Our Story

"Beît" means home.

For generations, our family has tended these valleys in South Lebanon; harvesting olives, pressing our own oil, gathering around the table, and knowing exactly where our food comes from.

That same care guides everything we share today: from the harvests of our own land to the producers we have come to know and trust around the world. People who, like us, believe in craftsmanship, honesty, and making things with care.

Every product has a story.
These are the stories we want to keep telling.

Come inside. Make yourself at home.
And please, stay a while.

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Two Kindred-Spirits

Our family farm is cared for by a Singaporean woman and a Lebanese man whose paths first crossed in Oman in the early 1990s. What began as a chance meeting grew into a lifetime of adventure, rooted in curiosity, love, and a beautiful blend of cultures.

Together, their deep appreciation for the Levantine landscape led them to uncover the traditions of the region's earliest olive growers. They learned from generations before them, embracing time-honoured methods of cultivating the land and pressing olives that have been passed down for centuries.

Their story is a reminder that culture is something to be celebrated, shared, and preserved. It encourages us to look beyond our own traditions with openness and wonder, discovering that through food, the stories, flavours, and heritage of another place have a way of becoming part of our own.

The Grove

Nestled in the magical valleys of South Lebanon, our grove sits within a landscape that has been shaped by olive trees for thousands of years.

The olive has been cultivated in the Levant for more than 6,000 years, making this one of the ancient homelands of the olive. Long before the cultivated varieties we know today, the wild olive known as the oleaster grew across our valleys.

Our trees carry a connection to this ancient lineage. Their oil is characteristically rich, buttery and earthy: a reflection of the land, climate and traditional varieties of the Eastern Mediterranean.

For us, these trees are more than agriculture. They are a living connection to our ancestors to a land, a people, and a culture that has endured for thousands of years.

We take pride in tending these trees and carrying their story forward. Because preserving them means preserving a piece of where we come from: a tradition we choose to remember, and refuse to let be erased.

In the Levant, empires have risen and fallen. Civilisations have come and gone. Yet the olive trees remain.

Harvest Season

Every October, after the earth welcomes its first autumn rain, our olive trees awaken.

Families, neighbours, and seasonal workers gather beneath the branches to harvest each olive by hand; a tradition that has been passed down in the Levante for generations, long before modern machinery transformed the landscape.

We choose to harvest this way because we believe the trees deserve our patience and respect. While slower and more demanding, hand-picking preserves the integrity of the fruit, honours the land, and keeps centuries-old traditions alive.

Harvest season is hard work, but it is also a celebration. It is a time when stories are exchanged between rows of olive trees, meals are shared under open skies, and knowledge is passed from one generation to the next.

For many in our community, including the refugees who live and work alongside us, the harvest also provides meaningful seasonal employment and an important source of income.

This is why we do what we do.

Founding Story

For years, our olive oil never travelled beyond family and friends until Alia asked a simple question: Why should something this special remain hidden?

Alia saw more than olive oil. She saw an opportunity to bring something deeply rooted in her family’s Lebanese heritage to Singapore, not simply as a product, but as a story of place, tradition, and the people behind every bottle.

What began as her idea to introduce the family’s olive oil to Singapore soon grew into something larger. Her brother, Alawi, joined her to build Beît Ballout, bringing together their shared Singaporean and Lebanese heritage and turning that initial idea into a growing business.

At its core, Beît Ballout is built around authenticity, resilience, and craftsmanship. It is shaped by heritage, while remaining open to the world and grounded in the values that inspired its beginnings.

The First Bottle

Every business has a first product.

Ours was the olive oil from our family grove.

Cold pressed. Harvested by hand. Produced with the same care and attention it always has been.

Nothing was changed to make it more commercial. Nothing was altered to fit trends.

The goal was simple. Bring a piece of home to people who value authenticity, craftsmanship, and provenance.

That bottle remains at the heart of everything we do today.

Beyond Olive Oil

As we travelled, met producers, and spent time with farmers, artisans, and makers across the region, we discovered something.

The same values we loved in our olive oil existed elsewhere.

We realised Beît Ballout could become something bigger. A house of exceptional goods.

A place where every product earns its place through quality, authenticity, and the story behind it.

Building Beît Ballout

Today, Beît Ballout is very much a family business.

Every product we carry is carefully selected. Every producer's relationship is built directly. Every story is researched, documented, and true.

We believe people deserve to know where something comes from, who made it, and why it matters.

The Journey So Far

1990sMae and Adib met in Oman.

2000sFamily life grew between Singapore and Lebanon.

2010sThe family grove remains at the centre of annual harvests and gatherings.

2023Beît Ballout was founded.

2024Olive oils were first introduced to the public.

2025Expanded our range beyond olive oil to carefully curated goods.

2026Beît Ballout grows through retail partnerships, events, tastings, and community.

TomorrowMore producers. More stories. More goods worth bringing home.

Looking Ahead

We do not aspire to become the “biggest” or most commercial. We aspire to remain thoughtful and intentional.

We want to continue to discover remarkable products around the world. To support communities behind them and to build a home for people who care about where things come from.

From our family to yours,

Welcome home.

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