13 Saratoga Quality Meats (SQM) in the Kincumber Shopping Village has been serving the finest quality meats on the Central Coast for over 25 years. They are recognised as one of the most successful butchers on the Coast. Founders Rob and Bruce Kay sold the business to Tony Palmer in 2020 and with Head Butcher Jason Bowden have grown the business and its reputation beyond the Central Coast. Last year they opened a pop-up butcher shop in the Erina Heights shopping precinct selling pre-packaged meat and ready to cook products prepared in their Kincumber shop. Five years ago Nico and Alex Coccia who had come to Australia, Nico from Naples and Alex from the South of France and worked in some of Sydney’s renowned restaurants set up Osteria il Coccia restaurant at Ettalong. Firstly in the Galleria and then in the new Atlantis development opposite the Mantra. They had become famous for their menu cooked entirely over flames. Last year the Coccia’s started sourcing their meat from SQM and a new collaboration started which has resulted in the two businesses joining together creating a new concept and now known as Carne & Cucina (Butcher and Restaurant) at Erina Heights. The 45-seat restaurant also showcases a full range of SQM freshly packaged premium meats and related products including ready-to-cook products. BUSINESS BRIEFS C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 3H 180x100 Mar23 Newest Finalest Final For s 4.pdf 1 21/8/2023 11:18 am Changes in Radio Land Veteran broadcaster, Pete Little has moved along the FM radio dial to become Sales & Marketing Manager of community station FM93.3. His new task is to re-brand FM93.3 and build a wider audience. Mr Little is responsible for the resurgence of CoastFM963 after landing there in 2006. He first came to the Central Coast in production at 2GO. There he learned from the best, like Bob Scott and Keith Graham who founded 2GO and who went on to open 2WS. Mr Little left 2GO in 1998 and was contracted by Central Coast Leagues Club to devise a marketing strategy for the impending arrival of the Bears at the new stadium in Gosford. All ancient history now. Stay tuned for plenty of action on the local radio scene. “I’m passionate about local media. We’ve lost our daily newspapers, Television is all networked, and commercial radio is in a state of flux. That leaves community radio which is locally owned and operated and a part of our daily lives. It has a great future.” he says. Peter Little Love for fine food brings restaurant and butcher together at Erina Heights Alex and Nico Coccio with Jason Bowden and Tony Palmer in their Erina Heights restaurant and butcher shop CENTRAL COAST BUSINESS REVIEW SEPTEMBER 2024
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