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Kenilworth Country Foods Pty Ltd factory is located in the Sunshine Coast hinterland at Kenilworth, where the company manufactures it's award winning cheeses and where the complete selection of the company's products is available for free tasting and purchase.
All Kenilworth cheese is handcrafted using the highest quality milk from the farms surrounding the factory. The traditional methods of cheese making are employed with the cheese turned by hand during the manufacturing process. This gives the Kenilworth product the taste of difference. A Legacy of Cheese 
The decision by a young Danish man nearly a century ago to leave his homeland and seek his fortune means a lot to many Kenilworth residents.
If Peter Hansen had not travelled to London and taken up an offer of free travel to Australia for a year's farm labouring in Queensland, the chance of the town attracting and retaining a profitable cheese factory would have been slim indeed. Peter Hansen landed in Brisbane on Christmas Eve 1900 and worked for a year in Toowoomba. At the end of his contract he was allowed to select 320 bush acres for himself at a place known as Box Gully near Malling. Over the years Peter Hansen forged such a thriving dairy that he had to find use for the excess of milk he produced. His initial attempts at manufacturing traditional cheeses of his European homeland failed due to different climates, but he persisted until the highly successful Malling Red and Malling Roma cheeses were born. 
One of Peter's original cheese makers was able to pass on his skills gained from spending time with Peter to a number of cheesemakers in Kenilworth. It was a small team of cheesemakers with the training of making cheese by hand that rescued the Kraft Cheese factory from Closure in 1989.
In September 1990, Kenilworth Country Foods Pty Ltd opened it's doors with Peter Hansen's Roma and Red Malling cheese as the cornerstone of a wide range of handcrafted cheddar cheeses.
Over the past decade Kenilworth Cheese has won numerous awards for its products at National and State shows. So in typical Australian never say die manner yet another Aussie original is available and still made in traditional style at one of Queensland's last privately owned and operated cheese factory. The following is a brief description of the various cheeses that are available. Classic Mild, Classic Mature, Classic Vintage The Classic range of cheese is one of the very few traditionally handmade types of cheddar on the market today. Handmade and matured in cloth are two factors that make this cheese unique. Cloth allows the cheese to breathe and mature in a distinctive style.
Kenilworth, over the past few years, has experimented with a number of flavours and types. The company has created recently a range of processed cheeses, which are proving to be very popular. Combining a blend of Kenilworth cheeses, we have added smoke flavouring and produced a cheese that rivals the alternative European styles. Australian Smoked is a popular cheese for the B-B-Q or the cheese platter. Created at Kenilworth, Sun-dried Tomato and Herb is the result of combining Kenilworth cheese with herbs, a little smoked flavour and the very best sun-dried tomato. A subtle blend of warm spices has been added to this cheese for those that want a little spice on the platter. Blending our very own Red Cheddar with a selection of herbs, our Red Cheddar and Herb combination adds colour to an already popular cheese. Just the right amount of sun-dried tomato and basil has been added to our Red Cheddar giving this cheese a taste out on it's own. Old Bitey combines the best of our robust cheeses. Produced by our cheese maker this is a cheese you love to hate. It is only for those that like the sharp taste of older cheeses. Not available in most supermarkets Old Bitey is a popular product at the company shop in Kenilworth. Cheesemakers Selection Club Cheese range With the ever-increasing demand for a variety of cheese Kenilworth has created this year a further range of cheeses known as the Cheesemakers Selection. This combines a number of existing cheese types though a different process and through this we have added spices and layer production techniques to provide a range of cheese that is both colourful in presentation but at the same time have allowed for the original Kenilworth full taste to be retained in the final product. Olives have been added to Kenilworth White Cheddar bases and Sun-dried Tomato has been added to our Red Cheddar base. They both have then been combined and layered to provide a flavour that is both yummy and colourful in appearance. Ideal for platters. We have taken our Red Cheddar base, added Garlic and Pepper, then combined this with a white Kenilworth White Cheddar base to which we mixed in bell peppers and herbs. The two separate cheese bases are then layered to provide a spicy cheese ideal for platters. Bell peppers have been added to our Kenilworth Cheddars together with chives and black peppers. The result is a spicy tasting club cheese. A spoonful of chilli powder mixed in with Kenilworth Cheddars and before you know it you are in India. Our Red Cheddar mixed with herbs and spices gives this cheese both colour and taste. Red and White Cheddars mixed with herbs and red bell peppers. Colourful and ideal for platters.
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