Claudia Bouvier’s career path would have been a huge surprise to her when she was growing up in an Italian family in São Paulo, Brazil.
“From a very early age, food was an essential part of life,” she says. “But we were incentivized to do something else with our lives.”
For Bouvier, that “something else” was engineering, which she studied and practiced for two decades. Looking for a change in focus, she returned to her first love and co-founded Pastificio.
From selling fresh pasta at a Boulder Farmers Market stand in 2018, Pastificio has grown into an award-winning national pasta brand focused on sustainability, winning Good Food Awards —– the Oscars of American packaged food —- every year since 2021.
The pasta is made from heirloom wheats grown regionally. The packaging is 100% recyclable or compostable.
“Pasta to me is a vehicle to teach about sustainability, knowing your farmer and real organic food,” Bouvier says.
This is part of a larger story, "Portraits in great taste," profiling women who are shaping the way we eat, drink and buy food in Boulder. Read other profiles in the series here.