Elena Díaz Mejías

Elena Díaz Mejías is an agricultural engineer graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). She leads the sensory analysis department at the Madrid Agri-Food Arbitration Laboratory and acts as the panel leader for the EVOO tasting panel at the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. Elena has evaluated entries at many national and international competitions, such as Jaén Selección, Expoliva, and Mario Solinas, and has contributed to the Evooleum and Iber Oleum guides. She is a member of the International Olive Council’s panel of experts on organoleptic assessment and manages the panel for the Alimentos de España Award for Spain’s top EVOO, organized by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.