From the earliest days, Italian culture and tradition were woven into the fabric of my family's daily life. As the child of Italian immigrants, I grew up immersed in the joys of authentic Italian cuisine, with my parents' restaurants and delis on Long Island serving as my culinary training ground.

Years later, I took those cherished lessons and brought them south to North Carolina, where my wife Laura and I founded Giacomo's Italian Market in 1999. It wasn’t easy. Using recipes passed down through the generations, we spent long days and even longer nights ensuring that everything was prepared just right. For the first few years, to help make ends meet, I even continued to balance a career as a fireman. Realizing an even greater need, we expanded production into a modest USDA-inspected production facility in nearby Elon, North Carolina. and established the San Giuseppe Salami Company, named after the village where my mother was raised.