How to Host a Balsamic and Olive Oil Tasting Party

Hosting a balsamic vinegar and olive oil tasting party is the true way to tell the world how big a lover of good food you are. This may be arranged as a special function at your home or at other places with your friends or business colleagues. It can be an evening of fun and great tastes marked by foods of unique flavour given by the gourmet balsamic vinegar. You can prepare a lot of balsamic vinaigrette recipe for your guests to see and enjoy during the evening.

When you know what are the items that are to be placed during the tasting party, it will be easy for you to be a great host. The balsamico based food items will be the centre of attraction during the party and hence you have to be careful in cooking your best flavoured balsamic vinegar based food items and display them in a professional manner for maximum impact. The benefits of balsamic vinegar can be easily demonstrated during the party and this grand occasion must be used to prove why the extra virgin olive oil is the best cooking oil to those who have come to attend your tasting party.

You can show many types of servings at the tasting party and it is the right place to show how you have used Olimila Gourmet’s barrel aged balsamic vinegar to prepare some of the great food items you have placed for the guests to taste. As the host of the party you have the opportunity to draw the attention of the guests to some of the uniquely prepared items on the table and explain how balsamic reduction has added the special flavour and taste to your food. The success of the tasting party depends more on your ability to use the right pairings of Olimila Gourmet’s balsamic vinegar and olive oil.

Prepare them in advance and you can show your guests how to make dipping of some of the most common of the food items like local bread and convert them into special foods with the magic touch of balsamic vinegar. You can make endless combinations of the great Balsamic vinegar with many food items and one of the most noted is the use of Panera bread with Olimila Gourmet’s balsamic and EVOO that will make your guests ask for more. This is due to the unique and un-forgetful taste the balsamic vinegar gives to your food and perhaps due to this only it has occupied the top position among the cooking oils and hence there is full justification for terming this as the most expensive cooking oil.

Even before the start of the tasting party make sure that you have all the dishes ready for the proper display and supply of all the food items you are planning to keep during the party. This will avoid the uneasy feeling of seeing your guests fumbling with the items they want to taste. This is necessary to maintain the right type of atmosphere during the party and do not forget that Olimila Gourmet’s balsamic vinegar must take the prime part in the party. For this, it is essential to get real balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oils from Olimila Gourmet Emporium.

Don’t forget to have fun and enjoy!

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Author Alex Ferrari is the co-owner of Olimila Gourmet Emporium (aka Ferrari Olive Oil) and has his Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Aged Balsamic Vinegar Tasting Room in the heart of Studio City in Los Angeles, CA. For more information go to: Olimila Gourmet Emporium

Alex also hosts a weekly show on YuTube called “The EVOO Show” where he discusses all things olive oil, balsamic and foodie! Watch the show by clicking here: THE EVOO Show