Rolando Beramendi

About Rolando Beramendi

After graduating from the University of California, Davis in 1987 with a Bachelors degree in Economics, Rolando started a small importing company in San Francisco, California: MANICARETTI specializing in the importation and distribution of artisan gourmet foods from Italy. Today, the company’s name is recognized as a seal of guarantee for some of the best Italian pantry items available in the industry supplying stores such as Dean & Deluca, Zingerman’s, The Pasta Shop, Central Markets and many of the top restaurants across the United States. Rolando spends most of his time introducing specialty, high level Italian pantry items (extra virgin olive oils, artisanal pasta, balsamic vinegar, etc) to US chefs and specialty food buyers across the nation. This collaboration contributed to making Italian ingredients an integral part of the new “Mediterranean” style of American cuisine and giving a huge impact in the conception of the newborn “California” cuisine. Rolando has also consulted as a Brand Manager and US Market Ambassador to several prominent Italian wineries such as Capezzana, Avignonesi, Fonterutoli, Casanova di Neri, Poliziano, Allegrini. Brolio, Foradori, and others. Rolando forages around Italy with wine and food industry sales people and leaders. Rolando cooked and taught Italian cooking classes in Mumbay, New Delhi in India as well as in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka and Bangkok. Rolando was also the Beverage Program Consultant to the Four Seasons Hotel and Osteria Tornabuoni at Palazzo Tornabuoni, a Four Seasons residential project in the heart of Florence. Rolando also teaches cooking classes around the country (Central Markets in Texas, Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, MI, Hot Stove Society in Seattle and Draeger’s in the Bay Area of SF) leads food and wine tours to Sicily and Tuscany.

Experience

1. Owner

   Manic

   Apr 1989 — Present

Education

• University of California Davis

  Bachelors Degree, Economics

  1981 — 1987

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Wine
• Business Strategy
• Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Marketing
• New Business Development
• Sales Management
• Food & Beverage
• Customer Service
• Sales
• Social Media