ROSSELLA ROMANI

EDUCATION Master of Art's in Science and food technology at Statale University, Milan, Italy       Final mark: 110/110 with honours Winner of a competition in Nutrition science for technical colleges (final mark: 100/100) Winner of a competition in Food Science for technical colleges (final mark: 80/100) Registered of a profession of Food Technician Participation to several Communication Technique courses Diploma as Sommelier, Official Taster, Teacher and Exams Commissioner for the Italian Sommelier Association (AIS)

  

WORK EXPERIENCE

1983 / 1987

Teacher at ITIS G. Galilei, technical college of Crema, Italy for the following subjects: organic chemistry, microbiology, Systems and design in the food industry

From 1987

- Teacher at IPSSAR technical college of Milan, Italy for food and nutrition

- Collaboration with the Politecnico University of Milan, Italy as laboratory assistant for chemistry and organic chemistry  

From 1996

Member of the Board of Directors and Board of Education of the Italian Sommelier Association

1999 / 2001

- Member of the Board of Directors of the Association de la Sommellerie Internazionale

- Manager of the Education Branch of the Italian Sommelier Association

From 2002

Vice president and General Manager of the Board of Education of the Italian Sommelier Association with the following tasks:

-          continuously updating Sommelier courses programs

-          organize courses and lectures about wine tasting, food-wine pairing, communication techniques for Sommeliers (together with the prestigious Bocconi University, Milan)

-          editor in chief for the new wine courses books in English

-          promotion of Sommelier courses abroad

BOOKS/ARTICLES

Co-author for several course books for the IPSSAR technical college of Milan, Italy

Author of the following course books for technical colleges education:

-          Principi di alimentazione, merceologia e igiene  - ed. Lucisano 

-          Alimenti, alimentazione e organizzazione dei servizi ristorativi - ed. Hoepli

-          Tecnica e pratica operativa di sala e bar - ed. Lucisano

-          Dietologia e salute in cucina - ed. Lucisano

-          Elementi di biotecnologie generali e agrarie - ed. Lucisano

Co-author for Duemilavini wine guide

Freelance writer for Bibenda magazine

Author of the book “L'arte del bere giusto” – ed. Bibenda

LANGUAGES

Italian                                                              mother tongue

English                                                             advanced

German                                                            intermediate