Adriano was born in Caniparola di Fosdinovo (MS) in 1976. Since 1996 he has been a member of the “Frantoio Moro” family business in Caniparola di Fosdinovo (MS). This activity served to quickly learn the strengths and weaknesses of the oils, and to get to know a large part of this complex matter in a direct and fully detailed way, confronting the various territorial and Italian production companies in general.

In 1999 he became an ONAOO member by participating in the Technical Course for Aspiring Olive Oil Tasters. Since 2002 he has become an ONAOO Professional Taster.

Participates annually in refresher courses organized by ONAOO, where he had the opportunity to get to know the whole world panorama of olive oil, evaluating the different organoleptic characteristics of each area of ​​origin.

Since 2012 he has been a member of the Tasting Committee of the Genoa Chamber of Commerce (Mipaaf recognition). In 2015, with the attainment of suitability for the activity, he was Head of Panel at the Pisa Chamber of Commerce. He is also sworn in national tasting boards.

I developed my passion and took my first steps into the extraordinary world of extra virgin olive oil in an olive grove in Sicily many years ago.

This incredible experience led me in 2008 to want to create my own import and wholesale distribution company called ‘Lugano Fine Foods’, whose main goal was, and still is, to bring consumers a new awareness and appreciation for high quality extra-virgin olive oil, but above all by providing informative guidance and training on how to select and taste an extra-virgin olive oil, unlike most other exporters.

My business provides many high-end food and gourmet shops in the greater Toronto area, southern Ontario, Calgary and Vancouver.

As part of my efforts to educate consumers, I regularly collaborate with the Italian Chamber of Commerce and ICE offices in Toronto to promote quality olive oils through food events in collaboration with Italy. I have worked with chefs and wine importers, preparing special tasting evenings involving the pairing of food, extra virgin olive oil and wine.

In addition, I regularly provide advice through demonstrations and training courses held in our flagship partner shops where a wide variety of imported oils are available. I have been in contact with ONAOO since 2013, when I passed the first level course. In 2018, I completed my Level 2 course and became a professional taster.

Daniel Santini is an oil enthusiast, was born and raised in Tuscany, and is currently residing in Houston (Texas) with his wife and 2 children.

After more than 15 years in the corporate world, in 2017 Daniel decided to follow his passion for food and entrepreneurship by founding the Entimio artisan olive oil brand.

Since then, Daniel has developed a wealth of knowledge on olive oil, mainly thanks to the ONAOO School and through the development of the Entimio artisan olive oil brand.

In 2017 he began his studies in ONAOO and in January 2020 he obtained the Certificate of Professional Taster ONAOO. Since 2017 he is also a member of the Olive Oil Times Register.

I was born in 1981 in Eskisehir. I am married and have three children. In 2003 I graduated from Uludağ University Food Engineering. In 2006 I completed my Master’s degree in Food Engineering at Uludağ University. I started the doctorate in Ege University Food Engineering in 2014 about oils and fats technology- olive oils and phenolic.

After I worked as a project manager in a private company in 2003, I started to refer to it in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, General Directorate of Protection and Control in 2005. I settled in Bursa in 2007 and started to work as a specialist researcher at the Central Research Institute for Food and Feed Control (“oil technology” – as an area of expertise) – and I still continue to work here. I am also responsible for doing and create projects with EU & Turkey Collaboration.

I started studying tasting related to olive oil, one of the subjects I worked in 2010, and got the title of Professional Olive Oil Taster at ONAOO, the first international school in Italy and number one in the world. I am still continuing my education.

I have organized olive oil tasting trainings with ONAOO, workshops and at the world’s most famous capital cities (Paris, Roma, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Morocco, Tunisia and Istanbul). I am a member of the jury in various competitions organized in various countries and cities of the World like Tunisia, Paris, London, San Remo, Verona.

I was a co-organiser and moderator of three of the olive oil competition held in Turkey. I took part in three training sessions held as a tutorial with ONAOO in Turkey and I work as a professional olive oil taster and a teacher at ONAOO.