Award evidence
Competition award
agreement.
A descriptive comparison of broad award tiers given to the same oil release. Agreement is not a measure of competition difficulty, prestige, or selectivity.
Current scope
Generated · method v1
8 award entries from untracked sources excluded: LAIOOC (1), Oliveti Northland Olive Oil Awards (7).
Competition summaries
Raw awards remain distinct; tier percentages use the analysis-only grouping below.
24 oils · 2026–2026 · 0 scored
Medal labels only
- Bronze
- 1 (4%)
- Silver
- 6 (24%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 18 (72%)
Raw award labels
- Best olive oil per country of origin1
- Bronze1
- Double Gold5
- Gold12
- Silver6
128 oils · 2012–2025 · 533 scored
Recorded score coverage available
- Bronze
- 98 (17%)
- Silver
- 237 (41%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 249 (43%)
Raw award labels
- Best2
- Best in class4
- Best in Class8
- Best of Show1
- Bronze98
- Champion4
- Gold217
- Platinum10
- Reserve Champion3
- Silver237
74 oils · 2022–2025 · 0 scored
Medal labels only
- Bronze
- 19 (14%)
- Silver
- 76 (56%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 42 (31%)
Raw award labels
- Best in Boutique2
- Best in Class12
- Best in Show2
- Bronze19
- Gold22
- Reserve in Boutique2
- Reserve in Show2
- Silver76
49 oils · 2015–2026 · 0 scored
Medal labels only
- Bronze
- 0 (0%)
- Silver
- 55 (37%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 93 (63%)
Raw award labels
- Best in Class4
- Gold89
- Silver55
3 oils · 2025–2026 · 0 scored
Small sample; medal labels only
- Bronze
- 0 (0%)
- Silver
- 0 (0%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 4 (100%)
Raw award labels
- Gold4
37 oils · 2020–2026 · 0 scored
Medal labels only
- Bronze
- 3 (4%)
- Silver
- 22 (32%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 43 (63%)
Raw award labels
- Bronze3
- Gold33
- Platinum10
- Silver22
46 oils · 2020–2026 · 25 scored
Recorded score coverage available
- Bronze
- 10 (13%)
- Silver
- 27 (34%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 42 (53%)
Raw award labels
- Bronze10
- Gold30
- Platinum12
- Silver27
63 oils · 2021–2025 · 0 scored
Medal labels only
- Bronze
- 20 (12%)
- Silver
- 84 (48%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 70 (40%)
Raw award labels
- Bronze20
- Gold70
- Silver84
142 oils · 2022–2026 · 0 scored
Medal labels only
- Bronze
- 49 (13%)
- Silver
- 98 (27%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 221 (60%)
Raw award labels
- Best of California3
- Best of California EVOO Blend Delicate1
- Best of California EVOO Blend Medium1
- Best of California EVOO Blend Robust2
- Best of California EVOO by a Artisan Producer1
- Best of California EVOO by a Large Producer2
- Best of California EVOO by a Micro Producer2
- Best of California EVOO Monovarietal Delicate2
- Best of California EVOO Monovarietal Medium2
- Best of California EVOO Monovarietal Robust2
- Best of California Large Producer1
- Best of California Microproducer1
- Best of Class38
- Best of Show Extra Virgin Olive Oil1
- Best of Show Monovarietal Extra Virgin Olive Oil1
- Best of Show Olive Oil2
- Bronze49
- Double Gold7
- Gold152
- Silver98
Extra Virgin Vault Review
EVV internal review scale11 oils · 0 scored
EVV internal review scale; limited sample
1 review without an award tier is preserved in the raw labels and excluded from medal analysis.
- Bronze
- 5 (42%)
- Silver
- 4 (33%)
- Gold-or-higher
- 3 (25%)
Raw award labels
- Bronze5
- Gold-or-higher3
- No medal1
- Silver4
Competition agreement matrix
Compare every source against every other source. Results describe only EVV’s matched-release sample. Select a cell for the underlying detail.
Exact agreement shows how often matched releases received the same broad medal tier. Percentages are withheld below 10 comparisons.
| Y ↓ / X → | Athena International Olive Oil Competition | Australian International Olive Awards | Olives New Zealand Awards | New York International Olive Oil Competition | Japan Olive Oil Prize | London International Olive Oil Competition | Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards | SA Olive Awards | California State Fair EVOO Competition | Extra Virgin Vault ReviewInternal scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athena International Olive Oil Competition | — | |||||||||
| Australian International Olive Awards | — | |||||||||
| Olives New Zealand Awards | — | |||||||||
| New York International Olive Oil Competition | — | |||||||||
| Japan Olive Oil Prize | — | |||||||||
| London International Olive Oil Competition | — | |||||||||
| Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards | — | |||||||||
| SA Olive Awards | — | |||||||||
| California State Fair EVOO Competition | — | |||||||||
| Extra Virgin Vault ReviewInternal scale | — |
Selected comparison
Australian International Olive Awards vs New York International Olive Oil Competition
25 same-release comparisons across 10 shared oil files. This is observed agreement in EVV’s matched-release sample.
Exact agreement12/25 (48%)
Adjacent agreement23/25 (92%)
Directional tier differenceMedian 0 (left minus right)
Observed release years2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Style evidence6 matches among 15 style-comparable releases
95% Wilson intervals — exact: 30–67%; adjacent: 75–98%.
| Bronze | Silver | Gold-or-higher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Silver | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Gold-or-higher | 0 | 6 | 9 |
Raw award pairs
- Bronze / Gold2
- Bronze / Silver1
- Gold / Best in Class2
- Gold / Gold7
- Gold / Silver6
- Silver / Gold4
- Silver / Silver3
Recorded scores
Scores are summarised only within their original competition. Different judging scales are not placed on a shared numeric scale, and generated proxy scores are excluded.
Australian International Olive Awards
533/58465–96 · median 83
Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards
25/7983.97–96.88 · median 91.69
How awards are grouped
Bronze Bronze
Silver Silver
Gold Gold-or-higher
Platinum Gold-or-higher
Double Gold Gold-or-higher
Best / Champion / Reserve / Class / Show honours Gold-or-higher
Analysis uses Bronze, Silver, and Gold-or-higher only. Higher honours retain their original labels and group as Gold-or-higher for broad tier agreement.
Methodology and assumptions
Identity: Same oil content file and release year. Multiple awards from one source on that release reduce to the strongest effective tier.
Uncertainty: Rates show raw counts. A 95% Wilson interval is generated for samples of at least 10; smaller samples are labelled anecdotal.
Categories: Judging panels, categories, style classes, volume classes, and entrant pools differ. Missing style data is treated as not comparable, not as a mismatch.
Limits: Winner archive, not a record of all competition entrants. These statistics cannot determine selectivity, difficulty, prestige, or a universal award conversion.