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La Latteria was started by Simona di Vietri, a native Southern Italian who found herself living in London and, after missing the best mozzarella from home, decided to start making it here in London! They now create the very finest, artisan Italian cheeses with Buffalo milk from Oxfordshire.
They are so good they were visited by Stanley Tucci for his Searching for Italy TV show.
Our story
“As a child in Southern Italy, I grew up in a world of honest, simple and delicious food”
While life took me around the world and my career as an investment professional got me to experience food in its extremes, from cold pizza at 3am to Michelin starred restaurants, my family has always pulled me back to my childhood home and the wonderful Italian cooking I grew up with.
My fondest memories are of father-daughter trips to the local latteria, the name inspiration for my brand. We would buy my favourite mozzarella and rush home to devour this delightful, creamy cheese. My father and I would play a game where we would make holes in the mozzarella with a fork. The mozzarella was so fresh, the whey would pour out of the little holes and we would just sit there and watch it come out. It was better than an ice cream!
About the founder
Simona di Vietri was born in 1976 in Italy. After studying at LUISS, Simona went into a career in Finance working around the world including 6 years in the Middle East.
Simona now lives in London with her twins, Sofia and Samuel. Simona’s family has a successful business focused on high quality artisanal products (including fresh cheeses) in Italy and that is the inspiration for the creation of La Latteria.
