Sonia Peronaci

Sonia Peronaci
Born	(1967-08-10)August 10, 1967 Milan, Italy

Sonia Peronaci is an Italian food blogger and media personality.^[1] She became nationally known for her website and vlog, GialloZafferano ('YellowSaffron'), which she founded with her then-partner and now husband Francesco Lopes.^[2] It became the most-consulted food blog in Italy, with a documented four million users per month.^[3] She sold it in 2015, and today is a cookbook author and television personality.^[4] Later she reported feeling "sidelined" from her own creation.^[5] The publication Italia a Tavola ('Italy at Table') presents her as a national opinion leader and "superstar" in food and cooking.^[6]

In 2022, Mattel designed a Barbie doll to honor her in their Role Models campaign for International Women's Day.^[7][8]

References

1. Ghedini, Gaia Stanzani (November 8, 2021). "Sonia Peronaci: The Woman Who Introduced Italy to Food Blogging". Felix Magazine.
2. Baldi, Chiara (May 31, 2024). "Sonia Peronaci, la fondatrice di Giallo Zafferano si sposa con Francesco Lopes, suo «storico» compagno". Corriere Della Sera, Milano.
3. Dirindin, Valentina (July 11, 2024). "Il matrimonio di Sonia Peronaci, fondatrice di Giallo Zafferano: ecco tutti i dettagli di una cerimonia dolcissima". Vanity Fair Italia.
4. I Redattori (February 12, 2015). "GialloZafferano & Co. Valgono 274 Milioni". La Repubblica (in Italian).
5. Betti, Maria Sole (December 10, 2024). ""GialloZafferano? Mi sono sentita messa in panchina". Lo sfogo della fondatrice Sonia Peronaci". Gambero Rosso (in Italian).
6. Passera, Maria (January 14, 2013). "Sondaggio: Sonia Peronaci superstar con Oldani (cuochi) e Villa (sommelier)". Italia a Tavola (in Italian).
7. "Shonda Rhimes And Pat McGrath Get Their Own Barbies In Honor of International Women's Day". Because of Them We Can. March 4, 2022.
8. "Barbie Role Models Sonia Peronaci | Mattel". Mattel Barbie Shop.

External links

• Official website
• "giallozafferano" (in Italian). and "giallozafferano". in English