Olive Oil Ceremony

The Olive Ceremony unfolds over ninety minutes as a gentle but profound journey through story, stillness and the senses. It begins with the olive tree itself, its extraordinary history, its sacred place in human civilisation, and the remarkable living properties held within a single drop of quality oil. Woven through this is an understanding of its living compounds, its healing properties, and why none of that survives the mass production process. An invitation to feel the weight of something ancient before you taste it.

Two oils are tasted here, side by side, so guests can feel the difference for themselves before the ceremony truly begins. By the time the ceremonial oil arrives in their hands, they already know, this is not olive oil as they have ever known it.

From here, the ceremony moves inward. Guided by Shaun's own experience of crossing the threshold between life and death during a…