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VIDEO: Inside Blue Heron Creamery, Vancouver’s Plant-Based ‘Cheese’ Shop

This vegan cheese store, run by past Foodie of the Year winner Karen McAthy, sells out regularly–so we wanted to get inside for a closer look.

By Stacey McLachlan /

This vegan cheese store, run by past Foodie of the Year winner Karen McAthy, sells out regularly€“so we wanted to get inside for a closer look.

We’ve been fans of Blue Heron for a while now—the plant-based cheese company flew onto our radar last summer, when we named co-founder and cheesemaker Karen McAthy one of our Foodies of the Year.So when we found out she and business partner Colin Medhurst had opened up a cozy brick-and-mortar “cheese” shop on Main Street this spring, we were keen to get inside and get our hands on some of her delicious cultured experiments. Their wares may sell out every Saturday, but we were lucky enough to get a taste of the magic first-hand.

Watch: Western Living at Blue Heron Creamery

Stacey McLachlan

Stacey McLachlan

Stacey is a senior editor at Western Living magazine, as well as editor-in-chief of sister publication Vancouver magazine. She loves window shopping on the job: send your home accessories and furniture recommendations over to [email protected]