Gastronomic Area 

Mr. Toshiya Tada 

Toshiya Tada is a Master Olive Oil Sommelier, Senior Taster and Olive Oil Sensory Panel Leader. He is a regular olive oil judge at the Shodoshima/Japan Municipal Olive Oil Competition, The Australian International Olive Awards and has judged in Israel at Terraolivo.

Toshiya is the Chairman and founder of the Olive Oil Sommelier Association of Japan (OSAJ). Since 2012 he had organized and been General Director of annual convention and Olive Oil Competition named "OLIVE JAPAN" (olivejapan.com/en). Toshiya is a founder and Chief Professor of the Olive Oil Sommelier School of Japan which started in Tokyo in 2005.

Ms. Miyuki Morimoto

Miyuki Morimoto was born and raised in Kanagawa prefecture.  
Miyuki have been working in the Hospitality industry for over a decade. She is passionate about food and wine, but she also loves the human aspect of the industry: to share knowledge and getting to know colleagues and guests from all over the globe and getting to understand different cultures and traditions.

Amongst many other qualifications, she received her Advanced Sommelier Certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers in 2018 and she’s currently preparing for the Master Sommelier Diploma in London. She achieved the runner up in the Best Sommelier of Japan 2020 which still the highest rank ever achieved by a woman in a country stuck in the old “male centered” ways.