Giancarlo Schiano is an Italian American Pizzaiolo, second generation, experienced in Neapolitan, Roman, Sicilian, and NY style pizzas.

JC has won several competitions, among is 1st place for the Fastest Pizza in Atlanta and 1st place the Biggest Stretch competition in July 2014. In January 2016 JC took 3rd place in the Caputo Cup for NY style & placed 3rd at the 2017 World Championships in Naples, Italy. JC also participated in the Guinness World Record for the longest pizza.

Giancarlo Schiano was born in 1981 in Maryland by Neapolitan parents, who owned a pizzeria at the time and introduced JC to the Food Industry. Still a child he moved with his family back to Napoli (Italy), but at the age of 15 he returned to America to retrace the footsteps of his father who opened up his first pizzeria named “Grande Pizzeria” in 1956 at 18th Avenue and 86th Street in Brooklyn, NY.