Thousands fill downtown for Olive Festival
Thousands of locals and visitors flocked to the The 11th Annual Paso Robles Olive Festival on Saturday in the city park. The festival featured dozens of olive oil and olive vendors showing off their products and offering free free olive oil tasting, tasting seminars, cooking demonstrations, and a head-to-head chef cook-off in our outdoor kitchen stadium. Local wineries and breweries featured tastings.
The event started with a special blessing from Father Phil of Mission San Miguel, who blessed the Olive Festival and have thanks for a good harvest.
“Over the last ten years, the popularity of this event has proved that people want to learn more about the health benefits and culinary creativity of olives and olive oil, and that a festival makes it fun for the whole family,” said Norma Moye, Executive Director of the Downtown Paso Robles Main Street Association’s Olive Festival committee.
Clotilde Julian of Olea Farms presented awards in the Olive Oil Tasting Competition for best olive oils in several categories according to a panel of food critics. A list of the winners is published below.
2014 Olive Oil Tasting Competition winners
Italian olive oils
- GOLD Calivirgin olive oil
- SILVER Trabia farm
- BRONZE Moon shadow
Spanish olive oils
- GOLD Kitehawk
- SILVER Templeton olive company
- BRONZE Fandango
Olive oil blends
- GOLD Pomar ridge & Pasolivo
- SILVER Atypical place & San paulo olive oil
Other mono cultivar olive oils
- GOLD Pomar ridge
- SILVER Legacy
- BRONZE The Grove on 41
