{"id":193,"date":"2017-02-24T00:28:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T00:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ninetheme.com\/themes\/agricom\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:10:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terraaurea-tartufi.it\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Gian Marco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"container\"><div data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1490048567142\"><style> @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) { .vc_custom_1490048567142{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;} } @media only screen and (max-width: 768px) { .vc_custom_1490048567142{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;} } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .vc_custom_1490048567142{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;} }<\/style><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-7 vc_col-md-7 vc_col-xs-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1490048581968\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"color: #333333;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1730918591460\" >Gian Marco<\/h1><h2 style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;color: #333333;line-height: 1.5;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1730918602948\" >\"my passion for mushrooms began in childhood, as I was raised by my grandmother.\"<\/h2><p style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;color: #777777;line-height: 1.5;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1730918607148\" >My name is Gian Marco, and I first became fascinated with the world of mushrooms as a child, having been raised by my grandmother. During autumn afternoons, our favorite activity was heading into the beautiful forests near our home in Tuscany to search for mushrooms.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;color: #777777;line-height: 1.5;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1730918611625\" >What started as a simple childhood pastime quickly became something much deeper. I never imagined that this passion would shape my life so completely.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;color: #777777;line-height: 1.5;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1730918615353\" >Later on, I discovered the most precious and famous mushroom in the world, the \u201cking\u201d of all fungi: the truffle. I first experienced it through tasting it in various dishes, and eventually I obtained my official truffle hunting license in my region. As a high school graduation gift, I asked my mother for my very first truffle dog, a Lagotto Romagnolo named Jola. She is still with me today at 15 years old, the wise old lady of the house, together with the rest of the team, which has grown over the years.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;color: #777777;line-height: 1.5;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1730918618870\" >After finishing my university studies, which I chose to complete, I returned to where everything had started \u2014 the forest, the place I still walk with my dogs today, and where I feel most deeply connected to life.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;color: #777777;line-height: 1.5;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1730918622335\" >I chose to turn my passion for truffle hunting into a fully organized professional venture, aiming to deliver the finest Italian truffles to the kitchens of the world\u2019s leading restaurants.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-5 vc_col-xs-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/terraaurea-tartufi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gianmarco-Tartufi.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"Gianmarco-Tartufi\" title=\"Gianmarco-Tartufi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraaurea-tartufi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gianmarco-Tartufi.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/terraaurea-tartufi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gianmarco-Tartufi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/terraaurea-tartufi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gianmarco-Tartufi-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gian Marco\"mi sono avvicinato al mondo dei funghi sin da quando ero un bambino, essendo stato cresciuto da mia nonna\"Mi chiamo Gian Marco e mi sono avvicinato al mondo dei funghi sin da quando ero un bambino, essendo stato cresciuto da mia nonna, durante i pomeriggi autunnali l\u2019attivit\u00e0 principale era andare a cercare i funghi [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":785,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"custom-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-193","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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