American social media influencer, cook, culinary expert, hip-hop artist, and music producer Gianluca Conte is better known by his online pseudonym, QCP. The Italian-origin internet celebrity started his career with music but later switched to making funny food tutorials for his culinary series The Angry New Jersey Cooking Show. He shot to fame on TikTok and YouTube and amassed a huge fan base on Instagram and Facebook, too. He is known for his catchphrase “Let’s make pasta BETCH.”
Early Life
QCP’s real name is Gianluca Conte. He is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. QCP initially gained fame as a music producer and hip-hop artist and released a single titled Can’t Stop Me in 2017.
Social Media Career
While he initially gained recognition with his music, QCP later shot to social media stardom with his TikTok video series known as The Angry New Jersey Cooking Show. His videos and viral food tutorials had him cooking up Italian and other delicacies, such as pasta, salmon, and tiramisu, with a tinge of humor and aggression. He is also known for his catchphrase, “Let’s make pasta BETCH.” Some of his signature dishes include Baked Gnocchi, Carbonara, Focaccia, and Spaghetti with Clams.
QCP posted his first video, When bae won’t kiss you, on August 10, 2019. It showed him mocking the then-viral Baby Girl Chill meme. However, he did not gain fame till January 1, 2020, when he posted the first episode of his culinary series The Angry New Jersey Cooking Show.
Since then, he has featured multiple celebrities, athletes, fitness experts, chefs, and social media stars in his videos. Some of them are Daniel Mccoin, Trevor Wallace, Marco Borghi, Eric Janicki, and Vinnie Hacker. He has also reviewed top-notch restaurants such as Hell’s Kitchen, Gyu-Kaku, and Nobu. He has promoted brands such as Turkish Airlines, too.
Over the years, his YouTube channel, itsQCP, which was launched on Jun 27, 2017, has fetched him over 3.81 million subscribers and more than a billion views. He has also amassed over a million followers on Instagram and 324.6 million likes and 12.3 million followers on TikTok.
He is signed to Next Models and sells his own brand of hoodies and aprons on his online merchandise store. Meanwhile, the social media influencer has also released several tracks, such as Yolo, We Lit and They Lonely, Coming for Me, Is this Real, and No Summertime Sadness.
Family Life
Not much is known about QCP’s family or relationships. It is assumed that he is single. QCP’s father is from Naples, Italy, and QCP grew up with his 3 sisters.
