Graindorge Cheese Dairy in Livarot
The only Norman cheese dairy that can be visited !
A company that has grown since 1910 over several generations of passionate cheese makers to produce Livarot and Pont-L’Evêque cheeses.
FROMAGERIE GRAINDORGE
42 rue du Général Leclerc, 14140 Livarot.
– Website HERE (you can find delicious Norman cheese recipes on the website).
– Open all year round and 7/7 in July and August.
– Opening days and times change according to seasons : please check online.
– Free tour and free tasting.
A very interesting visit (even if the place may at first glance seem « made for tourists ») and a unique concept because indeed, for hygiene reasons, cheese factories can not generally open their workshops to the public.
Here, they have adapted the site to allow visits.
– The visit is recommended in the morning to see all production stages.
– There is no production on Fridays so if you can, choose another day.
- Graindorge has offered visits of its cheese dairy since 2004.
- To understand all the different stages of cheese production (from milk until the cheese is packaged), you discover the cheese workshops through a corridor of glass-protected galleries.
- There are also films, information panel boards and games.
- The visit is on your own and ends by a free tasting of the 4 Norman cheeses in the boutique : Livarot, Pont l’Eveque, Camembert and Neufchatel.
- Duration of the visit + tasting : around 1hr30min.
Visit in French subtitled in English + paper document translating each video available in 9 languages. - And in July & August : a Cheese Bar is open for lunch !