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Here's my official report on yesterday's Field Trip to the Hilmar Cheese Company. How fun... and STINKY! The Hilmar Cheese Company has an immersive educational experience for school-aged children. While I imagine that it can be tailored to those younger than my Second Graders, I think that classes up to about Fifth Grade would enjoy this trip. Our time spent there started off by watching an interactive video hosted by "Daisy The Cow" in front of a large display. It explained to us how the dairy process is sustainable and recyclable, all while showing us exactly how it was done. After the video was over, we headed upstairs to a big observation room where the kids did a science experiment. They shook their own cream, sugar and vanilla in aluminum containers with ice to make fresh vanilla ice cream. Our Tour Guides taught us a cute song about sustainable dairy farming, then took us through the educational stations where we got to see it for ourselves. If you would like to see it for yourself in under three minutes, please take a look at my reel for the day at @katiewileydesign on IG.
Kate Wiley
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My son went here for his field trip. It was a couple kindergarten classes. I was chaperone. The kids had tons of fun. There was alot of information given out that I didnt even know about cows, milk and cheese. That was awesome. BUUUTT, It was sooooooo hot upstairs! Omg... very warm. They shud try and do something about that. Also, they had us going up and down and up and down the stairs. I feel like it shud be better organized. The flow of the presentation and tour should flow better. I also think that more should be offered for the kids. They get to make ice cream which is cool, BUT that's thee only cool thing there was. Other than that they stayed in a confined place and put on a costume once. But that was it. Side note, the cheese they gave us to taste was BOMB BOMB BOMB!!!!!!! lol I have eaten there in the past at the small restaurant down stairs and it was sooooooo fresh and yummy!!!
Kashmere Munford
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Stopped in for a quick visit on my way to Tracy. Accidentally left my wallet and doggie water dish under the waterfall on the lovely trail out front. Thank God their employee Debbie happened to walk that path as she was leaving for the day. She took the time to go back inside to turn it in. There were tour busses on site so I was lucky that it didn't fall into the wrong hands. Thanks again Miss Debbie. Always a good variety of cheeses, wines, preserves and so much more. There's a coffee bar/ice cream bar and a short order grill/deli which is worth the wait for anything off the menu. Staff is also great here. Very helpful, attentive, knowledgeable, friendly and resourceful. They really seem to like their jobs and it shows. Huge & clean well stocked bathroom with plenty of stalls, sinks and air freshener 😉. So glad I was able to get my wallet back. I'll be going again real soon.
Dawn Marie DuBois
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I love coming here because the ice cream is yummy. I haven't had a chance to eat at the restaurant, but I am sure it is just as good. The gift shop has great items. This visit, it was decked out with Christmas items and some of their regularly stocked gifts. The premises are always clean and beautiful and inside is as well. The staff is friendly and helpful, they always are. Thank you for everything. I highly recommend coming here. And one more thing, the tours are fun for the whole family. My husband and I went on a tour around 2010. It was informative and fun. Now that we have a child, we want to go on another tour soon.
Anna-Marie Wick
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Not bad. They don't do guided tours during the afternoon so most likely you won't get a guided tour. However, you can still wander around the gift shop/cafe and the upstairs area on your own. There is also a park like area outside which is nice. There are free cheese samples but they were mostly out of cheese when I was there. Upstairs, there are some interesting things to check out and an area where you can see people working in the factory. The upstairs room is mostly geared towards children but still enjoyable for teens and adults.
Emily W
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We joined the make your own ice cream activity on Saturday, and had a great time. The young lady leading the class and tour was kind, helpful and knowledgeable. We stayed for lunch and were very surprised by the high quality and delicious meals we received. We had 3 adult combos and one kids meal and it was $60 total, which was very much a great price considering the quality of the food was SO good. Soft fresh bread, high quality meats, and of course the absolute freshest cheeses.
Moriah Jarrett
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9001 Lander Ave, Hilmar, CA 95324
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