The awards ceremony for the 2015 Marco Zichella Olive Oil Awards was held at the Zichella family home on the evening of 23rd of October. It was a convivial event with the competition participants enjoying conversation over delicious snacks before the awards were announced.
This competition is for producers that use Oliomio machinery to produce their olive oil. 19 oils were entered and evaluated by the panel of judges which consisted of Linda Costa (panel leader), Hazel Henman, Louise Rabie, Annemarie Ferreira, Reni Hildebrand, Birgitta Silen and Benedetta Lami.
Attendees of the awards ceremony had an opportunity to taste (blind) the 10 top oils from the competition and vote for their 3 favourites. These 3 oils received 1st, 2nd and 3rd Consumer’s Choice Awards.
See our photo gallery from the evening here.
The winners of the 2015 Marco Zichella Awards are:
Delicate Category
1st: Blue Crane (Tulbagh)
Medium Category
1st: Gabrielskloof (Botrivier)
2nd: De Werf (Somerset West)
Intense Category
1st: Andante Intenso (Porterville)
Consumer’s Choice
1st: Andante Intenso (Porterville)
2nd: Olyvenbosch (Paarl)
3rd: Groote Vallei (Tulbagh), after a re-vote to break a tie between Groote Vallei, River Bend , and De Werf
Special Mention Certificates
Olyvenbosch and Rio Largo
The Oliomio range of olive processing equipment is manufactured in Italy by MORI – TEM. The equipment is popular in South Africa and many award winning South African oils are processed on Oliomio equipment.
Marco Zichella first imported Oliomio olive processing equipment into South Africa 18 years ago. The Marco Zichella awards were instituted in 2002 by the wife and daughter of Marco Zichella. Dedicated to his memory, they hoped to give life to his original vision of an event that would bring Oliomio customers and olive oil friends together to enjoy authentic Italian hospitality.
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