Ece Er Aydin
Ece, born in Izmir, Turkey, in 1990, is a marketing entrepreneur and founder of Olizzi Olive Oils. Ece holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University and an MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, U.S. She began her professional career in the marketing department of Coca-Cola, where she gained valuable experience in […]
Diana Coolegem
In 2019, Diana and her husband initiated the establishment of a modest olive grove in the Marche region of Italy. As a result of the substantial increase in production, they made the decision to sell their business in the Netherlands. Currently, the company’s exclusive focus is on the production of extra virgin olive oil in […]
Giuseppe Caracci
Professional Taster since 2024
Giovanni Amoretti
Giovanni Amoretti was born in Imperia in 1994. He is the fourth generation of Amoretti family oil producers. He is in charge of marketing, production, and selecting oils and blends to maintain a high-quality final product. He has been an ONAOO taster for many years because he is passionate about his work. In 2024, Giovanni […]
Marco Bastiani
Marco’s academic credentials—a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Banking, a Master’s degree in Family Mediation, and twenty years of work at a banking institution—did not dissuade him from pursuing a new career path in 2016. His roots were firmly planted in his family’s olive grove in upper Tuscia (meaning the Viterbese area and generally upper […]
Philippe Bruyninckx
Born in a country where butter is king and mayonnaise is queen, I was pleasantly surprised by the magnificent taste and pleasantness of extra virgin olive oil during my holidays in south east Crete in the 80s. At the time, I was working in the product engineering sector in a multinational company, but I was […]
Margherita Chiaraviglio
Margherita Chiaraviglio is from Piedmont. She owns a company called “Frantoio Fresia S.r.l.” with her son, Andrea Fresia. It is located in Chiusavecchia, in the hinterland of Imperia. She started making olive oil after her marriage. After her husband died, she kept making olive oil and her passion for it. Margherita took a technical course […]
Angela Comenale Pinto
Angela has a degree in Psychological Science and Techniques. She is an agronomist, landscape architect and lecturer in agricultural sciences. Angela oversees the production of her family’s historic olive grove in the Cilento area of Castellabate (SA), using sustainable agronomic practices in the belief that “agriculture can and should be integrated with the natural resources […]
Eva Collini
Eva Collini was born in Turin, a city linked to the automotive industry. After working fifteen years as a quality engineer, she left her career to start a project related to extra virgin olive oil. She then enrolled in ONAOO for a technical course and an advanced course, becoming a professional taster in 2023. Meanwhile, […]
Hilda Christoff
Hilda is a certified Professional Olive Oil Taster since 2017 and a student with ONAOO since 2014. She is a passionate home cook and baker always looking for new ways to use extra virgin olive oil in her kitchen. She has published a Mediterranean cookbook, is a distributor of Olive oil (evirginoliveoils.com), has a food […]