasmania was the next step and from there, the rest as they say, is history.
They've become familiar and well sought faces at the festival and when you taste the cheese, you'll know why. -
BRUNY ISLAND
We wish someone looked at us the way you look at Bruny Island Cheese
They’re back and ready to MOULD. Jumping on the tour bus from Tassie, our good mates at Bruny Island are back sharing some of the finest artisan cheeses made in Australia. Always in pursuit of integrity and flavour, Nick Haddow has spent years working with specialist cheese makers around the world and is bringing the Bruny Island a-game back to the festival once again
NEW SOUTH WALES
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VANNELLA
This family owned business, steeped in history, makes the finest, traditional, handcrafted, stretched cheese in Australia.
But don’t take our word for it, Vannella took home the People’s Choice Producer of the Year Award in 2023! 🥳👏🏼
Can they back it up?
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RUB-A-DUB
What can we say about this team aside from they always bring the 'dub' to the 'rub'.
Incredible native seasoning over great Australian Haloumi, lightly grilled, loads of personality and a heck of a lot of fun.
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NIMBIN VALLEY
Kerry and Paul hail from a long line of dairy farmers—five generations, to be exact. That’s quite the history!
As the saying goes, it takes a village. Thanks to their wonderful friends and influences, they embarked on their cheese journey in 2007 and haven’t looked back since.
And what an impressive cheese range they offer! Our personal favourite? The Monte Nardi.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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CHEESE CATHEDERAL
Praise be to the church of cheese! Local store making their own cheese with an incredible range of soft, hand made cheeses and more.
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CHEESE REBELS
Each day, fresh, pure milk is transformed into cheeses of unique taste and texture, revealing a subtle range of flavours influenced by the seasons, pasture and feed.
‘Our name reflects the way we think about cheese – Rebellious’
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HARVEY & HALLS DAIRY
Harvey Cheese is delicious due to its clean, fresh creamy flavour, soft, moist texture and low salt content.
What sets their gourmet cheese apart from others is the love and care with which we handcraft every batch of cheese...and its this approach that has seen Harvey Cheese become the best in the region.
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LA DELIZIA LATTICINI
Delicious cheese made fresh daily. We have Italian passion and the love for making delicious cheese. Our chef's our highly skilled in the art of cheese making we are so lucky here in Perth to have some of the best milk in the world
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THE CHEEKY COW
Passionate about sustainability, this first generation farming family is doing things a little differently. From a 100% compostable milk bottle to a carbon neutral target of 2025, The Cheeky Cow is providing premium, regeneratively farmed dairy products to the local WA market.