Eva Collini was born in Turin, city historically linked to the industrial world of the automotive industry.

After working for 15 years as a Quality Engineer in the automotive industry, she decided to change her career path to start a project related to Extra Virgin olive oil. After an introductory period as a self-taster, she enrolled in ONAOO for the technical course, obtaining physiological suitability, and then for the advanced course, becoming a Professional Taster in 2023.

In the meantime, Eva started her own independent project and the only oil shop in Piedmont came to life: L’EVO di Eva. A few years later, the “oleoteca” increases the number of its customers, helping to spread the olive oil culture. In addition to the possibility of purchasing high-quality, mainly Italian oils, it is possible to organise guided tastings and buy various EVO-based products (food and cosmetics), consult books and guides related to the world of olive oil.

Eva is also registered in the National List of olive oil technicians and expert tasters at the Brescia Chamber of Commerce.

Professional Taster of ONAOO since 2022.

I have been an ONAOO Professional Taster since 2017. After obtaining the sensorial license, I have been a member and judge of the Swiss Olive Oil Panel (SOP) at ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management since 2002.

I have been a judge at the ZHAW International Olive Oil Award since 2002 and in other international competitions.

I am the owner and CEO of “Mitera GmbH”: producer of olive oil of Cretan millennial quality, DNA approved both in Crete and Umbria. I am also a nutritionist.

Francesca has been an ONAOO Professional Taster since 2018; she also became Coach in online courses.

She is also an olive grower and an importer of extra virgin olive oil.

For about 20 years Francesca has been in the oil sector starting as a passionate olive grower thanks to the family-owned olive groves.

Francesca has gained a deep knowledge of extra virgin olive oil from agriculture to pressing, from consultancy to marketing. She is an expert in the production of extra virgin olive oil from both Italy and the main European and North African oil producing countries.

Francesca becomes an importer of high quality extra virgin olive oil for the Dutch market; she is a consultant for specialized dealers and for catering regarding the sale, use and knowledge of the oil.

In 2018 she also obtained a diploma as a Health Coach from the INN “Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Health Coaching” in New York.

Francesca has a degree in Psychology from the G. D’Annunzio University. Before embarking on the profession in the oil and food sector, he worked for 15 years for a world leader in the sportswear sector.