Who can enter
Individual producers, cooperatives, producers’ associations and bottling companies, with an extra virgin olive oil from a homogeneous lot.
6th edition · Essaouira · 2026
The finest of the olive, celebrated in Essaouira.
The “Olea Mogador” annual extra virgin olive oil competition rewards the season’s finest oils, blind-tasted by an expert panel recognised by the International Olive Council.
Dates8–12 December 2026
VenueEssaouira, Morocco
Sample drop-off23–27 November 2026
The competition
The competition for the finest extra virgin olive oils
Chemical analysis at INRA Marrakech, then blind tasting: each oil is judged on the quality and intensity of its fruitiness, its complexity and its harmony.
Three categories
Moroccan varieties, Moroccan varieties with an SDOQ label, foreign varieties. Each oil competes as a single-variety oil or a blend.
The awards
Premium, Gold, Silver and Bronze: a medal, a certificate and medal stickers for your bottles.
Premium
Gold medal
Silver medal
Bronze medal
How to enter
Start my entry1
Fill in the form
Your contact details and those of your estate, in French, English or Arabic.
2
Declare your oils
One form per oil: category, varieties, lot volume. One sample per option (single-variety, blend).
3
Pay the fee
MAD 1,000 per sample for categories 1 and 3, paid to the Association of Olive Producers of Essaouira.
4
Drop off your samples
2 × 500 ml and 2 × 100 ml tinted-glass bottles, at the DPA of Essaouira, 23–27 November 2026 (2 pm).
Around the competition
Five days to celebrate the olive tree
Beyond the jury’s deliberations, Essaouira hosts tasting workshops, a national round table and the awards ceremony.
Tasting workshops
Led by the Olea Mogador jury experts, for olive mill managers, restaurateurs and students of the vocational institute.
National round table
Provincial synergy to promote a regional label: SDOQ olive oil as a model.
Awards ceremony
Results announced on 12 December, with testimonies from the winners.
Exhibition and tasting
The award-winning oils on display and tasted after the ceremony.
See the full programme
Programme
Full programme
The programme
9–10 Dec.
Oil evaluation
The jury ranks the oils of all three categories using an international competition model.
11 Dec. · morning
Tasting workshops
Three workshops led by the jury experts, at the Essaouira media library.
11 Dec. · afternoon
National round table
SDOQ olive oil as a model for a regional label.
12 Dec.
Awards ceremony
Official ceremony, followed by an exhibition and tasting of the award-winning oils.
The jury
Meet the jury
An expert jury recognised by the IOC
Marrakech-Safi regional panel
The regional olive oil tasting panel, recognised by the International Olive Council.
Guest experts
National and international olive oil tasting experts join the jury.
Scientific coordination
Led by the head of the regional panel, at the INRA Marrakech agricultural research centre.
Organisers, partners and sponsors
Your oil deserves to be tasted.
Entries and sample drop-off until 27 November 2026, 2 pm.