Perry Bellam, Viva Italia Gourmet Foods
Home-Style Pasta Made From The Finest Traditional Ingredients. Private Import Boutique Wine.
Viva Italia Gourmet Foods is the thriving Canadian specialty distributor of Mama Mucci’s chef quality home-style pasta. We are also an SAQ recognized agent for boutique micro vineyard wines.
Viva Italia Gourmet Foods was founded by Perry Bellam in 2003 with the core concept of bringing the best imported foods and wines to the Canadian culinary food service market.
Perry was inspired by the summers and holidays of his youth learning the art of gourmet food production hands-on in the kitchen of the family business, Old Europe / La Vielle Europe Charcuteries.
Whether you are the chef or restauranteur of an Italian trattoria, an international bistro, a quality focused volume chain, caterer or meal preparer, Viva Italia Gourmet Foods’ commitment is to provide you with unique gourmet IQF pasta optimized for use in the food service industry.
Our products reflect the food service professional’s quest for excellence. We pride ourselves on quality, consistency, prompt personal service and competitive prices.
Home-style filled pasta made from the finest traditional ingredients.
We also make custom filled or rolled pasta to your order!
Your customers are sure to recognize the difference that our home-style pasta makes!
Mamma Mucci’s Artisan Quality Filled Pasta
Mama Mucci Pasta combines old world craftsmanship with modern techniques. Pasta dough is made from the finest semolina and eggs rolled to ensure thinness and authentic texture.
The hearty stuffed chef-designed fillings are created from freshest ingredients and intense reductions.
Kiln Dried Rolled Fresh Pasta
Mama Mucci’s Pasta superior sheeted dry egg pasta has the quality, consistency and taste of the finest fresh pasta with the handling and shelf life
advantages of dry pasta.
Traditional kneading and sheeting techniques along with natural ingredients create true home-style pasta with a rich flavor and a firm al dente texture.
Dry Short Pasta
Our imported quality short pastas are bulk packed for food service convenience.
We have hundreds of varieties. Just let us know what you need.
Private Import Boutique Wines
Viva Italia proudly presents carefully selected, private import, boutique vineyard wines from Italy and around the world.
Your customers are sure to recognize the difference that our home-style pasta makes!