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A group of family and friends with a love of heat and a side of hustle
Owner/Founder
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Owner/Founder
I live in Portsmouth NH and like hot sauce & sharks.
Mama Shark
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Mama Shark
Jill is a hot sauce junkie (a.k.a @thespicylegume).
Her husband, Spicy Shark Founder Gabe, claims he knew he wanted to marry her on their 3rd date (at Petey's in Rye, NH), when Jill pulled a bottle of Tabasco out of her purse for their clam chowder. Gabe asks Jill for lots of Spicy Shark help, and she helps him.
Baby Shark
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Baby Shark
Joanna Banana is an aspiring hot sauce connoisseur. She moonlights as a spicy shark model on our social media.
Sister Shark
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Sister Shark
When not occupied managing an office, assisting with surgical procedures, and being a mom to one human and seven animals, Adriana hones her chef skills in the kitchen. She helped her brother and founder shark, Gabe, develop the original spicy shark recipes and jumpstart the business. Fun Fact - during childhood in Greenport, Long Island, she pushed Gabe off of a moving boat with hopes of him becoming shark chum. (He hasn't forgotten...)
Social Shark
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Social Shark
Family friend, and a website & digital marketing expert. When not indulging in her Mexican food and hot sauce addiction, Natalie is in charge of all things Spicy Shark content marketing, including social media. Born in Texas, a proficient tap dancer, and snow skier whenever possible.
Culinary Shark
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Culinary Shark
Family friend, chef / entrepreneur, and a spicy food aficionado. Patrick's culinary skills and creativity helped take the Spicy Shark recipes to the next level. Avid hiker and skier (during the rare times he's out of the kitchen).We were thrilled to be featured in Seacoast Online article, that was picked up by Portsmouth Paper. Read the full article here.
Gabe DiSaverio is a self-professed “shark addict.” Though seeing the film “Jaws” as a child inspired his interest, it’s where the obsession has led him that’s a little more unusual. Read the full article here.
PORTSMOUTH -- An inaugural Sharktoberfest will pair wings and beer, with a portion of proceeds benefiting a shark-preservation program and the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation.
Craft hot sauce maker Gabe DiSaverio has teamed with Sam Adams beer to launch Sharktoberfest at nine Seacoast restaurants that will sell “Spicy Shark Wings” with a pint of Sam Adams Octoberfest and he said a dollar from each sale will go toward the two marine charities. Read the full article here.
Hot sauce maker Gabe DiSaverio has released a scorching hot, 7-Pot Primo Pepper-infused sauce he spent six months developing, with a fictional sea creature to match.
DiSaverio worked for Sam Adams for 17 years before launching his Spicy Shark line of hot sauces in February 2019. The Atlantic Heights resident last year won seven national Scovie awards, including grand prize, for his line of hot sauces, initially labeled with one to five shark fins, to indicate level of hotness.
Gabe DiSaverio calls himself a “Jaws nut.”
He’s into anyone, or anything that has any connection to the 1975 killer-shark blockbuster movie “Jaws.” The obsession has infiltrated all facets of his life.
DiSaverio’s vacations have been Jaws themed, his business and conservation efforts revolve around sharks, and his daughter’s middle name is Ellen, after Jaws character Police Chief Martin Brody’s wife.
“I’m pretty sure I can scientifically prove it’s the greatest movie ever made,” he said.
Part of his Jaws fandom includes a 15-year search for a 1975 Chevy Blazer, like the one Chief Brody drove in the movie. While business lagged during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portsmouth resident scoured the internet, saw one up for auction, maybe in his price range, so he asked his wife, Jill Fratianne, what she thought...
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Watch Spicy Shark founder, Gabe DiSaverio, on New Hampshire Chronicle here.
From Channel WMUR9, "Tonight, we meet a Jaws-fanatic who not only has a house stuffed with movie memorabilia, he also owns a hot sauce company he named The Spicy Shark and he's heating up the dishes of heat seekers around the globe..."
Watch the full segment here.
