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.

Elise lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. After a three-year educational path, from 2018 Elise is an ONAOO Professional Taster.

Her passion for olive oil began in 2011 during an investigation into the quality of olive oil in local supermarkets.

Her research resulted in a question: is the olive oil found on the shelves really extra virgin? Elise is also a traveller, gourmet and self-taught cook; loves to educate others on how to find superior quality extra virgin olive oils, especially in regions where traditional olive oil is not produced.

Berk has been an ONAOO Professional Taster since 2022.

His partner, Sarah Baird, and he have young olive trees in the South Island of New Zealand (Aotearoa) and they hope to produce extra virgin olive oil from their grove.

Berk, moreover, is often be found on Twitter giving plant–based cooking tips.

Since September 1995, date of my birth, I’ve been always in the olive mill of my family: first as incredulous and unconscious viewer, then as assigned to the snack time based on bread and olive oil.

Besides following the production, now I also manage the commercial area. I do represent the fifth generation in our family-run mill in Taggia on the edge of steeply Valle Argentina, land of Taggiasca olive.

Being always passionate about good food, in 2018 I achieved my Honours Degree in Food Science at the University of Parma.

In 2019 I’ve been started my educational path in the School of ONAOO, ended in 2022 when I became a Professional Taster certified by ONAOO. I think that extra virgin olive oil is not just a condiment, but a vehicle of concepts that can tell stories.