There’s a moment in every person’s life when everything shifts. For Olivia Ramos, that moment came in 2021, three years after moving to Manhattan. She was no longer recognizing herself in the mirror.
Olivia had spent two decades building an impressive career. She’d worked with Nestlé and luxury brands like Loewe. She’d trained thousands of executives. She’d built companies from scratch. By any measure, she was successful. But her body was paying the price.
In 2021, her cholesterol had climbed to dangerously high levels. She’d gained 12 kilos and felt trapped in a body that didn’t feel like hers anymore. Standing at 1.81 meters tall, she’d become someone she didn’t recognize. The pandemic, the stress, the processed foods she’d turned to for convenience while building her life in New York, it had all taken its toll.
Something had to change. She couldn’t keep living this way.
So she did something radical. She stopped.
She cleared out the ultra-processed foods. She stopped ordering delivery. And she remembered Madrid. She remembered her mother’s kitchen. She remembered what real food tasted like.
The Mediterranean way of eating her body had grown up on wasn’t just delicious. It was healing. She committed to it completely. Fresh vegetables. Whole foods. Real olive oil. Every single day.
The transformation was undeniable. Her cholesterol normalized. The weight disappeared. Within months, she’d lost all 12 kilos and felt stronger than she had in years. Now, at 58 kilos, she’s not just fit. She’s vibrant. She’s in the best shape of her life.
But more important than the numbers was what came with the change. She felt purpose again. She felt alive. She felt connected to who she actually was.
That’s when she realized the ingredient that had made everything taste better, that had nourished her all those years, wasn’t just olive oil. It was a connection to home. To authenticity. To the people and the land behind what she ate.
She got her food handler’s license. She began cooking for friends and neighbors. The word spread. Soon she was catering events for 180 people, and every single one tasted the difference that real ingredients made.
But Olivia wanted to understand it deeper. So she became a certified olive oil sommelier. She traveled back to Spain and found the groves her oil came from. She met the families growing it. She saw the land being tended with care.
That’s when Olivia LaBomba was born. Not as a business plan. But as a personal mission. Olivia wanted to share what she’d found: that one ingredient, when it’s real and when it’s made with intention, can change how you eat and how you live.
Every bottle of Olivia LaBomba comes from a single grove in Granada, Spain. It’s tested. It’s traceable. It’s made for cooking, not for display. Because for Olivia, olive oil isn’t precious enough to save. It’s essential enough to use every single day.
A New York chef who uses her oil described it like this: “Balanced and structured, with aromas of fresh-cut grass, green almond and tomato leaf.” A private client said it’s “firm on the palate, with layered herbal notes and refined peppery finish.”
But these technical descriptions miss what Olivia really created. She created a way for someone thousands of miles away to taste what she tastes. To connect with the same earth she grew up with. To understand that what matters isn’t where you live. What matters is what you eat and how you nourish yourself.
Olivia Ramos is a woman who has lived many lives. Executive. Coach. Teacher. Chef. Entrepreneur. In each role, she brought the same thing: attention. Care. The belief that excellence isn’t about cutting corners. It’s about knowing exactly who you are and sharing that honestly.
She’s a woman who had the courage to look at herself and decide to change. Who understood that health isn’t a luxury. It’s a foundation. Who knew that real transformation comes not from drastic measures, but from returning to what’s real.
Now she’s a sommelier of olive oil, bringing Spanish tradition to American tables. It’s not a career pivot. It’s a homecoming. It’s what happens when someone stops chasing success and starts living it.
Olivia LaBomba isn’t just olive oil. It’s proof that the most important products come from people who’ve lived real lives, faced real struggles, and learned what actually matters.
Cook with joy. Live with purpose. That’s what Olivia would tell you. Start with Olivia LaBomba.
