Vincent Pastore is a busy man. The ex-Sopranos star, famous for playing cuddly mobster Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, is wrapping up a series of Hollywood movies, teaching theatre and has a podcast focused on the HBO drama that made him famous — not to mention a worldwide tour rescheduled in 2021 with fellow actors from the show. “Suddenly, my acting career blew up again,” he tells InsideHook, “but right now? I’m also in the sauce business.”

After a joint venture with The Andrew Frank Group and A&S Fine Foods in Merrick, Long Island, Vinny marked the show’s 20th anniversary by launching his own classic Neapolitan marinara, Vinny Pastore’s Italian Sauce. “All the tomatoes are imported from Italy,” he says. But when the pandemic hit, they couldn’t keep up with demand.