Meet Our Guests

Elaine Trigiani

Elaine is from Mississippi in the USA, worked as an art historian at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and has been living in Italy for 20 years learning about Italian foods and culinary traditions from her relatives, artisan producers, farmers and chefs. She has an MA in art history, is certified as a taster of olive oil by the Regione Toscana and of wine by ONAV, the Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori di Vino. She has written two guidebooks to Sicily, teaches cooking lessons, leads guided tastings, designs and leads culinary travel programs and she produces Olio della Donna super high quality extra virgin olive oil.