OLIVE OIL COMPETITION
THREE-STEP SELECTION
An International Contest, an International Jury
The world’s best EVOO
The winners of the 2022 Competition, the best extra virgin olive oil in the world
LODO the oldest international professional competition selects the best olive production from around the world, disseminating and promoting the true excellence of extra virgin olive oil at 360 °
The history of L'ORCIOLO D'ORO
Italy’s L’ORCIOLO D’ORO is the world’s leading and longest-running professional competition for Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
It originated in the second half of the 1980s, based on an idea by Marta Cartoceti. She brought together a small group of enthusiasts, producers, restaurateurs and oenologists who served as a self-styled “amateur” jury.
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I VOLTI DELL' OLIO
Il Maestro Oliviero Toscani
In a prestigious photographic project, “I VOLTI DELL’OLIO” (THE FACES OF OIL), il Maestro Oliviero Toscani will portray the faces of the leaders of the companies that have won an award.
It’s an important visual project, which will be published in the guide, and will express, through the faces of those involved, their passion, their sacrifice, and their love of the land. Portraying a face is an art, as is the ability to produce and refine a unique and excellent extra virgin olive oil.
LODO SWEET
Il Maestro Iginio Massari
“Food doesn’t just have to taste good; it should be pleasing to the eye, fine and engaging.”
Iginio Massari
Iginio Massari , The Master of tradition
Talent, passion, dedication and strict professional discipline are just some of the characteristics which have made Iginio Massari the greatest Italian Master Pastry Chef in the world. To him goes the merit of having elevated the Italian pastry-making tradition to its highest expression.
His creations are defined by a unique style rooted in the artisan pastry-making tradition. A style which combines art with science, sensitivity with vast technical knowledge and the mind with the heart.
Iginio Massari’s fine pastry-making is the result of great creativity, careful selection of the ingredients and meticulous attention to detail. Tasting his pastries is an experience that involves all the senses.
LODO DESIGN
LODO C&D – LODO CONCEPT&DESIGN :
The bottle, the label and the packaging represent a style.
Gisella Borioli
PINK PLANET AWARD
Manuela Vigo
“I believe that women deserve special attention and that female entrepreneurship is a symbol of strength and enterprise, which in many cases, unfortunately, needs defence and true acts that recognise its infinite value for the economy, for the world, for mankind.”
Manuela Vigo, co-founder and director of LODO assigns this important recognition that can support and highlight a female company in unfavourable situations.
THE CHEF'S CHOICE
Haute cuisine and the wisdom of a gourmet palate in the form of a multi-starred Chef will choose the winning oil via a blind tasting from a shortlist of 10 oils with a score higher than 90/100 selected in the 2021/2022 edition.
Enrico e Roberto Cerea
Ristorante “Da Vittorio”
3 Michelin stars, family tradition’s sons and authentic artists since childhood, followers of their father’s activity, in the restaurant “da Vittorio” in Bergamo, where the whole Cerea family – parents Vittorio and Bruna and the other children Francesco, Barbara, Roberto and Rossella – is at the service of lovers of good food.
RED CARPET AWARD
This award was created to promote the best EVOO within prestigious gastronomic contexts. For the best Light & Fruity, Medium and Intense oils according to the LODO Evaluation system. Claudio Sadler, Tommaso Arrigoni will use one of the best Fruity Light, Medium or Intense for their dishes.
The oils selected for this award will be the samples entered in the QGP PRIZE to have obtained the best score.
Claudio Sadler
Tommaso Arrigoni
Vincenzo Candiano
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