If you’ve ever had a seat with kitchen views at a restaurant, you may have noticed that the chefs weren’t pouring olive oil from unwieldy glass bottles: instead, they had decanted the kitchen staple into plastic squeezy bottles. These behind-the-scenes glimpses were part of the inspiration for Supper Supply, a new Melbourne brand founded by Daniella Cohen and Billy Riddle. Their first product is premium extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) in squeezable bottles.

“When we eat at restaurants, we usually request to sit at the bar,” Cohen tells Broadsheet. “We noticed that in every kitchen the olive oil was in a clear squeeze bottle. It made it easier for chefs to dispense the oil when they were cooking huge volumes of meals every night. So we thought, why can’t the everyday consumer have the same experience?”

Supper Supply was also born from finding classic olive oil packaging and branding a bit boring – if you’re dropping good money on cute crockery and chic linen tablecloths, you don’t want your olive oil packaging letting the team down. The EVOO, made with olives picked and pressed at a family-owned grove in Victoria, is sold in bottles made from 100 per cent recycled post-consumer plastic, with labels with colourful abstract splotches. To prevent exposure to light, which can quickly turn olive oil rancid, the bottles are black.

There are a few ways Cohen reckons squeezy bottles are more functional than a glass vessel.

“Traditional bottles have a wide nozzle – when pouring, there is very little control in the volume of oil that comes out, and also the direction of the oil,” she says. “Often you’ll see someone put their thumb over the nozzle to control the flow better. With a squeeze bottle, you can squeeze as much or as little as you want out of the bottle.”

The bottle’s design also makes it easier to target specific ingredients, and avoid overloading a salad in oil. Bonus points: it won’t break if you drop it.

Cohen and Riddle clearly aren’t alone in searching for a more functional EVOO dispensing method. Supper Supply’s first run sold out in a little over a month. Adding to the convenience is a subscription service, meaning there’s little chance you’ll find yourself short on oil midway through cooking a meal.

Cohen says the duo are keen to extend their range to other kitchen fundamentals in need of reimagining.

“There’s no reason why other staples that we feel are almost taken for granted can’t be celebrated in the same way we’re celebrating olive oil.”

Bottles of Supper Supply’s EVOO are $22 each, plus shipping, as a one-time purchase, or $20 as part of a subscription.