A butcher’s shop in one of Sydney’s flashiest suburbs that was once a favourite of American star Oprah Winfrey is on the block for an eye watering $10million.
Called the Victor Churchill and located on an upscale strip in Woollahra, 5kms from the CBD, the expansive heritage store has been operating since the 1800s.
The TV celebrity stopped by the shop when she was touring Down Under in 2010.
Eyewitnesses told reporters at the time that Oprah, 70, arrived to check out the shop in a limousine.
But the star did not buy any produce from the meat emporium, but stopped to admire its amazing fittings and design reported Domain on Friday.
This was the same year the Victor Churchill won the prestigious BOY, an International retail design award in New York.
Started by the Churchill family in 1876, it lays claim to being Australia’s ‘longest running’ butcher’s.
Its website also quotes celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who called Victor Churchill’s, the ‘most beautiful butcher’s in the world’.
A butcher’s shop in one of Sydney’s flashiest suburbs that was once a favourite of American star Oprah Winfrey is on the block for an eye watering $10million (pictured)
The TV celebrity stopped by the shop when she was touring Down Under in 2010. Called the Victor Churchill and located on an upscale strip in Woollahra, 5kms from the CBD, the expansive heritage store has been operating since the 1800s. Pictured: Oprah in 2023
Among its stunning features is an expansive and shopper friendly layout, wood-panel fittings, bronzed ‘sausage’ door handles, mirrored cabinets, and a dry-aging room ‘backlit wall of Himalayan salt bricks’.
Auctioneers are hoping for a $10million dollar sale on the freehold, which includes multiple levels and 345square metres of space.
Meanwhile, agents have advertised that the sale includes the lease on Victor Churchill, which is operated by the Puharich family since 1996.
The shop last changed hands 17 years ago.
It comes after Oprah recently apologised for her role in promoting toxic diet culture – months after finally admitting she used weight loss drugs to shed more than 40lbs.
The TV host opened up about her regrets around discussing dieting and body image in a three hour WeightWatchers special.
She said in May: ‘I have been a steadfast participant in this diet culture. Through my platforms, through the magazine, through the talk show for 25 years and online.
Eyewitnesses told reporters at the time that Oprah, 70, arrived to check out the shop in a limousine. But the star did not buy any produce from the meat emporium, but stopped to admire its amazing fittings and design reported Domain on Friday. Pictured: Inside the shop
Started by the Churchill family in 1876, it lays claim to being Australia’s ‘longest running’ butcher’s
‘I’ve been a major contributor to it. I cannot tell you how many weight-loss shows and makeovers I have done, and they have been a staple since I’ve been working in television.’
In March Oprah revealed she starved herself for ‘nearly five months’ on a liquid diet back in 1988 – before quickly regaining the weight after proclaiming victory on television.
Oprah first rose to fame as actor in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 hit film The Color Purple. She later entered television and pursued a long and successful career as the host of talk shows.
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