Olive Oil Tasting Workshop with Emily Lycopolous
We are so excited to share a series of olive oil tasting workshops that walk through 5 Extra Virgin Olive Oils and give you the tools you need to confidently identify real extra virgin olive oil, know how it’s made and how to use it.
Taking you beyond “just for salads,” this workshop will add new dimensions to your dinner conversation so you will know what to say when someone says “What makes this meal so delicious?”
The class is lead by Emily Lycopolus, an Olive Oil Sommelier, who will spend 90 minutes describing the oils as you taste them, tell you their character and story, and make recipe suggestions. In our 90 minutes together, there will also be lots of time for Q&A.
Olive Oil Sommelier, educator, and author of 8 cookbooks, Emily Lycopolus is the Olive Oil Critic.
With a degree in Life Science from Queen’s University, her love of science and discovery has blended with her deep love of food and flavour. Along with an MA in Cultural Anthropology, her kitchen is also a lab for discovery and learning. After being introduced to olive oil on her husband’s family olive grove, her life has been dedicated to the ingredient since.
What is an Olive Oil Critic? Emily is who you want to teach you how to read a label on a bottle of olive oil, share tips on how to taste the differences in one olive oil to another, and how best to use each one ~ Emily’s expert palate can be found sharing her passion with consumers, olive oil producers, gourmet and grocery retailers, as well as judging at International Olive Oil competitions.
Calling Victoria, BC home, Emily hosts private workshops, cooking classes, guided tastings, educating retail and culinary professionals alike all about olive oil.
The workshops are variously offered online, in-store, or in some cases both at the same time!
The workshop is $60 and includes all products for tasting. Each person will receive a box containing five olive oils and a balsamic vinegar ($36 value, shipped free to anywhere in Canada for online participants).
For online participants, please register 6 days prior to the course to allow time for the shipment to be delivered. You only need to pay for one registration per home – have fun and share the experience with a friend or loved one!
Can’t make the date? If you have 6 or more interested in a private or corporate online event with olive oil kit supplied, contact us to arrange a date and time (discounts can apply for larger groups when kits are shipped to one location).
Testimonials:
“Very informative. Nice to see somebody so interested and passionate about their interest!” – Lori & Glen
“We did, indeed, enjoy the session. We learned a lot…and now know that we should have around three or so smaller bottles of olive oils in our collection so as to keep them rotating and fresh. It was nice to be able to ask specific questions we had as Emily moved through the session.” – Denise
“I hope you continue with this type of tasting event. It went very well! We’ve tried some of your balsamics but never embraced olive oils as much. Last night was an eye opener for sure. Thanks for getting this together – great fun and very informative. Tasty too!” – Susan