Yianni Papoutsis (Greek: Γιάννη Παπουτσής) is the co-founder and former Creative Director of the Meat chain of restaurants.
[7] In 2009, he opened a street food van serving gourmet hamburgers called MEATwagon as a hobby.
[6] He met Scott Collins in 2010 in a car park in Peckham, South London where the MEATwagon was running.
[6] In 2011, they opened a pop-up restaurant, #MEATeasy above a pub in New Cross, London on 10 January after having conceived it with Collins on New Years Day.
[11] He has collaborated with numerous Michelin starred chefs including Fergus Henderson,[12] Nieves Barragan,[13] Michael O'Hare and Sally Abe[14] and with Gresham Blake on men's suits and performance underwear.