Alessandro Vitale Biography: Wife, Age, Parents, Children, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Religion, Wikipedia

Biography

Alessandro Vitale, widely known online as Spicy Moustache, is an Italian-born urban gardener, content creator, author, and advocate for sustainable living.

Originally from a small town near Verona in northern Italy, he developed a deep connection to nature and food growing through time spent with his grandparents as a child. After working in various fields—including vineyards, shoemaking (crafting handmade shoes), and industrial design—he relocated to London in 2016 at age 23 (or around 2016).

There, amid city life, he rediscovered his passion for gardening, starting with small balcony setups and eventually transforming a modest 8×5 meter backyard into a thriving organic, no-dig urban garden. He has practiced urban farming for over 9 years.

Under the handle @spicymoustache, Alessandro shares fast-paced, practical videos on growing food, low-waste cooking, foraging, natural remedies, and zero-waste kitchen techniques. His content has built a massive following: millions across platforms like Instagram (over 5.9 million followers), TikTok, and YouTube, inspiring people worldwide to reconnect with nature and embrace self-sufficiency.

He is the author of Rebel Gardening: A Beginner’s Handbook to Organic Urban Gardening (2023) and Low Waste Kitchen: Radical Recipes for Sustainable Living. He has appeared on shows like the BBC’s Gardener’s World and Gardener’s Question Time, and collaborates with sustainability experts.

Italian urban gardener, content creator, author, and advocate
Alessandro Vitale
Wiki Facts & About Data
Real Name:	Alessandro Vitale
Stage Name:	Spicy Moustache
Born:	7 June 1991 (age 34 years old)
Place of Birth:	Verona, Italy
Nationality:	Italian
Education:	N/A
Height:	N/A
Parents:	Marco Vitale, Elena Bianchi-Vitale
Siblings:	N/A
Spouse:	Not Married
Girlfriend • Partner:	Iasmina
Children:	N/A
Occupation:	Gardener • Content Creator
Net Worth:	$600,000-$2.4 million (USD)

Early Life

Alessandro Vitale, known online as SpicyMoustache, was born on June 7, 1991, in a small, cozy town in northern Italy, not far from the city of Verona.

Of Italian ethnicity and raised in a Roman Catholic family, he grew up immersed in nature, spending much of his childhood with his grandparents, who played a pivotal role in shaping his passions.

His parents, Marco Vitale and Elena Bianchi-Vitale, supported his early explorations, though it was his grandfather, a dedicated steward of the land, who taught him the fundamentals of gardening, foraging for wild foods like asparagus and mushrooms, fishing, and treating the soil as a living entity.

Meanwhile, his grandmother introduced him to resourceful cooking and food preservation in her kitchen, instilling early lessons in zero-waste practices by transforming every scrap into something valuable. These experiences forged a deep connection to food, sustainability, and self-sufficiency from a young age.

Details about any siblings are not publicly shared. There is no available information on his formal education; his practical skills in gardening and resourcefulness appear to stem primarily from hands-on learning with his grandparents rather than institutional schooling.

Career

Alessandro Vitale’s career has taken him from hands-on work in Italy to becoming a full-time content creator and author focused on urban gardening, sustainability, and low-waste living. After leaving school early due to family needs, he started working at age 17 in northern Italy.

He gained experience in various jobs, including working in vineyards for a wine company and making handmade shoes, which helped him develop strong skills in craftsmanship and manual labour. In his early twenties, Vitale followed his interest in tattoos, a passion he had since he was 12, and moved to London in October 2015, when he was about 23 or 24.

There, he worked in the tattoo industry and eventually managed a large tattoo studio in central London. To support himself, he also took on other jobs, such as washing glasses at a cocktail bar. Living in the city with limited space, he reconnected with his childhood love of gardening.

He started small, growing chillies on a balcony, which led his partner to nickname him “Spicy Moustache.” He began sharing his gardening journey, turning small urban spaces, including an 8×5 meter backyard in east London, into productive, organic, no-dig permaculture gardens. His content creation grew naturally.

He started his YouTube channel “Spicy Moustache” in May 2019, and his early videos became popular during the pandemic when he showed how he lived off his garden for months without shopping. This went viral in 2021, and he gained millions of followers across platforms, including over 5.9 million on Instagram (@spicymoustache), as well as large audiences on TikTok and YouTube.

His quick, practical videos cover topics like urban food growing, foraging, zero-waste cooking, natural remedies, and sustainable living. Around 2022, Vitale became a full-time content creator, leaving his job at a tattoo studio. He also started selling his own line of chilli seeds on his website.

As an author, he published Rebel Gardening: A Beginner’s Handbook to Organic Urban Gardening in 2023, which shares no-dig gardening methods for small spaces. His second book, Low Waste Kitchen: Radical Recipes for Sustainable Living, is set to be released in spring 2025 and features over 100 recipes for using food scraps to reduce kitchen waste.

He has appeared on media outlets such as BBC’s Gardener’s World and Gardener’s Question Time, Tamron Hall TV in the US, The Guardian, VICE, The Times, and others, and has worked with sustainability experts.

Social Media

• Instagram: Alessandro Vitale (@spicymoustache)

Personal Life

Alessandro Vitale, known as SpicyMoustache, was born on June 7, 1991. He is 34 years old.

He has been in a long-term relationship with his partner, Iasmina (also known online as @a.spoon.of.jasmin), who is half Romanian and half German. They met around 2016–2017 and moved to London together when he was about 21 (though he relocated at age 23).

Iasmina coined his online nickname “Spicy Moustache” due to his habit of eating chillies, which left a spicy residue on his moustache during kisses. She is actively involved in his content creation, often filming and directing his videos, and they collaborate closely on their urban gardening and sustainability projects.

They have been together for over nine years and are engaged (fiancé status noted in his personal bio). There is no public information indicating any previous marriages, divorces, or other significant dating history; his relationship with Iasmina appears to be his primary and ongoing partnership.

Alessandro and Iasmina do not have any publicly known children. They share their home life in London, including a pet cat, and focus on their joint creative and sustainable endeavours. No confirmed details are available about his height, as he has not shared this publicly in interviews, bios, or social media.

Net Worth

Alessandro Vitale, better known as SpicyMoustache, has an estimated net worth ranging from $600,000 to $2.4 million.

This range draws from various online analyses of his success as a full-time content creator, author, and entrepreneur in the urban gardening and sustainability niche. Key income sources include monetization from his large followings on Instagram (over 5.9 million followers), TikTok, and YouTube through ads, brand partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate links tied to his practical videos on growing food, foraging, zero-waste cooking, and eco-living.

Additional revenue comes from book sales of Rebel Gardening (2023) and Low Waste Kitchen (2025), sales of his chilli seed line via his website, and occasional media features or collaborations in the sustainability space.

Estimates differ across sources due to factors such as platform algorithm changes, seasonal content performance, private earnings details, and the mix of passive versus active income, but the figure aligns with his high-engagement audience and diversified streams.

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