New Zealand Gourmet Oil Competition

Objective of the Competition
The objective of the New Zealand Gourmet Oil Competition is to promote the quality and variety of culinary oils commercially available in New Zealand to the public.

Conditions of Entry
Extra Virgin Olive Oil 
Every entry must be oil made wholly from olives grown in New Zealand and must be available for sale in New Zealand. Each entry must represent a production batch of 50 litres or more of oil. In the event of an oil that has been entered into the competition is found to be inconsistent with oil produced under the same label in that harvest, that oil will be disqualified. Please provide the free fatty acid level (this must be below 0.8% and expressed as a percentage or g/100g) and the peroxide value (this must be below 15 and expressed as mEq/kg of olive oil) of the oil produced under this label for this harvest. All samples must have labels that accurately describe the year of production, the region from which the olives were sourced and that meet current labelling standards. A temporary label may be used provided that it contains all of the information that will be on the final label.

All Other Culinary Oils
Every entry must be oil made wholly from produce grown in New Zealand and must be available for sale in New Zealand. Each entry must represent a production batch of 20 litres or more of oil.
All entries must meet current food labelling standards and be pressed in registered premises with Food and Health Standards NZ.

Entry Procedures and Fees
All entries must accompany an entry fee of $85 per entry, this includes GST. An oil may only be entered once but an entrant may submit more than one oil. Each entry must include four bottles of not less than 200ml. Entries must be clearly identified with the name of the entrant and the Class they are entered in. Entries are to be delivered to Canterbury A&P Show, Canterbury Agricultural Park, Canterbury A&P Association Office, Curletts Road, Christchurch. Entries close 5pm Friday 29 October 2010.

Schedule of Classes
Class 1: Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Delicate
Class 2: Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Medium
Class 3:  Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Intense
Class 4:  Walnut Oil  
Class 5:  Hazelnut Oil  
Class 6:  Avocado Oil

Judging and Awards
Oils will be judged by a panel of independent food industry experts. The oils will be judged on Monday 1 November 2010. Oils will be rated as Gold, Silver or Bronze standard. A Best Oil within each class will be awarded with a Best in Class ribbon. A Supreme Award (Best in Show Trophy) will be given to the oil judged best overall from all Gold medals awarded. The winner of Best in Show will receive a 12 month subscription to Australian & New Zealand Olivegrower & Processor and a 2010 Australian and New Zealand Olive Industry Directory. The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Winners will be announced in a national media release on 3 November, an advertisement announcing winners will go in the Sunday Star Times, The Press (Christchurch) and the Australian & New Zealand Olivegrower & Processor. Winners will also be profiled on the Canterbury A&P Show website. The medal winning oils will be displayed at the Canterbury A&P Show from 10 to 12 November 2010, as part of the Food & Wine NZ Pavilion. All entrants will receive two tickets to the Canterbury A&P Show. All medal winning entries will receive two boxes of 250 Gold, Silver or Bronze medal stickers. Additional quantities are available from organisers at cost.

Publicity
In any advertising, promotion and publicity, an entrant may refer only to an award won by the entrant’s oil and not (whether expressly or by implication) to the oil or competition performance of any other entrant or entrants. Any use of an award in advertising promotional or publicity material must be accompanied by a statement of the actual award won and the year or years in which they were won and any award illustrated must relate to the award described.

Download Entry Form

For further information please contact:
Sharon Lloyd
Tel:  03 343 2867 
Email: sharon@theshow.co.nz

2009 Results

2008 Results