North Hemisphere

Loria STERN

LORIA STERN, Los Angeles, California, USA

Loria is a chef and caterer based out of Los Angeles, California who loves creating delicious and healthy foods using local and seasonal ingredients. Her food is always full of eye-popping color and unforgettable taste and often, many of the herbs, edible flowers, fruits and vegetables that she uses in her dishes come from her home garden. Find her on instagram: @loriastern or on her website: www.loriastern.com

Ludovic DEPIE

NESPRESSO, Paris, France

After studying art history, this coffee enthusiast became Coffee Expertise Manager at Nespresso France. His role is to use his understanding of the “challenges” in the world of coffee to challenge the strategy on a daily basis and thus build a brand that is sustainable, authentic, responsible and effective.

Alexandra PÂRIS

FRANCE OLIVE, Aix En Provence, France

Alexandra PARIS is communication manager of FRANCE OLIVE, French Interprofessional Association of Oliv. Besides the management of the communication department and the implementation of many promotional activities for Olive Oils and Olives de France, Alexandra is in charge of the economic monitoring of the downstream of the sector and of the labeling of olive products. Passionate about cooking, she combines work and pleasure with olive oils and olives from France!

Cécile LE GALLIARD, panel leader

jusdolive.fr Toulouse, France

Cécile le Galliard is an oleologist, an olive oil selector, a trainer and the person behind the website Jusdolive.fr. Her job takes her all over the world to meet olive oil producers. She shares her passion for olive oil on Jusdolive.fr, a valuable source of information for both amateurs and professionals, that has become a reference in a short time.

Guillaume BONNEAUD

SAISONS, Marseille, France

Aurélien BOULANGER

GIDE, Paris, France

Aurélien Boulanger is a partner in the Criminal and Commercial Litigation and Employment Law practices groups. He specialises in employment law and corporate crime. He is often involved in high-profile litigation.

Aurélien Boulange is also an Extra Virgin Olive Oil addict.

Carola DÜMMER

OLIVA LOVERS, Santiago, Chile

Olive oil Trainer, taster and buyer, Carola is also a journalist and food & wine industry expert living in Santiago, Chile. She fell in love with olive oil 20 years ago, when olive oil production in Chile was just beginning, in 2007.  Carola works as a consultant to companies and buyers, and develops activities and tastings in Chile through her online community OlivaLovers (www.olivalovers.com). In 2019 launched the first olive oil guide in Chile, Guía Oliva, with her partner Alicia Moya.

Fil BUCCHINO

ABANDONED GROVE, Toronto, Canada

Florence born Fil Bucchino is a Toronto based extra virgin olive oil expert. For almost 20 years, Fil has been a passionate communicator and an avid promoter of extra virgin olive oil with a focus on education, the art of production, sustainability and health benefits. In 2016 Fil founded Abandoned Grove as a means to raise awareness and restore the connection to the olive groves, what they mean to the landscape, the heritage and the well being of a community. 

Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei

Director of Planning and Projects – Cultural Programs and Heritage Festivals Committee – Abu Dhabi

Sabah AL ABBASI, President of honour

SHAWATI’ MAGAZINE, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Editor-In-Chief Shawati Magazine / Chief Creative Consultant – Cultural Programs & Heritage Festivals Committee Abu Dhabi, Sabah Al Abbasi is a cultural consultant and visual communicator. Her portfolio embraces a vast spectrum of disciplines across the Arts, Culture and Lifestyle fields.

Virginie ATLAN

MAISON DE LA MÉTROPOLE NICE CÔTE D’AZUR, Paris, Nice, France

Virginie ATLAN is Director of Maison de la métropole Nice Côte d’Azur et Région Sud, a center representing and promoting the city of Nice and the French southern region in Paris. Virginie Atlan is also Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce France-Israel-Southern Region and coordinator of Elles ! Les femmes audacieuses,

Fadi KATTAN

FAWDA, Bethlehem, Palestine

Fadi Kattan, franco-palestinian Chef and hotelier has become the voice of modern Palestinian cuisine. Owner of Fawda Restaurant honouring Palestine’s best produce with a modern twist. Fadi is also founder of Sabah Al Yasmine podcast, A food-oriented radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem, Palestine.

Christine CHEYLAN

CHÂTEAU VIRANT, Lançon-Provence, France

Producer of EVOO and Wine at Château Virant Christine Cheylan is known to be visionnaire and workaholic, and an inspiring woman. Christine has a know-how that you can mesure with the words of the french singer Patrick Bruel who named her the Zinedine Zidane of olive oil. He found Christine when he was  looking for the best miller to press his own EVOO….

Kostas LIRIS, panel leader

kostasliris.com Kalamata, Greece

Kostas LIRIS is an agronomist and teacher of oleology worldwide, based in Kalamata, Greece. This agronomist and miller teaches olive growing and shares his knowledge around the world from Paris to London and from New York to San Francisco. Kostas is also a tasting panel leader and serves as a jury member at numerous international competitions in New York, Tokyo, Athens and Hamburg.

Mazarine PINGEOT

MAZARINE PINGEOT, Paris, France

Mazarine PINGEOT is a French writer. She is an associate professor and doctor in philosophy.

Alexis KERNER

THE OLIVE OIL WORKSHOP, Sevilla, Spain

Alexis Kerner is a born foodie originally from New Jersey and has been residing in and exploring Andalusia for over 12 years.  In 2014, she founded The Olive Oil Workshop, a company that strives to educate buyers and producers of virgin olive oils in order to empower consumers, promote good olive oil, and support producers in a difficult market.

 Christophe LAVELLE

CNRS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATIONAL HISTORY, Paris, France

Christophe Lavelle is a biophysicist, researcher at the CNRS (the French center for scientific research) and co-founder of the Food 2.0 LAB. Passionate about food and the relationship between art and science, he teaches in many institutions such as the universities of Paris VI, Paris VII, Cergy-Pontoise, Aix-Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, SupBioTech Paris and Le Cordon Bleu Paris.

Pierre HIVERNAT

ALIMENTATION GÉNÉRALE, Paris, France

Journalist, he was Head of Section at the magazine Les Inrockuptibles.
(1995-2000). Director of Programming for the Park and the Grande
Halle de la Villette in Paris (2000-2007), he was the artistic director of the Marseille-Provence association’s candidacy for the title of European Capital of Culture 2013. Until May 2014, he was Director of Development for the daily newspaper Libération. Founder and editor-in-chief of the first issue of Alimentation Générale, , he has also reviewed cooking at Médiapart, for the Omnivore guide and on France Culture in the program Les Bonnes Choses. He is a Culinary Arts expert for the Cultural Olympiad.

Eric BRIFFARD, President of the Jury

LE CORDON BLEU Paris Institute, Paris, France

Headmaster and Director of Culinary Arts at the Le Cordon Bleu Paris Institute. President François Mitterrand awarded him with the title of Meilleur ouvrier de France, rewarding France’s best workers at the Élysée Palace in 1994. This discreet chef joined the restaurant Le Cinq at the Hotel George V in Paris in 2008 and again obtained two Michelin stars for his work. In January 2016, he joined the Cordon Bleu Paris institute for Culinary Arts and Hotel Management as Executive Chef and Director of Culinary Arts.

Luana BELMONDO

LUANA BELMONDO, Paris, France & Rome, Italy

Luana Belmondo is a food show host born in 1971 in Rome.

Philippe COHEN SOLAL

 ¡YA BASTA! Paris, France

Philippe Cohen Solal is the co-founder of Gotan Project. Composer, producer, DJ, music supervisor (record label ¡Ya Basta!) Philippe is passionate about cooking and olive oil. He created the first ever Olive Oil Playlist for OLIO NUOVO DAYS in 2020 turning an olive oil tasting session into an artistic project.

Emmanuel GIRAUD  

EMMANUEL GIRAUD, Paris, France

Former resident of the Academy of France in Rome – Villa Medici – in the discipline “Culinary Arts”, graduate of the National Studio of Contemporary Arts
du Fresnoy, Emmanuel Giraud explores, in his artistic work, the theme of culinary memory through performances, video and sound installations.

François-Xavier KELIDJIAN

CKR LAW, Paris, France

François-Xavier KELIDJIAN Kelidjian serves as Auditor at the National Assembly and the Senate in France on matters related to environmental issues. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of Agricultural Merit from the French Government. François-Xavier Kelidjian is a gourmet and an Extra Virgin Olive Oil addict.

Emmanuel PERRODIN

EMMANUEL PERRODIN, Marseille, France

Emmanuel Perrodin is a Chef with a passion for the links between culture, art, history and cuisine, and a historian by training. Former President of The “Conservatoire International des Cuisines Méditerranéennes”, Chef Emmanuel PERRODIN organises diners as performances in France and all over the Mediterranean basin. “Taste Art”, “The Flesh of Sound” are some of his performances. More recently Chef Perrodin was in charge of the first banquet held in Paris at the  Musée de l’Homme to celebrate Prehistory with a very special and unforgettable menu.

Marcelo SCOFANO, panel leader

ESTILO GOURMET, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcelo SCOFANO is a Chef and an oleologist, founder of the movement ESTILO GOURMET to celebrate the best olive oils. Carioca (from Rio de Janeiro), olive oil researcher and consultant, Marcelo is a training Chef to elaborate pairing with the different olive oils and workshops dedicated to the sensory experience.

Nathalie HELAL

NATHALIE HELAL Paris, France

Nathalie Helal is a gastronomic food writer & journalist with a passion for history and cooking. As a radio columnist, she has co-hosted programs dedicated to cooking and gastronomy, history and nutrition. Her personal library is composed of more than 4500 books about food and gastronomy.

Morgan ABBOU

Serial foodista in #Paris and across the world

Morgan Abbou is a serial foodista in #Paris and across the world. #Food / #Restaurants / #Bars / #Travel / #Hotels / #Events

Julien DUMAS, President of the Jury Delicate Fruity

LUCAS CARTON, Paris, France

Very respectful of the nature and to the product, Chef Julien Dumas is a creative and passionate 1 Michelin star chef at the Lucas Carton, institution of the Madeleine, in Paris, France. Dedicated to the product and delicacy of the taste, Chef Julien DUMAS is PRESIDENT of the jury OLIO NUOVO DAYS DELICATE fruity.

Fabienne ROUX

FABIENNE ROUX, Aix en Provence, France

Professional olive oil taster, Fabienne graduated from the International Olive Council in 1999. She is an elaiologist, an expert in olive oil from tree to plate and a “nose” in olive oils, like the oenologists in the wine world. Her in-depth knowledge of the terroirs, standards, and regulations, and her keen olfactory memory, have been developed after 2,500 olive oil tests in more than twenty years of professional tastings.

Jill MYERS

WOMEN IN OLIVE OIL, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Sommelier and ambassador of olive oil, based in Charlottesville, Virginia. In April 2020, Jill founded Women in Olive Oil (WIOO), starting with a small Facebook group that expanded globally in just a few days. 

Cyrille MALD

CYRILLE MALD, Paris, France

Pamela DUBOIS & Armand ERBA

CHERCHEURS D’OR VERT, Paris, FRANCE

Chercheurs d’or vert is the story of a transmission and a common passion for olive oil. It all began when our mentor and godmother, Alexandra Gauquelin-Roché, entrusted us with the mission of taking over and appropriating the olive oil selection and sale part of her business.

We are very proud of this transmission and it is with great pride that today we offer you a rigorous selection in order to bring you the same level of satisfaction and an enriched experience.