‘Visually striking, fresh and vibrant flavours’: Charcuterie boxes from Bowmanville’s Olive+Oak

After years creating lovely charcuterie boards for household and associates, Bowmanville finest associates Jamie Blades and Jeni Gardiner launched Olive+Oak, providing packing containers of thoughtfully-designed, indulgent-tasting platters of meat, cheese and fruits. The variety of orders that poured in shocked them.

“The enterprise took off sooner than we ever imagined and have become so widespread. We’re so grateful for all the help and optimistic suggestions we’ve gotten,” Gardiner stated by way of e mail.

Certainly one of Olive+Oak’s hottest objects is the particular version Shadow Containers, a charcuterie with vivid and zesty flavours with components of carbon and black sesame.

“It’s a refreshing take from the normal charcuterie choices and visually putting, recent and vibrant flavours, and certainly one of our favorite packing containers to make,” Blades stated.

New merchandise and preparations are continually showing on the Olive+Oak social media pages. The enterprise works with a neighborhood farm to get the freshest objects. Orders may be modified for likes or dislikes, and there are gluten-free, vegetarian, and dairy-free choices. The pair prides themselves on their consideration to element for his or her charcuterie packing containers.

“We personally place every merchandise with care and double, generally triple, high quality verify the ultimate product,” Gardiner stated.

Gardiner and Blades drafted their marketing strategy whereas their younger youngsters performed collectively. Olive+Oak launched Nov. 2020, mid-pandemic, and the enterprise was constructed with social distancing pointers in place for supply/pickup and consumer interplay. Small and medium orders are the preferred throughout these instances, in addition to particular person packing containers for digital events and wine tastings.

“It will likely be thrilling as soon as we’re in a position to work out extra choices for events and bigger occasions than what’s allowed in our area presently and have extra choices for holidays or milestone celebrations,” Blades added.

Go to the Olive+Oak Fb web page, or @oliveoak.co on Instagram, for extra info or to position an order.