Whitney May is Celebrity Dairy's resident cheesemaker. She spent two summers as an apprentice under owners Fleming and Brit Pfann and took over full-time cheesemaking duties this spring. Whitney's enthusiatic and dedicated presence at Celebrity Dairy is making a big difference in the lives of Fleming and Brit. Fleming is still involved in selling at the Carrboro Farmers' Market, but otherwise has increased the time she can devote to family, and Brit is now able to spend more time operating the farm's Bed & Breakfast agri-tourism business
The cheese making season is about 10 months long. The goats are milked from mid-February to mid-December before they are dried off for the next season. The photos below reveal the art and science that goes into making fresh chèvre logs.
Celebrity Dairy sells cheese to about 20 wholesale customers (restaurants and grocery retailers) as well as at the Carrboro Farmers' Market.
Celebrity Dairy produces other types of cheeses other than the fresh chèvre logs. Their Serendipity goat cheese spread has the consistency of soft cream cheese and comes plain or flavored with herbs, fruit, peppers, chocolate - but not all together! Celebrity also produces mold-ripened chèvre, which are limited production cheeses made following traditional French farrmstead techniques.
You can contact Celebrity Dairy through their website or by calling 919-742-5176.
Stay tuned to this website for a full farm profile of Celebriy Dairy, coming in early 2006!
