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François Vecchio has over 60 years of experience in the Meat Industry, from Farm to Plate.
He specializes in Italian, Spanish, French & German traditional meat craftsmanship.
From 1962-1980, François owned and operated his family`s company in Switzerland, overseeing 700 + employees in the meat industry. In 1981, he landed in California and introduced European-style Salumi to the West Coast, first, working with Busseto Foods (formerly Rapelli of CA), then Columbus Salame Company and Niman Ranch.
He is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. He currently mentors award-winning artisans and chefs in the US and Canada and has organized now 5 curing workshops in Alaska, also on Martha`s Vineyard and Kaua`i, with more planned in the future.
To contact François, email him at franvec@gmail.com.
Another source for cultures.
Devo thanks for that. I really appreciate seeing those spec sheets on those particular cultures. I was looking at ordering that book and now maybe I will. But first I have to get through Jamie Bissonette's The New Charcuterie Cookbook, which was total waste of money and Jeffrey Weiss's inspiring Charcuteria: The Soul of Spain
Great to have another source for Danisco cultures. And if they are recommended by this guy they are worth using. He is a lot more reputable in the charcuterie world than those like Jamie Bissonette who jump on the salumi bandwagon, write a book but have no idea what they are doing. I see that the prices for the lactic cultures are lower that Chr. Hansen but the mould starter is expensive. I suspect that the Mondostart mould starter available to us here in Canada is the same product since it is also made by Danisco.
Great to have another source for Danisco cultures. And if they are recommended by this guy they are worth using. He is a lot more reputable in the charcuterie world than those like Jamie Bissonette who jump on the salumi bandwagon, write a book but have no idea what they are doing. I see that the prices for the lactic cultures are lower that Chr. Hansen but the mould starter is expensive. I suspect that the Mondostart mould starter available to us here in Canada is the same product since it is also made by Danisco.
