Olive oil is the central axis of Jaén's culture, gastronomy and landscape, which produces 20% of world olive oil and 50% of Spanish, with more than 66 million olive trees.

This aromatizes Jaén's kitchen and makes its dishes healthy. On this juice lies the culture, the landscape and, ultimately, the way of life of the people of Jaén. Beyond its geographical border, oil is one of the pillars of the Mediterranean Diet, declared the Inmaterial Heritage of Humanity; and, today, one of the most precious food in the world's fires. Let yourself be seduced by the most authentic taste.
The province of Jaén provides approximately 20% of the world's olive oil production and 50% of the Spanish oil production. The more than 66 million olive trees are a sign of unequivocal identity, not only of the Jiennese cuisine, but of the culture, landscape and way of life of its people. Olive oil is the cultural emblem of a population that works permanently to highlight the exquisite, quality and healthy properties of this product. Olive oil is now synonymous with excellence and health. It is one of the fundamental foods of the Mediterranean diet and gives a touch of distinction to any dish in our kitchen.

The jiennese cuisine has in the extra virgin olive oil of the Picual variety, the integral element of an amazing and natural gastronomy that is manifested through the many dishes made with the vegetables of its gardens; with the hunting meats, which here they call "mountain" and with the fish of the mountain rivers. Conventual potages and sweets of an almost mystical gastronomy; pharinaceous peas in which their traditional recipes are nuanced with suggestive own names: Andrajos, harapos, calandrajos, guñapos, galianos and talarines. Extra virgin olive oil-dried bread-mill breakfast. And above all, a sublime tapestry, which has its highest expression in cities like Jaén and Linares, with the peculiarity that in all the Jiennense land the lid is included in the price of the drink.

Taste and landscape in a lush environment of flora, fauna and monumental heritage are the primary features that define a gastronomy, sometimes magical, in which both popular cuisine and the most avant-garde trends have perfect place.

It is not possible to conceive Mediterranean cuisine without extra virgin olive oil and the province of Jaén is the best place to discover it.