To wrap up our month of this month long celebration of Aussie Artisans, today I talk with amazing Rachel Needoba from the Butterfly Factory in Yarragon, West Gippsland.

Rachel’s story is a truly fascinating one filled with incredible anecdotes all wrapped in a love for all things gastronomy.

From the cheese side of things, you could say it escalated during her time in France, in particular Burgundy, where she met her husband, winemaker William Downie, which then brought her to create a home in Gippsland, and finally to establish her own brand, the micro dairy the Butterfly Factory, at the start of 2020 focusing on milk, yoghurt, butter (mmm, butter!) and of course cheese.

This was cheese production on a true small, artisan scale but from small things, big passions can come and thanks to the recent completion of her very own cheese factory on her farm, you can expect to see more and more exciting cheeses being produced here.

I’ve had the privilege of chatting with Rachel a number of times now and I’m so grateful we finally got the chance to record a chat and help share her story with you.  And, hopefully, even share some of her cheese with you in our monthly cheese boxes.

In the meantime, I’m going to leave a few links below of where to find her cheese as well as a video we did with Victoria Together celebrating Dairy in Gippsland.

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If in Victoria, you’ll find Rachel’s cheese at the Prom Coast Food Collective

LIVE GIPPSLAND Videos referenced in the interview which were supported by Victoria Together

https://www.together.vic.gov.au/food-wine/live-gippsland

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