What an absolute honour it was for us to have a long chat in person with Vince Garreffa. Vince is an icon in the Perth Italian Community, he is most well known for launching Mondo Butchers in 1979 but there is so much more to his story than the business.
Born in Calabria in 1951, Vince and his mother and brothers immigrated to Australia in 1956 to join his father who was waiting for them in Perth. Vince told us about the experience of his family in their new country. We heard about family life and the mindset of Southern Italian immigrants during this time period with the priorities being family and hard work. Like many others in his generation, Vince began working early in life and left school to pursue a career as a butcher. We loved hearing some of Vince's memories and his story, especially as we have a shared Calabrese heritage.
With so much to talk about this chat became a two part episode, be sure to tune in next week to Part 2 where Vince tells us how he came to start Mondo Butchers, becoming a husband and father and also about the incredible autobiography 'The Flesh In My Life,'
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