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SUMMARY Thanks once again to everyone who entered, helped organise, judged and attended the dinner of the 2018.19 Fleurieu Food Olive Awards.

2 SUMMARY Thanks once again to everyone who entered, helped organise, judged and attended the dinner of the Fleurieu Food Olive Awards. In what was a light year for olives, we were very pleased to receive over 60 entries for the awards including a strong showing in the table olives section. The awards process culminated in a fabulous dinner at the Kitchen Door at Penny s Hill Winery which was sponsored by Peats Soil and Penny s Hill Wine. The 80 or so guests enjoyed a delicious three course dinner to celebrate the olive industry on the Peninsula. The overall medal tally was 16 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 27 bronze and the best in show winners were as follows: Matchett Productions & Big Sissy Foods - Matchett s Onion Water Crackers - the Bronwyn Busbridge Award for best produce using olive oil Hugo Wines - Willunga Farmers Market People s Choice Award Romley Estate Signature Series Grand Reserve Koroneiki - Best Designed Product Award Coriole Kalamata Olives - Best Olive in Show Award Southern Vales Christian College - Southern Vales EVOO - Best Olive Oil in Show Award Congratulations to all the winners especially to Southern Vales Christian College who have been regular entrants over recent years and as members of Fleurieu Food are very supportive of the food businesses in our region. For the full results please see below...

Sponsors The awards would of course not be possible without support.

we enjoyed at the dinner, Openbook Howden for printing the certificates, the Willunga Farmers Market for hosting the

3 Sponsors The awards would of course not be possible without support. Fleurieu Food is hugely grateful to Peats Soil for sponsoring our awards dinner, Penny s Hill Wine for all the wine we enjoyed at the dinner, Openbook Howden for printing the certificates, the Willunga Farmers Market for hosting the People s Choice process and to Paul Jenke from Talinga Grove for making the fabulous Olive board for the Bronwyn Busbridge Award. And thank you to Michael Harbison and Monica Parvin (van Riet) for all the work they did to bring the awards about. Thank you also to Richard Gawel for acting as head judge for the olive oils panel and Michelle Wirthenson as head judge of the olive and olive produce panel.

JUDGE s COMMENTS I would like to extend my thanks to Fleurieu Food for inviting me to work with Dr Wirthenson to search out the best olive products from the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.

The relative quality of the seven gold medal extra virgin olive oils was split between the panel of the presiding and head judges which in total had over 120 international, national and state Royal

4 JUDGE s COMMENTS I would like to extend my thanks to Fleurieu Food for inviting me to work with Dr Wirthenson to search out the best olive products from the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. The stuff people enjoy eating! The relative quality of the seven gold medal extra virgin olive oils was split between the panel of the presiding and head judges which in total had over 120 international, national and state Royal competition caps between them. Why? They were all outstanding extra virgin olive oils but differed in style and character. All were fresh, distinctive, and all would make food sing. Some were classically central Italian in style - herbaceous, bitter and pungent. But they also displayed a complex Leccino like malty magic. The other outstanding oils were complex in different ways less bitter and peppery, but fragrant and aromatic; reeking of Koroneiki and SA Verdale. We need more of this! - Richard Gawel, Head Judge /19

5 RESULTS OLIVE OILS ENTRY SCORE MEDAL COMPANY PRODUCT NAME 7 87 Gold Hugo Wine Pty Ltd Hugo Verdale Gold Southern Vales Christian College SVCC EVOO 5 86 Gold McCaul's Olive Oil McCauls Frantoio/Leccion Blend Olive Oil Gold Fleur de Lys Olive Oil Fleur de Lys Correggiola/Frantoio Gold Under the Wide and Starry Sky Under the Wide and Starry Sky EVOO Gold Paradiso Garden of Eden Paradiso Garden of Eden blend Gold Rio Visa Olives Rio Vista Olives Gigi 7 87 Gold Hugo Wine Pty Ltd Hugo Verdale Gold Southern Vales Christian College SVCC EVOO Silver Elisi Grove Elisi Grove Woodlane EVOO Silver Throon Pty Ltd T/As Michael's Olives Michael's Olives Correggiola 8 83 Silver Belle Hannah Olives Belle Hannah Frantoio blend EVOO Silver Peninsula Providore Farm Peninsula Providore Reserve Silver Silver Bahloo Glen Olives The Australian Olive Co Bahloo Glen Olives AOC Tuscan EVOO Silver Peppercorn Pastures Peppercorn Pastures Finniss River Farm EVOO Silver Winter Creek Olive Grove Winter Creek Olive Grove Frantoio EVOO Silver Rio Visa Olives Rio Vista Olives Augusto Silver Kangaroo Island Olives Kangaroo Island Olives EVOO Silver Nangkita Olives Nangkita Leccino EVOO 50 - Silver Nangkita Olives Nangkita Garlic infused EVOO Bronze Elisi Grove Elisi Grove Koroneiki Bronze Ampale EVOO Ampale Mediterranean Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil Bronze Throon Pty Ltd T/As Michael's Olives Michael's Olives Koroneiki Bronze Throon Pty Ltd T/As Michael's Olives Michael's Olives Manzanillo/Frantoio Bronze Seaview Grove Seaview Grove Barnea EVOO Bronze Strathwood Olive Growers Strathgold Olive Oil Bronze Peninsula Providore Farm Peninsula Providore EVOO Bronze Wrenbrae Orchard Wrenbrae Leccino EVOO Bronze Carissa Olives Carissa Olives Frantoio Bronze The Australian Olive Co AOC Phoenician EVOO Bronze The Australian Olive Co AOC Cucina EVOO 3 74 Bronze Romley Estate Romley estate 2018 Family Reserve 4 77 Bronze Romley Estate Romley Estate 2018 Estate Blend Bronze Paradiso Garden of Eden Paradiso Garden of Eden Leccino Bronze Rio Visa Olives Rio Vista Olives Kalamata Bronze Rio Visa Olives Rio Vista Olives Manzanillo 1 70 Bronze Patti Patrakis Patrakis EVOO Bronze Nangkita Olives Nangkita Frantoio EVOO Bronze Nangkita Olives Nangkita Mt Compass Frantoio EVOO McCaul's Olive Oil McCauls Frantoio Olive Oil Hastwell & Lightfoot Hastwell & Lightfoot Manzanillo Hastwell & Lightfoot Hastwell & Lightfoot Manzanilli & Paragon Romley Estate Romley Estate 2018 Grand Reserve Koroneiki Nangkita Olives Nangkita Koroneiki EVOO Nangkita Olives Nangkita Mt Compass Koroneiki EVOO

6 RESULTS OLIVES ENTRY SCORE MEDAL COMPANY PRODUCT NAME OP Gold Coriole Coriole 2017 Medium Kalamata Olives OP2 26 Gold Coriole Coriole 2017 Large Kalamata Olives OP Gold Coriole Coriole 2017 Jumbo Kalamata Olives OP7 25 Gold Two Hills and a Creek THAAC Jumbo Kalamata OP Gold Romley Estate Romley Estate Garlic, Chilli & Herb Kalamata Olives OP Gold Peter Antoniou Peter Antonio Green Kalamata OP Silver Peter Antoniou Peter Antoniou Black Kalamata OP Silver AOC AOC Kalamata Olives OP Silver AOC AOC Gourmet Mix Olives Other - Bronze Port Willunga Fine Foods PWFF's Chilli Almonds AJM Bronze Andrew Markides 2017 Athelstone Kalamata AJM Bronze Andrew Markides Black Kalamata OP Bronze Coriole Coriole 2017 Koroneiki Olives OP Bronze AOC AOC Koroneiki Olives OP Bronze Two Hills and a Creek THAAC Kalamata OP Bronze Patti Patrakis Kalamata Olives OP Nangkita Olives Nangkita Kalamata Olives AJM Andrew Markides 2017 Rostrevor Kalamata AJM Andrew Markides 2017 Gulfview Heights Jumbo Kalamata OP Two Hills and a Creek THAAC Marinated Olives

7 RESULTS OLIVE PRODUCTS

Olives New Zealand 2018 Conference and NZ EVOO Awards Dinner

Olives New Zealand 2018 Conference and NZ EVOO Awards Dinner Copthorne Solway Park, Masterton 13 th October 2018 Conference Programme Sustainable Farming Fund Project aka Focus Grove Project Stuart Tustin,