"I love cooking and did a lot back home and I realised when I got here people are not able to try the real authentic Italian food."
One misconception New Zealanders often had of Italians was that they were fat, he said.
"The real Italian food is light. We don't eat a lot and it's not that heavy. It's simple but tasty."
His mother, Oriana Disaro, is living in Tauranga as well.
Mr Fabrin said his mother loves New Zealand and because he is an only child she wants to help set up his new venture.
Back home many young people in the work force still lived with their parents at home, he said.
"It's very normal, for two reasons: one, the culture and, two, it's very hard to live by yourself on a single salary and to be able to afford things like rent and a car. So you have to be at least a couple with combined salaries.
"I think even if people want to, they can't afford a comfortable lifestyle so one of their options is to leave the country.
"I had the feeling I needed to see something else."
There is a huge difference in the lifestyles here, he said.
"Kiwis don't get too worried about the future compared to the Italians. "It's more peaceful here, especially this town. It's an easier life."
There was not a big Italian community in the Bay of Plenty, said Mr Fabrin, but this wasn't an issue. "I prefer to live the Kiwi lifestyle. I prefer to speak English and be with Kiwis. I am not in Italy".
Fast Facts for Italy:
Population: 58,742,000
Capital: Rome; pop 2,628,000
Area: 301,333 square kilometres (116,345 square miles)
Language: Italian, German, French, Slovene
Religion: Roman Catholic
Currency: Euro
Life expectancy: 80
GDP per Capita: US$25,100
Literacy: 99 per cent