Gabriele Corcos (born October 7, 1972) is an Italian celebrity cook, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the creator, host, and producer of Extra Virgin on the Cooking Channel. He is also the author of a New York Times best-selling cookbook, Extra Virgin. Corcos owns The Tuscan Gun Officine Alimentari in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, New York.
He will be starring with his wife, Debi Mazar, in the new television show, Extra Virgin Americana, which is slated to premiere February 2016 on The Cooking Channel. Corcos has involved himself with several anti-hunger charities.
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Family background and early life
Born into a family of mostly Sephardic Jewish descent in Fiesole, Italy, Corcos was raised in Tuscany. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Italian Army where he studied medicine at the military academy for several years. However, his true passion was in music and he decided to pursue his musical studies rather than complete his medical degree and be deployed in a war zone. Corcos traveled to Brazil, Cuba, and Morocco to study drums and to perform along with musicians from those countries.
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Professional career
In 2001 Corcos met his wife, Debi Mazar. He left his family in Fiesole to move to Los Angeles. The two married on March 16, 2002. While his wife was filming during the day, Corcos would write on his computer about the impression American food had made on him.
One day the couple filmed themselves in the kitchen making a simple red sauce for spaghetti. They posted it on the newly launched website, YouTube. 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. 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. However, with the creation the Cooking Channel in May 2010 by Scripps Networks Interactive, the couple was asked to be the hosts of the channel's very first original cooking show. The Boston Globe thus dubbed them Cooking Channel's "first family". From the time of the web series, the interaction between Corcos and Mazar has been compared to that of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy.
Culinary background
Corcos's experience with cooking started from a very early age. He says his fondest memories are shared cooking in the kitchen with his grandmother and mother, as a small child. Corcos learned about Tuscan food and traditional farmers' cuisine from them. While living in LA, Corcos spent a few years working in the kitchens of noted chefs such as Gino Angelini of Osteria Angelini. In addition, for the year of 2012 he was appointed as executive chef of the prestigious Montauk Yacht Club. Corcos has been participating in both the Food Network New York City and Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festivals since 2011 as a celebrity chef. In February 2015, he hosted the opening event at the festival, entitled the Ronzoni Italian Feast event.
Charity work
While making an appearance on Food Network's Chopped in April 2013, he competed on behalf of the charity Feeding America. In May 2013, Corcos and his family participated in the Live Below the Line Challenge. For five days, the family had $1.50 each per day to spend on food, which is the equivalent of the poverty line in America. Furthermore, in 2014, Corcos became a council member of the Food Bank For New York City and hosted a pop-up dinner series in October 2014 where a large portion of the proceeds benefited the Food Bank.
Extra Virgin television show
Season 1 of Extra Virgin premiered in 2011 and as of 2015 has included five seasons. Extra Virgin airs domestically on the Cooking Channel and outside the United States on the Food Network International platforms.
Extra Virgin cookbook
The Extra Virgin cookbook, Extra Virgin: Recipes & Love from Our Tuscan Kitchen, was released on May 6, 2014. It was #1 on Amazon's Italian Cooking rankings for six months and remains in the top 10 as of October 2015. In June 2014, the cookbook made the New York Times Best-Seller list. The cookbook includes both authentic Tuscan dishes and Tuscan-inspired dishes. The cookbook contains 120 recipes which "straddle the line between simple and all-out seduction."
Tuscan Gun Officine Alimentari Shop
Opened in May 2015, The Tuscan Gun Officine Alimentari's menu features authentic cuisine from his home country and a few Tuscan takes on American staple recipes. Located in Brooklyn, New York, the shop is open every day for breakfast and lunch. In addition, a few ticketed dinners are held monthly, featuring special tasting menus using seasonal ingredients.
See also
- Vittorio Matteo Corcos
- Pietro Corcos
References
External links
- Extra Virgin official website
- The Tuscan Gun official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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