Aldo holds a degree in Economics & Business Administration from the University of Genoa and a Master’s degree in Communication and NLP with certification from Richard Bandler’s NLP Society.

He has been involved in olive oil professionally for the past 20 years and is now one of the 100 Official Panel Leaders of the International Olive Council (IOC) and does business support in Italy and abroad.

He has experience in the olive oil industry as a Master Blender and Quality control and has worked for Italian and foreign companies such as Deoleo/Carapelli and Sugat Industries Ltd. He has been a professional taster since 2000; he won the overall first prize in 2000 and 2001 in the National Competition “Taster of the Year” organized by ONAOO.

Since 2016, he has been the Ideator & Founder and Organizer of the Masters of Olive Oil International Contest (MOOOIC). He has participated in multiple Juries of National and International competitions both as a member of the Jury and as a Panel Leader.

Aldo has taken part as a keynote speaker in multiple conferences on olive oil in Italy and abroad. He has taught and held Company training courses in Italy and abroad in Italian and English.

Tomaso, originally from Vicenza, worked for many years in the marketing sector of an important machine manufacturer.

Driven by curiosity and a strong passion for this wonderful product, olive oil, Tomaso decides to undertake a training course aimed at deepening his knowledge and refining the tasting technique: for this reason he becomes aware of the First School in the world of sensory analysis, the ONAOO. He first enrolled in the Official Technical Course and obtained the Certificate of Physiological Suitability for Tasting in May 2018.

More and more fascinated and willing to learn, he enrolled in the Advanced Course: after two years of study aimed at deepening the tasting technique, in June 2021 he passed the exam and thus obtained the qualification of ONAOO Professional Taster.

Tomaso also regularly attends the activities organized by the ONAOO School and is also enrolled in the National List of Technicians and Experts in virgin and extra virgin olive oils.

Alessandra has been studies in ONAOO since 2020.

After the official technical course, which released her the certificate of physiological suitability for tasting, and after the certified tasting session, she has been subscribed in the “Elenco Nazionale dei tecnici ed esperti degli oli di oliva vergini ed extravergini” of Regione Liguria since 2022.

In 2023, passing the exam of the 2-year advanced course, she obtained the qualification of ONAOO Professional Taster and she is in the International Register of Professional Tasters.

Claudia lives in Scuol (Switzerland) and in Dolceacqua in the province of Imperia, where she owns a land with olive trees. Since 2011 from these olive trees she produces extra virgin olive oil with the label “DONNA CLAUDIA”.

Registered since 2015 in the National List of technicians and experts of virgin and extra virgin olive oils – held by Mi.P.A.F.F. (Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies). Claudia obtained the qualification of ONAOO Professional Taster in 2017. She has been an importer of quality olive oil since 2016.

Claudia is also a Journalist for a Swiss Television – Hotel Manager – Museum Curator; she also works in the cultural sector.