Gianluca Conte (born 11 January 2000), also known by his online alias QCP, is an American chef, social media personality and cookbook author.[4][5][6] He is best known for his TikTok and YouTube videos where he makes, samples, and comments on traditional Italian and American Italian recipes, amassing over 25 million followers across social platforms, as at 2025.[6] Conte has been featured in The New York Times, PAPER Magazine, Numéro, Dexerto, Leggo Italia, TMZ, amongst others.[7][8][6][4][9]
QCP began posting on TikTok in 2019.[12] His first video followed a viral trend, but his first cooking video, released shortly after, went viral.[13][4] He later created a cooking series called The Angry New Jersey Cooking Show.[14]
By 2025, QCP had over 13 million followers on TikTok,[5][15][9] more than 8 million YouTube subscribers, and a large following on Instagram and Facebook. He has collaborated with public figures, including Will Smith, Paris Hilton, Shania Twain, and YouTuber MrBeast. He was referred to as "The Pasta King" by Paper Magazine.[6]
He was named an ambassador for Italy's top football league, Serie A,[16] and an influencer for Italian football club Inter Milan and Italian brand Pirelli.[17][18]
He is the author of the book Italian/American: It’s a QCP Cookbook, Betch! which he released in April 2024.[19][20] The book features a mix of traditional Italian, Italian-American, and draws from his family's culinary recipes.[21][22] It was published by DK Publishing, an imprint of Penguin Random House.[23]
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