An extremely honorable distinction by taste professionals for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, in the 9th edition of the OLYMP TASTE AWARDS 2024, which is which is an international competition of high gastronomy, specialized in the evaluation of quality food by distinguished chefs and tasters.
It took place from 15 to 18 June 2024, for the 9th consecutive year and it is a meeting of the best food producers from Greece and abroad, through a distinctive event on the subject of tasting unique products of the agricultural and food sector.
The hundreds of high-quality samples that participated were tasted by numerous panels of judges under the auspices of the Ministries of Rural Development and Tourism, the Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce, the group for UNESCO Piraeus, CEUCO, the Club Acropolis - Chef's Club of Attica along with experts in the field of gastronomy from the Chefs' Club of Northern Greece, the Chefs' Club of Western Greece & Epirus as well as the Corfu Chefs' Club.
The samples were evaluated by the Olymp Awards Chef's Jury Panel, with Panel Leader Konstantinos Mouzakis, Mr.Chef Europe 2015, Director Gastronomy Club Unesco, Member WACS, as well as members of the judging panel with many well-known names, in the field of this complex knowledge and experience of the panel of judges. Indicatively, the well-known chefs of the Greek Presidential Republic, Thanasis Skouras and Vasilis Bekas, are mentioned.
It should be noted that all the products that participated in the competition were tested by the judges with the blind tasting method, without packaging, and without any kind of distinctive element. Each product is assigned a code to ensure their reliable tracking.
Each judge performed an organoleptic analysis of the tested product, and recorded a numerical score on the assessment sheet that represented the general sense as well as other criteria, such as appearance, smell, texture, taste, and oral sensation.
Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms participated in the international competition OLYMP TASTE AWARDS 2024, with eight (8) table olives samples as well as seven (7) gourmet and organic olive oils.
Collecting extremely high scores from the judges of the competition, they were honored for every one of their 15 olive products that participated, with exceptional awards. Specifically:
• 3 platinum awards with scores over 96%
• 11 gold awards and scores up to 95%
• 1 silver award with a score of 85%
In particular, the olive products by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms "Kalamata Organic Olives" and PORTOKALENIES Gourmet Olives were honored with rare and historic scores of 99/100 and 98/100 points respectively, thus awarded Platinum Awards by the specialized chefs and tasters of the OLYMP TASTE AWARDS 2024.
At the same time, TREASURE Blend evoo by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, was at the top of the competition with an extremely rare and top score of 99 / 100 points and awarded Platinum Award.
These honorary scores of 99/100 and 98/100 are an absolute rare occurrence in culinary and gastronomic competitions in general.
It is a major moment and an important international distinction for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms to achieve such scores.
In detail, the organic and gourmet olive products by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms that were awarded for 2024 are:
Organic Kalamata Olives – Platinum 99%
TREASURE Blend evoo – Platinum 99%
PORTOKALENIES Gourmet Olives – Platinum 98%
TELIES Gourmet Olives – Gold 94%
Flavored Gourmet Enigma – Gold 94%
OLEOASTRON Gourmet Evoo – Gold 94%
PLUS HEALTH olives – Gold 93%
MAJESTIC Blend evoo – Gold 93%
MASTERPIECE Blend evoo – Gold 93%
SYLLEKTIKON Gourmet evoo – Gold 93%
VALSAMIKES Gourmet Olives – Gold 93%
PINELIES Gourmet Olives – Gold 92%
GEMSTONE Blend evoo – Gold 92%
PRASINES Gourmet olives – Gold 92%
MILENIES Gourmet olives – Silver 85 %
It is a special honor for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms to witness the olive products they produce being awarded from the professional chefs of taste and fine dining, for their high quality, for the innovation in their production, their unique taste and their wonderful combinations in the field of gastronomy.
These 15 major awards, at the OLYMP TASTE AWARDS 2024, complete the unique number of 981 international awards for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms from Sparta, Laconia and are a record number of awards for a Greek Single Estate & Terroir olive producer.
