About Us
My name is Mario Vannini and since 2008 I am a truffle hunter. Since two years I have become also a dog educator, after a 36-year experience as head-chef and restaurant-owner.
It’s a long way to be a truffle hunter. First of all you must have a lot of passion and pass an exam to obtain the release of the card that entitles you to search for truffles, valid throughout Italy. This is the only way to operate professionally.
Other fundamental components are to have trustworthy and well-trained dogs for truffle hunting, to have dog knowledge, and to know the local territory well, especially the area around Siena and Chianti Classico (between Siena and Florence).
Only in this way, with a relationship of mutual trust, the truffle hunter, equally to the dog educator, enters into true harmony with his animals. Every day dogs learn something new, to become one with their educator, enriching and developing new knowledge and skills in truffle hunting.
