Rocco Dispirito
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Also Known As
Rocco Di Spirito
Birth Place
Queens, New York, USA
Born
November 19, 1966
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
The Ugly Truth
(2009)
Pizza! The Movie
(2006)
Eat This New York
(2002)
Himself
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Eat This New York
(2002)
Other
Cast (Special)
The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
(2004)
Presenter
Life Events
1995
First restaurant, Dava closed after only six months
1997
Opened second restaurant Union Pacific in New York City¿s Gramercy Park
2003
Subject of the NBC reality series, "The Restaurant"; also featured Rocco's mother, Nicolina DiSpirito and financier Jeffrey Chodorow
2003
Published first cookbook, Flavor, which broke down the concept of building dishes on four basic flavors
2004
Hosted the morning radio show "Food Talk" on New York City¿s WOR 710
2006
Appeared as a guest sous-chef on the season three finale of "Top Chef" (Bravo)
2008
Joined the seventh season of ABC¿s reality competition "Dancing with the Stars"
