Olive Oil Competitions and Awards 2026–2027

Olive oil quality competitions and their deadlines, in date order: the International Olive Council's Mario Solinas Quality Award, the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, regional and national selections such as Jaén Selección and Italy's Ercole Olivario, and the ceremonies where results are presented.

Entry deadlines are listed as entries of their own, so a producer can see when entries close as well as when results come out. Dates that the organiser has not announced yet are marked as estimated.

September 2026

25 Feb – 30 Nov 2026Mario Solinas Quality Award 2026Madrid, SpainCompetitionIOC's annual quality award. Northern Hemisphere deadline Feb 25. Eligible oils: 2025/2026 crop year. Ceremony November.

October 2026

27 Oct 2026Ercole Olivario 2026, table olives: entries closePerugia, ItalyDeadlineRegistration closes for the sixth table olive section of the Ercole Olivario, Italy's national quality competition for olive oil and table olives. It is open to Italian growers and producers with olives and olive pastes from the 2025/26 harvest.

November 2026

20 Nov 2026Jaén Selección 2027: sample deadlineJaén, SpainDeadlineLast day for Jaén's co-operatives and mills to submit early-harvest oils to the Jaén Selección 2027 tasting competition, which picks the province's eight best extra virgin olive oils of the new crop.

March 2027

≈ 1 Mar 2027NYIOOC 2027: Northern Hemisphere registration deadlineNew York, United StatesDeadlineEstimated dateLast day for Northern Hemisphere producers to register for the 2027 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, which bills itself as the world's largest olive oil quality contest. The date follows the competition's standing timeline; the 2027 calendar has not been published yet.

April 2027

≈ 1 Apr 2027NYIOOC 2027: Northern Hemisphere results beginNew York, United StatesCompetitionEstimated dateThe 2027 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition starts releasing its Northern Hemisphere awards, following the competition's standing timeline. Results come out as the judging proceeds.

June 2027

26 Jun 2027London International Olive Oil Competition 2027: awards ceremonyLondon, United KingdomCourthouse Hotel ShoreditchCompetitionThe London Olive Awards, the prize-giving of the London International Olive Oil Competitions, where winning producers from around the world collect their awards. The ceremony is open to the public.

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