Paul and I moved to Tavistock mid-pandemic after 25 years in Australia. It seemed just as we were starting to feel settled in, the opportunity to take on the deli came up.

Good timing, fortune, or fate we don’t know but we found my food home here at De la Torre’s.

I started my career in food retail but inexplicably took a diversion into a long corporate career in advertising and marketing. All through that time my passion for great food grew, and cooking, eating, sharing food with friends, sourcing food, researching recipes and chefs, and traveling took up all my free time. Putting this into practice was always my plan.

Authentic, fresh, and delicious, de la Torre’s is Tavistock’s Mediterranean deli.

Established by Penny & Luis De la Torre’s over 20 years ago the deli is popular with locals and visitors looking for something a little bit different, an ingredient they just can’t find anywhere else or a delicious gift.

We stock over 300 specialty products from Spain, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, and others. Well known for our olives, we have an ever-changing selection each especially sourced, prepared and marinated.

We also offer a variety of dips, pesto, fish pates, and meze freshly made by us to our own recipes. Paul makes fresh pasta on the weekend using our state-of-the-art Italian pasta machine.

We stock artisan sourdough bread made by The Cornish Sourdough Bakery and smoked and kiln-roasted fish from Jacksons of Newton Abbott’s own smokers.

We keep 20 different types of pasta, over a dozen extra virgin olive oils, and many kinds of vinegar alongside sweet and savoury treats and snacks.

We are open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm and you’re also welcome to purchase online and collect at the deli.