About Lana
Croatian born Lana Love moved to London in her teenage years searching for newer open horizons. “I love my country,” says Lana. “But from very early age I knew I would leave and live abroad.”
After living in London for 13 years where she was working in cafes and restaurants while studying design fashion styling at London College of Fashion and then drama at amateur theatres, she landed a place in a prestigious London drama school. “And I couldn’t afford the fees!” She decided to start a small summer business, hoping it would make her enough cash during the season to fulfil her dream of attending drama school.
Starting a brand-new concept in an undeveloped area of Ibiza took time to become profitable. “I hoped opening Passion would bring me closer to my dream of studying acting but it has actually taken me away from it. I think the universe saw a bigger use of me, inspiring and feeding people better than me being on the big screen. It is still my dream! Maybe I’ll get chance to be someone’s grandmother in a movie one day,” she laughs.
Having survived the civil war in Croatia, Lana didn’t realise it had subconsciously left her with post traumatic shock syndrome, which a few years after the war started to cause her digestive problems. This is where interest in nutrition and different alternative ways to cure herself was born. “I started with Ayurveda, then macrobiotics, moving onto raw foods, juicing etc… My passion these days lies predominately with plant based cuisine and juicing.”
It’s been a long journey since 2002, when Lana opened the first Passion café in Playa den Bossa in Ibiza to its current incarnation of five venues in prime Ibiza locations.