2020 RNA Teachers' Cheese Making Workshop: Blue Cheese

The RNA Teachers' Cheese Making Workshop is a prerequisite for schools wishing to enter the Royal Queensland Show's (Ekka) Student Made Cheese Competition. Teachers are given the skills and knowledge to teach their students the art of cheese making.

Teachers who have previously participated and would like a refresher course are advised to register as an 'observer only.'

The Blue Cheese workshop is scheduled for Thursday 14 May 2020. As a prerequisite you must complete the Camembert workshop before advancing to the Blue Cheese workshop. This can be completed in the same year.

Each workshop will have eight participants, with four observer positions available each day.

Due to the complexity of the cheese making process, we recommend two (2) participants from each school attend.

RNA Teachers' Cheese Making Workshop

• Applications close: 29 November 2019

• Confirmation of participation: Week of 2 December 2019. Confirmation of successful application will be via email.

• Confirmation acceptance: by 10 February 2020 - due to high demand for the workshops we have schools on a waitlist each year. We ask that accepted schools confirm their acceptance a month prior to the workshops. Any cancellations after this date may result in an administrative fee of $300 per workshop attendee charged to the school.

• Teachers' Cheese Workshop Date - Blue Cheese: 14 May 2020

Student Made Cheese Competition

• Entries open: 13 April 2020. You can enter via the Ekka website once entries are open.

• Entries close: 17 July 2020

• Class cheese making: Weeks commencing 27 July or 3 August 2020. You will need to make your cheese during these weeks to ensure it has fully matured for Student Made Cheese Competition judging.

• Food Safety Plan submitted by: 24 August 2020. Please post your completed food safety documentation to the Ekka Event Coordinator by this date. If we haven’t received this documentation you will not be eligible for judging. Please note, digital copies will not be accepted - please post a hard copy of your Food Safety Plans by this date.

• Delivery of cheese: Friday 4 and Monday 7 September 2020

• Judging: Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 September 2020

• Master Class and Awards Presentation: Friday 11 September 2020. Further information will be emailed to you in regards to the presentations and RSVP.