Rocco DiSpirito Biography
Rocco DiSpirito is a James Beard Award-winning chef, health advocate, and the author of eleven critically acclaimed cookbooks, including five New York Times best-sellers. He lives in New York City.
How old is Rocco DiSpirito? – Age
He is 55 years old as of 19 November 2021. He was born in 1966 in Queens, New York, United States.
How much weight did chef Rocco lose? – Weight Gain
He lose 30 pounds. Fans of DiSpirito may have noticed changes in his appearance over the last two decades, and now that he has appeared on Guy Fieri’s show, Tournament of Champions, fans are curious as to the reasons for DiSpirito’s weight gain. Following the death of his mother in 2013, DiSpirito endured a period of adversity.
According to sources close to DiSpirito, while still grieving his loss, he had to undergo spinal surgery, specifically a “emergency diskectomy – for his acute sciatica.” As a result, he was largely immobile while he recovered. DiSpirito has struggled with weight gain since then as a result of stress, anxiety, and limited mobility. He is, however, still a proponent of healthy eating and regularly shares his healthy recipes on social media.
How much is Rocco the chef worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $9 Million.
Rocco DiSpirito Dancing With The Stars
DiSpirito appeared on Season 7 of Dancing With The Stars, where she was paired with professional ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff. He was eliminated on October 14, 2008, and finished ninth overall.
What happened to Rocco the chef?
DiSpirito is best known as a cookbook author and celebrity chef. He is well-known for his involvement in Union Pacific, a restaurant he founded in 1997 in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. A year later, in an ecstatic three-star review, New York Times reviewer Ruth Reichl reported that a woman at the next table was moaning in uncontrollable ecstasy as she ate, but it was impossible to determine what dish had elicited that reaction because almost every entree was worthy of such moans. In 2004, DiSpirito left Union Pacific.
From 2003 to 2004, DiSpirito starred in the NBC reality television show The Restaurant, which followed the opening and operation of Rocco’s on 22nd, a new Manhattan restaurant. The show was canceled, and DiSpirito was successfully sued by the restaurant’s financier Jeffrey Chodorow, who wanted the restaurant closed down and DiSpirito barred from entering. From October 2004 to December 2005, DiSpirito took over as host of Food Talk, an hour-long morning talk show on New York Radio WOR (AM), and then hosted 12 episodes of the A&E television show Rocco Gets Real.
In addition, he appeared in a Lincoln MKX commercial, the ABC sitcom The Knights of Prosperity, and as a guest judge on Bravo’s Top Chef. DiSpirito returned in the Top Chef season three finale, where three celebrity chefs were brought in to work as sous chefs for the contestants, with DiSpirito assisting Hung Huynh, and was a guest judge on the Top Chef season four premiere on March 14, 2008.
On February 5, 2008, he appeared on NBC’s The Biggest Loser: Couples in an episode in which contestants were challenged to prepare three healthy courses based on DiSpirito’s recipes; DiSpirito judged the food and determined the winning team. The following season, he appeared on The Biggest Loser: Families’ second episode, taking the “worst” cook of each pair shopping and teaching them how to prepare healthy recipes.
DiSpirito appeared on Season 7 of Dancing With The Stars, where she was paired with professional ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff. He was eliminated on October 14, 2008, and finished ninth overall. He appeared in a public service announcement for Do Something in 2006 to promote school food drives. On May 3, 2010, DiSpirito appeared as himself in the episode “Food to Die For” of the ABC television series Castle.
Rocco DiSpirito cookbook
DiSpirito is best known as a celebrity chef and a cookbook author. His cookbooks include;
♦ Flavor. Hyperion.
♦ Rocco’s Italian American. Hyperion.
♦ Rocco’s Five Minute Flavor: Fabulous Meals with 5 Ingredients in 5 Minutes. Scribner.
♦ Rocco’s Real Life Recipes: Fast Flavor for Everyday. Wiley.
♦ Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home, Every Day. Wiley.
♦ ♦ Now Eat This!: 150 of America’s Favorite Comfort Foods, All Under 350 Calories. Ballantine Books.
♦ Now Eat This! Diet: Lose Up to 10 Pounds in Just 2 Weeks Eating 6 Meals a Day! Grand Central Life & Style.
♦ Now Eat This! Italian: Favorite Dishes from the Real Mamas of Italy–All Under 350 Calories. Grand Central Life & Style.
♦ The Negative Calorie Diet: Lose Up to 10 Pounds in 10 Days with 10 All You Can Eat Foods. Harper Wave.