Grinning Gecko Cheese Company

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Grinning Gecko Cheese Company We are an award-winning artisan cheese company based in Whangarei. We are most know for our Camembert, Brie and Halloumi, all having won many medals

We handmake our cheese on the day of milking from certified organic cows' milk using traditional methods. We use top quality local certified organic cows' milk which is usually in our vat within an hour of leaving the cow! Each batch of our cheese is made from the milk of a single herd to provide absolute traceability. You can buy our cheese at the Whangarei Growers' Market on Saturday mornings fr

om 6.30am to 10.00am, The Old Packhouse Market in Kerikeri from 8.00am - 1.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and several supermarkets and stores around the North Island. You can also visit our artisan cheese factory at 81 Port Road. We are in the same building as The Baker's Crust. Come through the bakery into our viewing room and you might just catch some cheese making action.

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We are a small internationally-acclaimed artisan cheese producer in Whangarei, Northland. We make some of New Zealand’s finest soft cheese, having won many awards both nationally and internationally over the last 7 years.

We pick up the milk early in the morning from a local farm, as the cows are being milked and it is in our pasteuriser within an hour of leaving the cow. Our top quality, certified organic milk is batch-pasteurised, which is very gentle. We believe the way we treat our milk throughout the process is reflected in the quality of our cheese. We use non-animal rennet and all our cheese is handmade using traditional methods and aged on site. Because we only use the milk from one herd we have total control over quality from beginning to end.

While we are still very small our cheese has received both national and international recognition. Our latest wins nationally include Gold Medals for Camembert, and many Silver and Bronze medals for a range of our cheeses in 2020, and internationally, Gold Award for our Camembert, a Silver Award for both our Halloumi and Kau Piro and another Bronze for our Halloumi in 2019.

If you would like to taste world-class cheese jump online and see where you can buy some www.grinninggecko.co.nz or come and visit us we'd love to see you! Our artisan cheese factory is at 81 Port Road, Whangarei. We are in the same building as The Baker's Crust. Come through the bakery into our viewing room and you might just catch some cheese making action!