Olive oil deserves more attention.
Guided tastings and dinners that show how different extra virgin olive oils taste, and what happens when the right one meets the right food.
MORE THAN A FINISHING TOUCH
I create menus where olive oil is not an afterthought. It is chosen first and helps shape the dish around it.
Each course is matched with a different oil. Some are peppery and grassy. Others taste of ripe fruit, tomato leaf, herbs or almonds. The pairing should make both the oil and the food taste better.
A dinner built around the oil.
Choose the format that suits the occasion.
Guided tasting
A relaxed introduction to tasting extra virgin olive oil, spotting quality and understanding fruitiness, bitterness and pungency.
Pairing dinner
A Mediterranean menu with a different oil chosen for each course.
Olive oil moment
A short tasting added to a private dinner, company event or celebration.
Producers events
Menus and tastings created for olive oil producers, launches, pop-ups and food-led collaborations.
There is more to oil than its colour
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There is more to oil than its colour .
This is not a lecture. We taste, compare and talk about what is in front of you. Guests learn why oils taste different, how to spot freshness and why one oil is brilliant with tomatoes while another works better with cheese, fish or chocolate.
How to taste olive oil properly
How varietal, harvest and origin shape flavour
How to pair olive oil with food
How to choose better oil for everyday cooking
How to recognise freshness and quality
Tell me what you are planning…
and there is an oil for it