A visit to a cheese shop while living in England sparked an interest in cheese, a one-day cheese making class ignited a passion for cheese making and the lack of locally made specialty cheeses spurred us, Nardia Baxter a microbiologist and Andrew Keene a food technologist, into starting Goldfields Farmhouse Cheese in the regional town of Ballarat in 2005...
Ballarat is situated between the rich red volcanic soils of the Central Highlands and the lush pastures of the Western District giving us access to high quality milk from diverse breeds of dairy animals.