QUALITYHONEY AWARDS

Paula Carnell – United Kingdom

As an International ‘Bee Speaker’, Paula has established a reputation as an advocate of protecting and preserving bees through education on the connection of bees and plants. Honey is the embodiment of that connection and a reflection of the quality of the plants they feed on and the care they receive from their keepers. Studying Honey Sensory Evaluation in Bologna under the leading experts of the Italian Register of Sensory Analysis of Honey, Paula developed a passion for identifying the sources of honeys from both her native UK but also around the globe on her honey quests in Oman, Africa and Bhutan.

Dr. Mojca Korošec – Slovenia

Mojca Korošec is assistant professor in Nutrition at Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana. She obtained the PhD degree in 2012, with dissertation entitled Determination of physical and chemical parameters for verifying the honey authenticity. Her research interests are physico-chemical and sensory analyses for characterization and quality assessment of the food, with special focus on honey bee products. She is a member of the International Honey Commission’s working group for Sensory assessment, and a member of the national and international panels for sensory assessment of honeys.

Dr. Slađan Rašić – Serbia

Assistant professor on Faculty of Ecological Agriculture, University EDUCONS, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia. President of Serbian Honey Tasting Society. Organizer and participant of several schools for testing and evaluating honey . Organizer of many exhibitions of honey in Serbia. A member of the Honey Evaluation Commission at many beekeeping events in the country and abroad.

Nicolas Kontolemos – Greece

I am an Agricultural Specialist in Beekeeping, studied in Italy. I have been head of beekeeping at the beekeeping department of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food. I have a diploma in honey tasting from the Italian Beekeepers Institute in Bologna, and I am member of Registry of Italian Honey Tasters. I have been a member of international jury for many years in international competitions of organic honey. I also hold a diploma in artificial insemination of queen bees. For many years I have been holding a six hundred-hive beekeeping unit to produce honey, pollen, royal jelly, etc.

JASNA BERTONCELJ

She is an associate professor at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. After completing her university degree in food science and technology she did her PhD in the area of bioactive components and antioxidant activity of different types of Slovenian honey. She teaches and researches in the area of food quality assessment (macro and micro nutrients; food analytical methods; food regulation and legislation), bee products characterization, sensory analysis (sensory methods; sensory analysis with trained panel and with consumers; food acceptability) and nutrition (healthy and balanced diets for various population groups; diet planning; nutrition and health policies, nutrient profiling). She is a member of the International Honey Commission’s (IHC) working group for sensory assessment and member of national panels for honey sensory analysis.