Our Story
Our Story
Handmade with HEART. Perfected by TRADITION.
Milawa Cheese Company began in 1988 inspired by an unforgettable cheese moment in northern Italy.
On a menu turistico, founders David and Annie Brown met a creamy, soft blue cheese that blew them away. But when they tried to find something similar back home in Australia nothing came close.
There was only one thing to do: buy an old butter factory in country Victoria and learn to make it themselves!
And so Milawa Cheese Company was born.
With high hopes and a dash of Aussie innovation, David and his old school mate Richard Thomas set out on a pioneering path to make the kind of cheeses they loved to eat but couldn’t find.
It started with Milawa Blue, a nod to that life-changing Gorgonzola that David and Annie fell in love with on their travels. Our Milawa Blue is now one of Australia’s most iconic and beloved blues.
They forged ahead, adapting traditional European methods to suit our unique Australian cheesemaking conditions. First out of necessity, and now out of respect for the craft, they hooped, salted, brushed, turned and wrapped every cheese by hand.
Three decades on we’re still driven by the passion that kickstarted this crazy journey – the simple delight of bloody good cheese that makes people happy.
