Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Awards, Olive Oil News
The AOA Innovation Award was established in honour of Richard Whiting, who passed away in January 2015 from a brain tumour. Actively involved in the Australian Olive Industry since 1999 at regional, state and national levels, Whiting was known for “thinking outside...
Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Competitions, Olive Oil News
The 20th anniversary of The Australian National EVOO and Table Olive Competition is being celebrated with a number of beneficial changes, including: ► no limit on EVOO or Table Olive entries ► minimum 50L production for EVOO entries ► provide own EVOO test results ►...
Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Seminars/Conference
The 2016 Australian National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition will be held from Monday, 3 to Wednesday, 5 October in Geelong, Victoria. The first two days will be seminar sessions at The Pier Geelong, with a field day at the Boundary Bend bottling...
Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Awards, Olive Oil News
Olives SA invites all olive oil growers, producers, processors and EVOO lovers to the 2016 Royal Adelaide Olive Awards Presentation Dinner, celebrating the best of the 2016 Australian EVOO harvest. The event will be held in The Gallery at the National Wine Centre in...
Jul 29, 2016 | Australia, Competitions, Olive Oil News
2016 sees the 20th anniversary of The Australian National EVOO and Table Olives Competition, and the occasion has been marked with the introduction of format changes and exciting innovations. Of particular note are new classes for both EVOO and Table Olives, and a...
Jul 29, 2016 | Awards, NZ, Olive Oil News, Seminars/Conference
2016 marks 15 years since the first NZ EVOO Awards in 2001 and once again, Olives NZ has assembled an excellent panel of high-calibre judges. All are trained to IOC standard and have strong backgrounds in assessing and judging olive oil, and together they represent a...