La Botifarreria de Santa María

The shop has specialised in pork-butchery since the beginning of the century. The Travé family acquired the shop in 1955 and it went on to enjoy a great reputation from the very outset, thanks to its Catalan sausages known as botifarres and bulls, and its special hams made by Mr. Antoni Travé (father), a master pork-butcher.

In the early 90s, Antoni Travé had to leave the business due to illness and it was taken over by his son and son’s wife, Helene Dufner. Toni took charge of the production side, while Helene focused on the point-of-sale.

With regards to food preparation, Toni continued making the products that his father had made before him. His great interest in cooking also drove him to study further in this field at the Escola Professional de la Fundació Oficis de la Carn and at other institutions specialised in butchery. This training helped Toni to be able to recover traditional cooked meats and to introduce new culinary techniques to the products they had always produced.

Xarcuteria Artesana al centre de Barcelona. Especialistes amb Botifarres tradicionals i d’autor