Olives and Olive Oil tasting with Westerly Isbaih from ALTO Olives
Free Event - Friday 17th of May, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Take sunshine, clean country air, constant warm days and cool nights – add professional grove management and a dash of ingenuity – and you have ALTO Olives. The foothills of Australia’s Great Dividing Range are home to ALTO Olives, a dynamic family enterprise producing a diverse portfolio of exceptional quality Extra Virgin Olive Oils and Table Olives. The picturesque ALTO estate comprises 20,000 olive trees of different European origin varieties, each chosen for particular attributes – suitability to the climate, oil yield, quality and consistency. In this tasting, Westerly Isbaih of ALTO Olives will take you through the wonderful world of extra virgin olive oil – with an organoleptic assessment, what to look for in positive & negative attributes and how to use olive oil and make the most of its health benefits.
Born in Australia, Westerly spent her formative years in South East Asia, which instilled a deep-rooted curiosity and appreciation for all things edible. She is a qualified Cordon-Bleu chef and worked in the kitchens of a hatted Sydney restaurant before transitioning her attentions to wholesale food distribution, firstly with Nicholas Foods, and then Australia on a Plate, connecting Sydney’s chefs and retailers to great Australian farmers and food producers.
During this time, she came across her first taste of truly excellent Australian extra virgin olive oil, which led Westerly to pursue her love of the noble olive by focusing on her own family’s olive business, ALTO Olives, where she is in charge of Sales and Marketing, Business Development, and Communications.
For many years Westerly has contributed to the Australian olive industry as a highly regarded extra virgin olive oil and table olive judge, a long-standing contributor to the Australian Olive Association (AOA) Consumer Awareness & Education Committee, and now, as Director representing Tasmania on the AOA Board of Directors. Westerly is a respected olive oil educator, and regularly hosts EVOO training, tasting, and appreciation talks and masterclasses for the foodservice industry.
In this one-hour class, attendees will have the chance to taste the following ALTO products:
· ALTO Olive Oil Delicate and Robust
· ALTO Olive Oil Mandarin and Lemon
· ALTO Vinegar Chardonnay and Merlot
· ALTO Olives Misto Mixed
Participants will receive 10% off all ALTO products purchased on the day of the event, please note does not include clearance items.
For further information please contact us below:
M: 0448 266 405 | E: cookingschool@simonjohnson.com
