Episode 5: Yianna Velos
In episode 5 of season 10 I chat with Yianna Velos, self-confessed oil magnate, caviar dealer and co-founder of fashionable olive oil brand, Golden Groves Co, which she has created alongside her sister Katianna. Keeping it in the family is central to Yianna with her olive oil hailing from the idyllic Mani Peninsula in Greece, where both her parents were born. And while it may have been in her stars to find a force that forged family with food, it seems fashion was also in her fate. Her beginnings were borne out of a pair of sunglasses and since then Yianna’s sense of self has found itself in fashion. Underpinned by pleasure and pride, Yianna does denote a certain decadence, but like her upbringing around food, she is also learning to bring colour, creativity, and community to her sense of style.
