February 20, 2025
Course Content
Diploma in Olive Oil Sommelier .
Duration: 8 Days, 30 Hours (Intensive Executive Program).
The meetings for all 8 days of the course will be held between 17:00 – 20:00. All presentations are in English using PowerPoint format.
Course content
The course comprises two core parts.
A. Theoretical and practical training
B. The graduates of the Diploma will secure a place as Junior Taster on the Judging Team for the first round of the evaluation in Berlin GOOA on March 22, 2025.
The evaluation will take place at the Courtyard Marriott in Berlin, Germany.
B. Tasting experience during the evaluation process in Berlin, GOOA 2025.
The candidates for the Diploma will secure a place as a Junior Taster on the Judging Team for the first round of the evaluation at the Berlin GOOA – Global Olive Oil Awards on March 22, 2025.
The evaluation will take place at the Courtyard Marriott in Berlin, Germany.
Tasting Olive Oil Samples
Tasting of olive oil samples will take place during the online sessions with the following instructors.
Manolis Salivaras: approx. 20 Olive Oil Samples.
Agusti Romero: approx. 20 Olive Oil Samples.
Dieter Oberg: approx. 20 Olive Oil Samples.
The samples will be sent by courier company in the same way that IOC sends interlaboratory samples to panels.
Besides, a one-day tasting session of 20 Olive Oil Samples will take place in Berlin on March 22, 2025, with a physical presence.
Dimitris Salivaras will be the instructor from 9:00 – 17:00 on that day.
The tasting process and the course are based on IOC methods and standards.
All course tasting instructors are panel leaders, panel debuty leaders, or members accredited by ISO17025 and recognized by IOC official panels.
The Team of Instructors
The Professionals .
Manolis Salivaras
Owner and founder of Multichrom.Lab, co-Founder of EVOO Academy, Head Panel Leader of Berlin GOOA
Dr. Agusti Romero
Researcher at the IRTA Plant Science Program, Barcelona, Spain
George Divritsiotis
Agronomist
Dieter Oberg
co-founder of German Olive Oil Panel (DOP)
Prof. Maurizio Servili
Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences University of Perugia
Course Fee .
Online Program Fees
An essential part of being a student of the EVOO Academy and the Executive Diploma of Olive Oil Sommelier is the completion of the registration application form. The fee for the Diploma is 1935€ . We provide debit/credit card payments and bank transfer.
One Year (1) Support Sessions after completion | Online
Graduates will have the option to select the support session package upon completion of the Diploma Olive Oil Sommelier. This will include eight (6) olive oil tasting sessions on a six months period, as well as separate live support from the program’s director. The participants in each session will receive and taste four (4) olive oil samples.
Berlin, Germany - In Class
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Tasting Experience .
Berlin Tasting Experience
We want to inform you that the panel leader, Mr Manolis Salivaras, and his team will evaluate Part 1 of the olive oil samples of the Berlin GOOA Awards on March 22, 2025, at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Berlin, Germany.
On March 22, 2025, participants will have the unique chance to experience the tasting process.
Under the guidance and monitoring of our instructors, they will be able to evaluate 20 olive oil samples.
Scoring cards and overall performance will be provided. It will be fun!
Limited Places
The Partners .
