The Benson family built their artisan cheese business around a premium farm-shop experience and have been forced to roll with the punches like never before. Never one to dwell on the negatives, Apostle Whey Cheese has tapped into new interstate markets and is forging ahead with expansion plans and job creation. “I don’t know what […]
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Apostle Whey Cheese owners Julian and Dianne Benson are toasting their success on the world stage after winning gold and silver at the International Cheese and Dairy Awards. The couple were notified yesterday that their brie, which was named the best in Australia in February, had now won gold at the prestigious cheese show in […]
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The team at Apostle Whey Cheese has a new prized possession in their ever-expanding trophy cabinet after their brie was named the best white mould cheese in Australia. It was an honour owners Julian and Dianne had known about for a couple of weeks, but couldn’t disclose until the awards on Thursday evening in Melbourne. […]
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Apostle Whey Cheese will contest for national cheese honours after its popular Southern Briez was selected as a finalist for the 2019 Australian Grand Dairy Awards. It’s not only the judges who get to laud the Cooriemungle-made Brie though – with the wider community also urged to vote for Southern Briez in the People’s Choice […]
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The hard work and attention to detail at Apostle Whey Cheese was rewarded with a swag of gongs at the 2018 DIAA Awards of Excellence on Friday, May 11. The Dairy Industry Association of Australia awards were held at the Melbourne Plaza Ballroom where Apostle Whey Cheese was represented by owners Julian and Dianne Benson. […]
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Apostle Whey Cheese has added Italian style gelato and fresh bottled milk to its award winning food tourism experience. The expansion comes on the back of last month’s recognition as a finalist in the Excellence in Food Tourism category of the RACV Victorian Tourism Awards. Julian and Dianne Benson launched their new non-homogenised bottled milk […]
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Julian and Dianne Benson aren’t letting the current state of the dairy industry stop them from celebrating multiple awards at a major dairy competition. “Negativity is so powerful and can take all your energy, so it’s important to be positive when you can,” Mr Benson said. Apostle Whey Cheese was awarded one gold, and three […]
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Dairy farmers Julian and Dianne Benson will tomorrow celebrate a decade of cheese making at their Cooriemungle property. Apostle Whey Cheese was born on October 29, 2005 and has since taken out a number of major cheese awards and become an important tourism draw card for the region. Mr Benson said the venture continued to […]
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May 2014 was a good month for us. Firstly we won the highest scoring semi-hard cheese award with “Heytesbury Harvest Plain”, our Havarti cheese, at the Australian Dairy Industry Awards in Melbourne. This is the third major award we have one in four years, with different cheeses. Then at the Great South West Dairy Awards held […]
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