Rocco DiSpirito
Rocco DiSpirito
Rocco DiSpiritois an American chef based in New York City...
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth19 November 1966
CityNew York City, NY
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These are recipes straight from the table of our family in America. There is no reinventing here. This is tried and true food I have grown up on.
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The 1,000 tasting portions were to be served over a period of six hours, starting at noon, so we would have to prep those another way, to keep them as fresh as possible.
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After guest appearances, I got the offer to do the show as the successor of Arthur Schwartz. It's so much fun.
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I definitely think there was some overacting on the part of the customers and the wait staff. The people who came in during the shooting were clearly there to have a moment on television, and that's fine.
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Mama is slowly getting better. So many people are so fond of her.
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You don't need to have a fortune; it is about opening the door to friends and spending time with a bite to eat and a good bottle of wine.
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Looking back on the whole Volkswagen bug thing, I thought it was pretty funny. I'm wondering if it was a marketing move from the Volkswagen people.
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We are offering to the American public a line of delicious Italian-American foods. They will be available through the Internet, shopping networks and national store distribution.
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You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.
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The 1,000 tasting portions were to be served over a period of six hours, starting at noon, so we would have to prep those another way, to keep them as fresh as possible.
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At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare.
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There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines.
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I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice.
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It's a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out.