The 50 Most Interesting People In Mallorca 2022
Welcome to the Mallorcan’s annual edition of "the 50 most interesting people in Mallorca". These are the people we learnt about in 2022 who are doing and making things that left us feeling inspired by their work. The list is in no particular order.
Food and Wine
Photo by The Gin Guide
Eva Maier and Stefan Winterling
Eva & Stefan met each other while studying viticulture, then working for different wineries for more than 10 years. They now produce an artisanal Mallorca dry gin from their distillery in Llucmajor.
Photo by @wagyumallorca
José María Sirvent
Artist José María Sirvent created the family business, Wagyu Mallorca, in 2010 with a deep respect for the environment, natural foods and sustainable livestock. As a result of working in Japan in 1994, he ignited a great interest in the art of cattle farming used in raising Wagyu.
Photo by @simplysonbraho
Brenda Irani
Brenda Irani and her husband first bought the property Son Braho in 2012. During quarantine in 2020 Brenda was inspired to find ways that her family could self-sustain themselves. The result was the Simply Son Braho Farm.
Photo by @circlecarbonlabs
Christer Söderberg and Astrid Colomar
Circle Carbon S.L. is a social enterprise developing an Advanced Soil Treatment using a Natural Pathway Technology for Carbon Negative Soil Regeneration and circular economy activities in the outskirts of Bunyola (9 km from Palma). Circle Carbon was founded by Christer Söderberg and Urs Winzenried in February 2018. Astrid Colomar joined the company soon thereafter.
Photo by @mistralcoffee
Greg Schuler and Agata Mikulska
Mistral Coffee is a roastery and coffee shop in Palma's old town, established in 2017 by Greg Schuler and Agata Mikulska. Mistral’s high graded ecological coffee is brought to the island from a range of countries.
Photo by La Lalmesana
José de Palma
Before Blissful Bastards Jose had directed a graphic design studio for 15 years. His new project was born in 2020, when he set out to look for a new granola formula resulting in Blissful Bastards.
Photo by @ucobakery
Cate Stanton and Gus Alem
Cate Stanton and Gus Alem, founding couple of Uco Bakery, opened their first shop-workshop in Palma where they have set out to make 100% sourdough bread with only 3 ingredients: flour, water and sea salt.
Photo by @aleholisticdining
Alessandra Mariotti
Alessandra is plant-based Holistic Chef based in Mallorca. With Cordon Bleu and Michelin Star training, and a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she offers flavourful, health-conscious and refined culinary services.
Photo by Privet Chef Mallorca
Ross Hutchison
Ross started Private Chef Mallorca in 2012 as a way to bring the very best dining experience directly to the people. He has traveled to hundreds of villas and unique spaces around the island, creating food memories and a lot of smiles along the way.
Photo by @cav.vins
Charlie and Lauren
CAV. is a wine store founded by Charlie, Lauren and their corgi Bao. They source and sell natural wines and other well-made beverages from around the world including beers, vermut & liquors.
Photo by Treurer
Joan Miralles
After many years spent in tourism Joan wanted to provide the community with a natural, sustainable and healthy product. 20 years ago he created the Treurer brand of olive oils, born out of the family farm in Algaida.
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David Llompart
David is a beekeeper and his interest in the living conditions of bees is such that he even belongs to the beekeepers' association. He also runs the local brand, Mel Begot, selling bee products and providing environmental education.
Photo by @mallorcafanam
Maria Jose and Alessandro Alfano
Mallorca fa Nam was born with the intention of adding value to the community. Maria and Alessandro are providing fresh fruit deliveries to locals and helping create a more sustainable environment on Mallorca.
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Amaia Arteta Amatriain
Amaia is the founder behind the open kitchen and cooking classes, Lonja 18. A place designed to have fun cooking together. Lonja 18 was born out of the love of the Mediterranean and the communal components of tables and food.
Photo by @benwhalechef
Ben Whale
Ben has over 20 years experience cheffing, and now specialising in whole plant based foods and nutrition. He's the Head Chef & Partner of The Body Camp, a holistic fitness retreat in Mallorca.
Photo by @maua_chocolates
Silvia and James
Silvia was born in Nicaragua, where cocoa has a long history. She is in charge of making the chocolates and she finalises every detail for their clients. Jaume supports the development of recipes and chocolate tastings.
Photo by @isla_kombucha
Eduardo Martinez Gil & Lucas Cambiano
Meet the founders of Brilla Kombucha. All from Argentina originally but now based in Mallorca, the guys also run a high end restaurant in addition to their kombucha brewery.
Photo by Emotion
John Kristiansen
Originally from Norway, John traded in law for bakeries, building the hugely popular Fibonacci chain of cafés and products across Mallorca.
Photo by @tastingwithamy
Amy Dunn
Amy Dunn is an international wine lover, writer, ambassador & communicator that provides bespoke wine delivery, tastings, events & consultancy.
Restaurants and Bars
Photo by @agabar_palma
Cristian Balta and Gabriela Tandazo Mijas
Cristian and Gabriela founded the amazing Agabar, bringing you the richest cocktails and endless Agave distillates in their little gem of a bar in Santa Catalina.
Photo by Flora
Dennis and Isabel
Chasing their dream, Swedish pair Isabel and Dennis opened the cool Flora bar in Palma. For Isabel, who is half Majorcan, Mallorca has always been a big part of her life and Dennis, who has traveled extensively, was not hard to persuade when Isabel asked if they should move to Mallorca.
Home and lifestyle
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Archie and Monty Berrow
Berrow Projects was founded by brothers Archie and Monty Berrow who moved to Mallorca in 2016 with a shared vision of bringing a professional, innovative approach to Mallorcan property development.
Photo by @milagro_mallorca
Stella Lavinia
Stella is the founder of MILAGRO and a verifiable expert on what's cool in Mallorca. Growing up in Mallorca, Stella developed an incredible love for the island she now shares with clients. MILAGRO specialises in Property Management and Concierge Services.
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Brenda Ooteman and Roland Verbeek
Whilst living in Amsterdam Brenda & Roland discovered what we now know as Osa Major. They named the place after the ‘Great Bear’ star constellation that is visible above it every night. It became their second home and one which others are now lucky enough to experience via retreats.
Photo by Look Mallorca
Ninos Younan and Kalle Wallroth
Kalle and Ninos have worked as real estate agents in Mallorca for several years and lead Fantastic Frank's Palma office. Their eye for design sees them working with some of the best looking properties on the island.
Photo by Charles Marlow
Jennifer and Alexander Warren-Gash
Alexander spent earlier years living an adventurous life in Africa and Costa Rica captaining a fishing boat and designing and building luxury homes and gardens, before settling on Mallorca in 2008. Jennifer is the lead terrace consultant and makes the most of your outdoor living areas, elevating your outdoor living experience.
Photo by @espanyolet
Melissa Rosenbauer and Thomas Bossert
For Melissa and Thomas, Espanyolet was born out of a simple but authentic desire: to use our hands on surfaces beyond a computer keyboard. Learning ceramic-making, batik and natural dyeing in Bali eventually led them to Mallorca’s magnetic pull.
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Andrea and Fredrik Jung Abbou
Andrea & Fredrik are the owners of Finca Es Rafal, where you can enjoy a beautiful luxury farm estate holiday. The farm was taken over during the first summer of covid 2020 by the couple who wanted to fulfil their dreams when it comes to a holistic happy lifestyle for both them and their children.
Health and Wellness
Photo by Julia Mander
Julia Mander
Julia creates unique sacred & magical experiences on the island to help women & men who need support on their soul journey.
Photo by @jonwynnfitnessandsobriety
Jon Wynn
Jon is a personal trainer here in Mallorca. Previously serving as a Commando in the Australian Military, he is also building an authentic online presence to help others in recovery by using fitness and mindset.
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Jonas Zimnickas
A natural fitness coach, amputee, former athlete, husband, father of three, lover of coffee, cold water, cycling and the outdoors. Jonas inspires a love of movement, respect and gratitude for your body.
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Nina Schweser and Yasmin Schwarz
Yoga del Mar was founded in July 2021 by Nina and Yasmin. Since then, a wonderful team of yoga teachers, massage therapists and coaches has come together to make Yoga del Mar a home for body, mind and soul.
Photo by Wunder
Tom Smale and Zoë Lind van't Hof
Wunder Workshop was set up by Tom & Zoe, inspired by intuitive herbalism and Ayurveda - in particular, the preventative and holistic approach that this ancient medical system uses to maintain optimal physical and mental health.
Photo by @jacdah
Jacqueline Dahlstrøm
Originally from Norway, Jacqueline moved to Mallorca to gain more experience competing at an elite level and to work closer with her coach, John Singleton.
Photo by Majorca daily bulletin
Mikael and Johanna Landström
Mikael and Johanna Landström run the Portixol Group. Their many successes started with Hotel Portixol, helping to reinvigorate the neighbourhood in the process. More recently, they have taken on the Palma Sport and Tennis Club.
Photo by @marta_abril
Marta Abril
Marta is a world traveler and founder of The Comoonity. A project born from the desire to spread awareness to lead a fuller, more conscious and happier life. It is the result of spending years collecting wisdom around the world.
Experiences and services
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Lizzie Graham
Lizzie runs a horse riding school, Naturecavall, and has also co-written with her sister, Anna Deacon, the adventure travel book, Wild Guide Balearic Islands.
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Lisa Heschel
As a way to nurture herself and recharge after early motherhood, Lisa decided to realise her dream of pottery-making. She always found Mallorca, and its wild nature, a magical place. She spent many holidays here, including an inspirational three months of maternity leave, which was the impetus for her and her family to emigrate and build a life on the island.
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Stacey van Tichelt
Stacey runs Rancho Fino Mallorca, a small stable in Costitx, in the middle of the island. Stacey founded Rancho Fino Mallorca rescue about 7 years ago by accident and the rest is history.
Photo by Kaplan Projects
Mercedes Estarellas
Gallery owner and chief curator
Mercedes is Kaplan Projects’ alma mater. She has over 20 years’ experience in the art gallery and cultural management sectors, curating important exhibitions and cultural projects around the world.
Photo by @tomosman
Tom Osman
Tom is the founder of Shiny, an online community with 1000+ curious builders and creators discovering the frontier of technology, commerce and culture.
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Juan Jose
Juan runs a small shipyard producing sailing dinghies and also repair some of the vessels taking part in the big regattas such as the Nautor Swan or TP52. They've also also started making their own surfboards together with one of the most recognised shapers on the island.
Physical Products
Photo by Studio Jaia
Anna Lena Kortmann
Anna Lena creates and hand weaves the unique pieces in her studio in the centre of Palma. As the studio is now growing she is working with a small and awesome team of collaborators.
Photo by Jabón De Mallorca
Rose Germaneau Castaner and Joachim Pourqué
Rose & Joachim settled on the island in 2015. Ready to radically change his profession, Joachim then began testing and manufacturing natural soaps using the traditional method of cold saponification: the brand "Jabón de Mallorca" was born.
Photo by Aromas de Mallorca
Ana Rojas
Ana is the founder and CEO behind the home fragrance company Aromas de Mallorca. After studying pharmacy and nutrition in Madrid, Ana combined her experiences into forming Aromas de Mallorca.
Photo by Monge Shoes
Pedro Monge
Pedro is a professional journalist and vocational shoe designer. He came to Mallorca in 2003 to work for Camper Shoes and after some years there decided to set up his own shoe brand, Monge Shoes.
Photo by ARK
Adriana Meunié
Adriana grew up in Mallorca and has a studio in Felanitx. Her balance between home and studio are essential and she is now working on a local clothing project, Odeminui.
Photo by The Dressing Room
Beatriz Tomas
Beatriz runs The Dressing Room, the perfect destination for when you don't know what to wear. Discover a wardrobe where you can rent pieces from your favorite designers. Always in trend and constantly changing.
Photo by @paparkone
Roberto Paparkone
Roberto is founder and designer of Paparkone. Architect, interior designer, illustrator and food lover, he melts all these skills into his pottery collections. He has been making ceramics for more than 10 years now and he never stops learning, always inspired by the gorgeous and powerful landscapes of Mediterranean Sea.
Photo by A di Amore
Marinella
Marinella is the founder behind the flower shop A di Amore. She works with natural & conserved flowers to decorate weddings, hotels & shops. She has a great eye for combinations & has been honoured to design many weddings.
