The Journey

The Bertocchi journey started in 1955 when Modesto Bertocchi opened the first sport cafe in Lygon Street Carlton for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Little did he know at the time, Modesto’s vision, commitment and relentless passion would lead to the beginning of a legacy.

His commitment and vision was to establish a sporting club that would entertain the working class society with early morning coffees and evening meals.
It didn’t take him long to succeed. Modesto had the foresight to attract patrons by being one of the first to install television sets in a cafe in Melbourne.
The concept took off and everybody flocked to his cafe to watch the Olympics and eat and drink. This was the beginning.

After this success Modesto ventured into property and then into his craft, butchering meat.
From such humble beginnings he developed a network of butcher shops around Melbourne.
Then in 1972, he purchased 4 hectares of land in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, in Thomastown.

40 years on, Bertocchi Smallgoods sprawls across 10 hectares at the original Thomastown site and is today one of the
largest producers of the finest hams, bacon and continental smallgoods in Australia.

BACKGROUND

OUR TEAM

Bertocchi has been led by three generations of family heritage with solid foundations of tradition and authenticity since 1972. Our products are still made according to traditional methods, utilising the finest local produce and Bertocchi’s wealth of processing skill and experience through our dedicated team of over 500 employees.

Many of our loyal team have been part of Bertocchi for over 25 years, truly making them part of the family.

A successful transition from a family business run by its owners to a corporation overseen by our stalwart CEO Peter Paolino who has instilled the company with the corporate disciplines to solidify the future of Bertocchi.

But one thing has never changed: our goal to be “simply the best”.

WHY ARE BERTOCCHI PRODUCTS DIFFERENT?

• Bertocchi Ham products are manufactured to the highest standard using full muscle pork, baked and naturally smoked
  with a selection of Hickory and Tasmanian ash.
• Authentic traditional methods are used to hand-craft our Hams with over 40 years of processing knowledge, skill, experience and passion in smallgoods.
• The popularity of Bertocchi’s Continental products derives from use of traditional recipes, natural fermentation and
  air-dried maturation processes in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
• Consistently superior product quality is integral to the company’s vision.
  

BERTOCCHI VISION

Bertocchi Smallgoods positions itself as the number one quality smallgoods producer in Australia. Our goal is to become the benchmark brand for the domestic smallgoods market, by manufacturing the best quality at all times whilst enhancing our reputation through service and relationships.
We will strive to market the Bertocchi brand based on quality and trust.
Today, Bertocchi maintains the passion by continuing to deliver the finest quality products to consumers at competitive prices.
The core values of Bertocchi Smallgoods are:

Craftsmanship, experience, knowledge, tradition, trust, passion, pride, brand strength and authentic quality products which use only the finest ingredients.

Bertocchi … Simply the best!