O.N.A.O.O Olive Oil Tasting Course Level 1

Historic Hotel Bethlehem

437 Main Street, 18018, Bethlehem, PA, United States

David Neuman a/k/a EVOOGuy

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David Neuman- EVOOguy. www.evooguy.comDavid Neuman began his Olive Oil career as a Comis Chef at the Four Seasons Hotelin Washington, D.C. in 1985.Years of employment followed in the Specialty and NaturalFoods retail industry, where he cut his teeth on selling finer foods, which includedmanaging world-class food retailers such as Sutton Place Gourmet (now Balducci’s)and Fresh Fields/Whole Foods Market in the Mid-Atlantic region. Food manufacturingwas calling him in 1996 when he was recruited to be a sales manager for Nature’s PathOrganic Foods, based in Vancouver, BC Canada. Within his first year he was promotedand ultimately became Executive VP, Sales and Marketing. Launching over 100 itemsinto the hungry for healthy world- wide market, David had a hand in introducing uniquefoods to curious consumers such as organic functional breakfasts foods and some lessfunctional such as the first Organic toaster-pastry, a/k/a Pop-Tart(R). He was involved inlegalization of the term Organic, a member of the Whole Grain Council and a member ofthe Hemp Foods Alliance. These all helped him hone his skills for what was next.For the next nine years, he was President and Partner of Lucini Italia®, growing the brandto be the premier quality Italian Olive Oil in America. Upon selling the business in late2014, David opened Gaea® North America, a higher-end Extra Virgin Olive Oil brand,with the assistance of its parent company, Gaea Products S.A. in Greece. Beyondplacing his Greek oils in the biggest and better retailers, he shared his knowledge pro-bono to thousands of both industry people and consumers via his Olive Oil 101 90-minute training class; a behind-the-scenes look and tasting of both excellent and defectoils. This included corporate training with chains such as Costco, Whole Foods, TheFresh Market, and many more. Totaling more than 3 billion media impressions andhaving worked as a food executive for 30 years, David decided it was time to go at italone.David continued his passion for EVOO by founding EVOOGuy.com(R), a consultancy.Focused 100% on best –in- class Extra Virgin Olive Oils. At the same time, launching hisown EVOO brand, establishing a Tasting Tour using a custom designed Olive Oil truck,lecturing, and continuing to share his knowledge via his Olive Oil 101 platform. He founda partnership with the Mediterranean Diet Round (MDR) Table in 2020, a think tank tosupport the awareness about curated EVOO’s. This included a tasting class with YaleUniversity and 100 of their students as well as numerous tasting events in New York and Notre Dame University.His participation is vast in the Olive Oil field included many years of study at the oldestOlive Oil school in the world; O.N.A.O. O (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Olio diOliva) based in Imperia, Italy, an International Olive Council Accredited school. Hisdesignation as a trained Panel Taster and ONAOO Level 1 Technical Taster in 2012, aswell as rising to a Professional Taster in Good Standing, 2018 – Present.David’s first book, Extra Virgin Olive Oil- The Truth In Your Kitchen (Morgan James Publishing 2022) is sold as a paperback, e-book and audio book on all the usual platforms.Today, David continues to use his vast knowledge in the Olive Oil world as Chief Revenue Officer for Millpress Imports and their Seasons EVOO brand as well as Organizer for ONAOO Olive Oil School in the USA.