Gabriele Corcos (born October 7, 1972) is an Italian celebrity cook, entrepreneur, and television personality.
Corcos owned The Tuscan Gun Officine Alimentari in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, New York, which is now permanently closed.
He starred with his wife, Debi Mazar, in the television show, Extra Virgin Americana, which ran for eight episodes in early 2016 on The Cooking Channel.
[4] After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Italian Army where he studied medicine at the military academy for several years.
[4] Corcos traveled to Brazil, Cuba, and Morocco to study drums[4] and to perform with local musicians.
[7] In 2006, the "Under the Tuscan Gun" blog and web series was born, after the two received countless emails from people who loved the project.
[8] The couple raised a large community of devoted fans over the five-year course of the web series, with no intention of going to TV.
[16] While making an appearance on Food Network's Chopped in April 2013, he competed on behalf of the charity Feeding America.
Extra Virgin airs domestically on the Cooking Channel and outside the United States on the Food Network International platforms.