Passion Dedication Recognition
The World Olive Oil Competition
The World Olive Oil Competition
The NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, renowned as the world’s premier olive oil quality contest, celebrates the finest extra virgin olive oils each year. Its prestigious list of award winners stands as the ultimate guide for discerning consumers and industry professionals.
The world’s top-rated extra virgin olive oil producers and brands, compiled and verified by Olive Oil Times.
Producing outstanding extra virgin olive oil takes determination, skill and obsessive attention to every detail. World Olive Oil Competition award winners represent an elite subgroup of high-quality brands from over 30 countries.
The annual results are syndicated through leading media outlets worldwide.
The NYIOOC is a comprehensive annual review of extra virgin olive oil brands from every region. The results are an essential buying guide for importers, distributors, retailers and chefs everywhere.
Curtis Cord, founder of Olive Oil Times and president of the NYIOOC
The World Olive Oil Competition analysis team is comprised of leading experts who follow a rigorous protocol to examine the sensory characteristics of each sample in a blind tasting.
The Olive Oil Times Education Lab offers innovative programs in production and quality assessment to empower a generation of olive oil experts.
"Social media networks went crazy. Suddenly, everyone wanted to know our brand and the Gold Award-winning extra virgin olive oil."
"We would be lying if we said we didn’t run around the fields cheering when we heard of the two NYIOOC awards."
"The NYIOOC awards repay us for all the efforts made, especially in coping with the climate challenges, to guarantee our consumers the highest level of quality. We believe these recognitions can give us a boost to the creation of new synergies and collaborations."
"We have had some of our best sales weeks ever since winning Gold at the NYIOOC. We've had strong interest from a number of large retailers who have congratulated us on the win. It has been powerful to have an affirmation like this."
"Everyone recognizes that having oils awarded at the NYIOOC shows dedication in all stages of the process, from the management of the plants, handling of fruits, manual harvest and extraction of the oil."
"This award has also given us new energy to continue, and it has improved our credibility with our customers, so it is important to me to be a part of this competition."
"Receiving this recognition gratifies and rewards our work in the field and at the mill. It is a great satisfaction every year, but this prize acquires even more value after a challenging harvest like the last one."
"We still find people every day that don’t know that Brazilian olive oil exists. The way we can get to these people is with this kind of news."
"The award has profoundly impacted our success in the market. We are taken more seriously, we are validated immediately, and we have been able to attain distribution thanks to NYIOOC."
"Winning an award in New York validated our efforts and strengthened our resolve to improve our product and our customers’ experience. It has helped us establish credibility and enhance our reputation as a California producer of high-quality extra virgin olive oil."
"Winning at NYIOOC is the ultimate goal every year. This award is the best reward for the hard work we have been putting in and a huge confidence boost to work even harder in the future."
"Achieving these results at the NYIOOC helped validate all the effort we put forward every day to create the highest quality extra virgin olive oil."
"The NYIOOC boosts our recognizability locally and worldwide and also helps to promote our region."
"By winning at the NYIOOC, we will be able to reach a wider audience and help spread the news of regenerative organic agriculture."
"Having overcome so many obstacles these past two years to be awarded this highest honor is humbling, reassuring and inspiring, motivating us to continue in spite of the circumstances."
