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New Gainesville shop specializes in fresh, flavored olive oil options

Charles Hay has opened The Olive Basket on Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville, offering customers dozens of gourmet olive oil and vinegar varieties. - photo by Scott Rogers

01312018 OliveOil 1.jpg — Charles Hay has opened The Olive Basket on Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville, offering customers dozens of gourmet olive oil and vinegar varieties. - photo by Scott Rogers

Charles Hay was a chef by trade. He started out learning how to bring different flavors together to create well-balanced dishes at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, R.I.