What a fabulous video, so sad they retired, but they have worked very hard making cheese for many folks, happy retirement to them both! Could listen to hime for hours, he's a wealth of knowledge on cheese making. Thanks for this video!
This man has an amazing way of talking and dealing with a group of trainees. It's too bad that he retired many years ago, I will check if he has other interesting videos. Thank you,
It really is an honor to watch and listen to a genuine master engaged in their craft. In our modern world, so many of the regional trades are swallowed up by big industry. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the forgotten pioneers.
Mr. Downey, loved your delivery - excellent presentation by someone who came up the ranks the hard way. Inspirational, got swept away by your delivery, expertise and passion. Will watch it a few times more. Great sense of humor! Thank you for the education.
Absolutely brilliant and inspiring video. Outstanding stuff. Thank you fLeon Downey for uploading it. We need more artisan cheese makers as people turn more and more back to real foods. Really great.
Just when you think the whole world has gone to hell you watch this and get an assurance something's are still done the old fashioned way...I enjoyed that with my home made biscuits .
I am happy I have found you. I grew up making cheese from raw milk. And it is hard to find nowadays places which make cheese from raw milk. Thank you for your kind information!
Africa contribution to civilization is outstanding. I did not know the Egyptian are the one discovered rennin/rennet for production of cheese. Thanks sir for that insight. Appreciated.
At about 41:50 or so he talks about the cheese rind. A lot of things can be made from this leftover product and should not be discarded. Soup broth being the most common but here are many more. Just a tip incase someone didn't know.
I just loved watching this and admire what they've done over all these years! I've only made simple cheese from raw milk. This is a whole different level! Good for you guys!
thank you for sharing this video with us, I loved every moment of it, quite interested in the process and you gave me something to think about and you confirmed some of my other thoughts on the whole flow of it and thank you for explaining the bit about the motion in the curds. Best of luck
Man I would love to do this for a job. It's very fascinating and it more scientific then you think with all the bacteria mixing and cultures and incubating.
Awesome video leon, thank you for sharing. I have been a cheese fanatic all my life and have been wishing to setup a cheese plant, and make some great cheeses....might just do that now.
Well I have to say I have never watched the full video until now, however being the grandson of Leon Downey himself I can assure you he is still the character he was when this video was taken, and thanks to the years of customers the storeys live on..
Excellent video.. The biggest difference between these (European) Cheese and US cheese is the use of unpasteurized milk, which is pretty heavily regulated by Uncle Sam. If you think about it, when Europeans settled in the US they brought with them their trades. If you’d been a cheese maker for generations in Europe you brought with you all your knowledge and expertise with you to the new world. What I’m alluding to is this, if you can get past all the mass produced cheeses in the US, there are some great cheeses produced right here…mostly in Wisconsin. The artisan Wisc cheeses are every bit as good as the European cheeses, IMO…give them a try!
I very much enjoyed this video. But I am feeling very unfulfilled and curious. The information provided above states that Leon and his wife retired, but not whether the business continued. What happened to all the wonderful cheese? Did the farm and cheese center stay in the family? Did they sell it? Did it close? Do they still live on the farm? I have a hard time picturing someone who so obviously loved what he did simply giving it all up. And dang it... I want to try some of the cheese!!!
diana todd, interesting. I didn't know til you said something about "retiring". I would assume they have young ones doing it now (like the young guy in vid). This guy is funny enough to do comedy. Lol He's laying back and enjoying himself. Maybe a TH-camr also. He's funny as crap though lol
I really enjoyed watching this and have subscribed. This was exciting to hear the whole story, and they way the process was explained, was like I was having a chat with my grandfather, as he spoke very sternly and was direct, while dropping a laugh in between, I sure do miss him, anyhow, Thank you for taking the time to film this, and Mr. Leon Downey, I hope that your products are as animated as your commentary of the process... I hope that you ship to the U.S.A.!!! Is there a preferred time of the year to order for the greatest selection?
Dru Bradley , they said in video there's a company in the USA that makes it with their exact things(to their exactness cus I couldn't think of the word lol) but yes Dru, one of the places (he sends info and ingredients maybe) is someone makes it in NY I think he said. [[Edit: "Welshcheese dot com" or something.. for ease of spelling he said. Funny cool video yes too lol
I enjoyed your video. I absolutely love your personality. I would like to know where the website is where I can buy this cheese. If I don't hear from anyone, I suppose I will surf the net.
It is a food product. All nations have export rules on food. All nations have import rules on food. You may find, if you phone them, that because of rules about food they have opted to not do the paperwork needed to sell it by means other than walk-ins to their location or they may only sell to major distributors. www.carmarthenshirecheese.co.uk/contact.php
What I would not do to intern on this farm. I am crazy about cheese and just being able to learn to make it would make me the happiest person in the world...
Leon, I hope your retirement is treating you well. I do not know if you look in on this video or not to read comments. I will first say that I quite enjoyed this documentary. If I was a tourist and in your time at your shop I would have enjoyed my visit there. I would like to ask you about your cheese culture. You called it "MT 33". I have attempted to find this culture and have had no luck. The only MT culture that I find is MT 1 for making Feta. If you or anyone else knows, what culture would I be looking for to make a cheese inspired by yours? I would not make yours of course, I am not you nor in your nation :) it would be my cheese in the end but on the journey there for that wonderful dry and crumbly cheese what is suggested?
keeperofthegood MT33 is a starter culture named and made by Barbers in Ditcheat, Somerset. Go and visit them , then go and see John Bourne in Cheshire. Between those two and Leon, you will know everything you need.
I tried the website but it wont load. Is it still operational? I would like to try some of this cheese but i need a link to find a distributor in the US
I just heard what you said about unpasteurized milk. I’ve been on the fence about this. Having pasteurized the milk yesterday and recognizing that you are still in business and have a professional business I have decided to stop pasteurizing the milk until I feel the urgency. I have 6 cheeses to my name and will follow your example for cleanliness. I noticed that you did not filter for bugs. This I must do with every lot.
I could have watched this for longer, sadly at the end of the film it said the cheese maker and his wife have now retired and the cheese is made elsewhere
at first i didnt think i would watch the whole thing, but man this old guy sure talks in a way that makes you not want to stop watching
same here, i tried to stopped the video cuz i thought the dude gotta b boring but fuck he knows his shit well.
exactly... could not stop the video and ended up watching till the end because of the way the man was talking ...
He was very articulate and totally knowledgeable about cheese-making process.
you are correct i loved him
me too!!
The mans voice is mesmerising. Watched the whole thing.
Original, Musicality, Honest, Down to earth, Humble, Touching, Respectful, Wise and Professionalism all I learned from here. Thank you!
What a fabulous video, so sad they retired, but they have worked very hard making cheese for many folks, happy retirement to them both! Could listen to hime for hours, he's a wealth of knowledge on cheese making. Thanks for this video!
Leon Downey you are a true cheese maker with a great wisdom and experience.
Thank you with all of my heart.
OMG, I watched the whole Video. I don't think making cheese was ever told quiet as well. Thank you
Very powerful with the exposition, Leon!
Pleasant man to listen to. Really appreciate sir
This man has an amazing way of talking and dealing with a group of trainees. It's too bad that he retired many years ago, I will check if he has other interesting videos. Thank you,
It really is an honor to watch and listen to a genuine master engaged in their craft. In our modern world, so many of the regional trades are swallowed up by big industry. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the forgotten pioneers.
omg I want these people to adopt me!!! I love how they are so passionate about the quality of the feed and the milk!!
I almost wanna move to England to try their cheese.
Too bad they retired.
Beautiful video! The cheese contains the soul of the maker.
Mr. Downey, loved your delivery - excellent presentation by someone who came up the ranks the hard way. Inspirational, got swept away by your delivery, expertise and passion. Will watch it a few times more. Great sense of humor! Thank you for the education.
I love your video...you explain everything in step by step simple detail and include helpful hints also. Great job!
Loved every minute of this video!!!!!!!! YAY CHEESE!!!!!
This is fantastic, that guy is one knowledgeable cheese master....thank God for people like him and the cows, I love cheese
Praise cheese.
Wonderful video, loved every minute of it.
what a masterclass!!! Such a lovely person! I wish if we had more videos of him.
Absolutely brilliant and inspiring video. Outstanding stuff. Thank you fLeon Downey for uploading it. We need more artisan cheese makers as people turn more and more back to real foods. Really great.
Just when you think the whole world has gone to hell you watch this and get an assurance something's are still done the old fashioned way...I enjoyed that with my home made biscuits .
I am happy I have found you. I grew up making cheese from raw milk. And it is hard to find nowadays places which make cheese from raw milk. Thank you for your kind information!
Africa contribution to civilization is outstanding. I did not know the Egyptian are the one discovered rennin/rennet for production of cheese. Thanks sir for that insight. Appreciated.
Inspiring to see those who have a passion for what they do - along with a brilliant sense of humor!
Blessed are the cheese makers!!
At about 41:50 or so he talks about the cheese rind. A lot of things can be made from this leftover product and should not be discarded. Soup broth being the most common but here are many more. Just a tip incase someone didn't know.
Really enjoyable, I wish I could give a helping hand to this man
Great video, explains why cheese is the price it is.
seems a very charismatic fellow! could listen to him all day haha!
I just loved watching this and admire what they've done over all these years! I've only made simple cheese from raw milk. This is a whole different level! Good for you guys!
I wish I could have learned this personally from him...Oh my...Incredible.
This guy is passionate about cheese. Brilliant video. Thanks
thank you for sharing this video with us, I loved every moment of it, quite interested in the process and you gave me something to think about and you confirmed some of my other thoughts on the whole flow of it and thank you for explaining the bit about the motion in the curds.
Best of luck
Guest: "What if it goes wrong?"
Cheese Maker: "Well then we just call the cheese something else... Like Cheddar!"
Loved that
I really enjoyed this programme, very interesting
This looks so YUMMMYYY!! I am one of hose weird people who loves the smell of cheese making.
12:54 perfect curd cutting..... the music...
love the mouth pipetting
I'm in LOVE...with Cheese Making! (and eating). - Thanks for such a delectable & fascinating video. --- M.S.A.
I fell asleep watching this and ended up dreaming about making cheese.
Lovely man Leon very interesting to listen to.Rip Leon.
Visited there about 20 years ago.
Some of the best cheese we ever ate!
I always thought Mr. Downey looked like Snub Pollard.
I like this guy. Would like to meet him.
brilliant video I really enjoyed watching this, I make cheese at home and found a lot of good information from watching it.
Wonderful video.
loved it! was thorough yet enjoyable. Timeless
OWWW OWWWW OWW. this guy sounds like R. P. Feynman for me, voice, style and tone. Great.
Man I would love to do this for a job. It's very fascinating and it more scientific then you think with all the bacteria mixing and cultures and incubating.
The guys the kind of character you would see in Monty Python, its good to see UK people passionate about cheese .
I can't believe you said hose pipe at the end! I thought that was a southern (US) phrase. Wonderful video. Keep it up!
very proud to be part of this art myself be nice to have a little set up like that some day
Awesome video leon, thank you for sharing. I have been a cheese fanatic all my life and have been wishing to setup a cheese plant, and make some great cheeses....might just do that now.
Very explicit he know what is talking about go for it Good luck.
Fascinating!
I wish I had this dude as my food processing professor.
This dude is the Willy Wonka of cheese!
Good video, he knows his stuff.
Great video
20:09 Pure gold comedy there :)
I'm not even a cheese person but I'm dying to try this.
Good information learned alot from it,
very good man hard working , good cheese wish u the best
What a "cheesy" character.Such fun and he loves his work.
Beautiful.
Well I have to say I have never watched the full video until now, however being the grandson of Leon Downey himself I can assure you he is still the character he was when this video was taken, and thanks to the years of customers the storeys live on..
Matthew Lewis, great guy. Don't tell me he has passed..
[[ edit :
Great video. He's funny as all-get-out . Lol
what a great video luv it
great story, inspiring
Altoona, pa usa thanks you
Excellent video..
The biggest difference between these (European) Cheese and US cheese is the use of unpasteurized milk, which is pretty heavily regulated by Uncle Sam. If you think about it, when Europeans settled in the US they brought with them their trades. If you’d been a cheese maker for generations in Europe you brought with you all your knowledge and expertise with you to the new world.
What I’m alluding to is this, if you can get past all the mass produced cheeses in the US, there are some great cheeses produced right here…mostly in Wisconsin. The artisan Wisc cheeses are every bit as good as the European cheeses, IMO…give them a try!
Very interesting! I make soft cheese but learned a few tips :)
I very much enjoyed this video. But I am feeling very unfulfilled and curious. The information provided above states that Leon and his wife retired, but not whether the business continued. What happened to all the wonderful cheese? Did the farm and cheese center stay in the family? Did they sell it? Did it close? Do they still live on the farm? I have a hard time picturing someone who so obviously loved what he did simply giving it all up. And dang it... I want to try some of the cheese!!!
diana todd, interesting. I didn't know til you said something about "retiring".
I would assume they have young ones doing it now (like the young guy in vid).
This guy is funny enough to do comedy. Lol
He's laying back and enjoying himself. Maybe a TH-camr also.
He's funny as crap though lol
Very witty explanation
outstanding great info
I really enjoyed watching this and have subscribed. This was exciting to hear the whole story, and they way the process was explained, was like I was having a chat with my grandfather, as he spoke very sternly and was direct, while dropping a laugh in between, I sure do miss him, anyhow, Thank you for taking the time to film this, and Mr. Leon Downey, I hope that your products are as animated as your commentary of the process... I hope that you ship to the U.S.A.!!! Is there a preferred time of the year to order for the greatest selection?
Dru Bradley , they said in video there's a company in the USA that makes it with their exact things(to their exactness cus I couldn't think of the word lol)
but yes Dru, one of the places (he sends info and ingredients maybe) is someone makes it in NY I think he said.
[[Edit: "Welshcheese dot com" or something.. for ease of spelling he said.
Funny cool video yes too lol
Dru Bradley , about "time of year for good selection" you said ?
"If it doesn't turn-out, they call it something else..!?" Lol funny guy him.
The best cheese and butter are made from unpasteurized (raw) milk or Lait Cru like in France.
Makes ya want to start making cheese ;)
This guy has the life.
i love cheese to much n can't wait to try this
I remember the milk buy worked out good
That man is a rockstar!
your are inspiring
I enjoyed your video. I absolutely love your personality. I would like to know where the website is where I can buy this cheese. If I don't hear from anyone, I suppose I will surf the net.
+Cathy, here is the link to the company that took over the business.
www.carmarthenshirecheese.co.uk/news_view.php?news_id=3
I do not find any link on that website in which to make an order. I would really love to try some of this product, but I apparently can't find a link.
It is a food product. All nations have export rules on food. All nations have import rules on food. You may find, if you phone them, that because of rules about food they have opted to not do the paperwork needed to sell it by means other than walk-ins to their location or they may only sell to major distributors. www.carmarthenshirecheese.co.uk/contact.php
What I would not do to intern on this farm. I am crazy about cheese and just being able to learn to make it would make me the happiest person in the world...
sad that Kenya produces a lot of milk and most of it goes to waste during the high production period.
Leon, I hope your retirement is treating you well. I do not know if you look in on this video or not to read comments. I will first say that I quite enjoyed this documentary. If I was a tourist and in your time at your shop I would have enjoyed my visit there. I would like to ask you about your cheese culture. You called it "MT 33". I have attempted to find this culture and have had no luck. The only MT culture that I find is MT 1 for making Feta. If you or anyone else knows, what culture would I be looking for to make a cheese inspired by yours? I would not make yours of course, I am not you nor in your nation :) it would be my cheese in the end but on the journey there for that wonderful dry and crumbly cheese what is suggested?
keeperofthegood MT33 is a starter culture named and made by Barbers in Ditcheat, Somerset. Go and visit them , then go and see John Bourne in Cheshire. Between those two and Leon, you will know everything you need.
I tried the website but it wont load. Is it still operational? I would like to try some of this cheese but i need a link to find a distributor in the US
Love this video! You are wonderful. What do you call that type of cheese press? Thank you!
Cheese is food for the brain.
At 10:45 he adds what he calls “rennet” or something… can anyone clarify what it is?
Got it! Rennet is an enzyme.
I just heard what you said about unpasteurized milk. I’ve been on the fence about this. Having pasteurized the milk yesterday and recognizing that you are still in business and have a professional business I have decided to stop pasteurizing the milk until I feel the urgency. I have 6 cheeses to my name and will follow your example for cleanliness.
I noticed that you did not filter for bugs. This I must do with every lot.
those cows with that nice music group should give more milk ( is a fact) , they should play for them all the time.
my proud and best wishes Prince Charles production, welcome....
Sak gulung regane pirang frank yo? Aku pengen tuku 12 gulung, nggo setaun
at 17:17 we get a dose of real gastronomic science.
How does one "thor" it out exactly?
what you do excess water in dumb
He said that a neighbouring farmer comes everyday to collect the whey (cheese water) for his pigs. It's highly nutritious
I could have watched this for longer, sadly at the end of the film it said the cheese maker and his wife have now retired and the cheese is made elsewhere
Is this similar to Mennonite Cheese?
Michael Palin
So confusing during the starter part
Scott stirring respectfully I watched Louie hi annai
Can you us natural yogurt!
Those curds must go great on poutine….. but I doubt that he knows what poutine is
+Raymond Wang --- I know what poutine is.... but I doubt that many people outside of Canada do......lol.
M Palmer Yeah, it is pretty ironic. You'd think that this oily, fatty, cheesy food would've caught on already in the States, but nein!
HOW do I go about contacting this EXPERT!> Does anyone know_ Its urgent and necessary! Thank you. Professional $$ guidance is needed on formulas.