ʻO ke kamaliʻi
Ua hānauʻiaʻo Rocco DiSpirito i ka lā 19 o Nowemapa, 1966, ma Jamaica, Kuini. Ua hoʻomakaʻo Rocco i kānaʻoihana ulu i 11 makahiki i loko o ka lumi kuke o kona makuahine.
Ka hoʻonaʻauao
I ka makahiki 16, ua hoʻomakaʻo Rocco i kāna aʻoʻana ma ke KulaʻOihanaʻAmelika oʻAmelika kahi i puka aiʻo ia me ka hanohano i ka makahiki 1986. A laila ua aʻoʻo ia i ka meaʻai a me ka waina ma ka'āina French no nā makahikiʻelua ma ka haleʻainaʻo Jardin de Cygne ma Paris me Dominique Cecillon lāuaʻo Gary Kunz.
I ka makahiki 1990, ua pukaʻo DiSpirito cum cum laude mai ka University University o Boston me ka BS ma Business.
Ke Kaumua
Hoʻiʻo Rocco i Adrienne i ka Hotel Maxim's de Paris (ʻo ia hoʻi ka Peninsula Hotel) ma lalo o Jean-Michel Diot lāuaʻo Jacques Chibois. Ua liloʻo ia ma hope akuʻo Chef de Partie ma Auiwa i Boston. ʻOiaiʻo ia e hana ana no Chef Mark Baker i kēia manawa, ua aʻoʻo Rocco e hoʻohui i nāʻano Farani me nā mea'Ālika.
Uaʻikeʻo Cederica e pili ana i kēiaʻano o ka huiʻana i ke kuke,ʻo Rocco i hoʻi aku i New York e aʻo ma lalo o nā mele nui Charlie Palmer, David Bouley, Gilbert Le Coze, a me Gary Kunz. Ua hoʻokomoʻo Kunz iā Rocco i ka hui hoʻomaka o ka hale kaulana kaulanaʻo Lespinasse.
Ma kona pono pono'ī
I ka makahiki 1995, weheʻo Rocco i kaʻaina Dava ma waena o Manhattan. Ua pani ka haleʻaina i loko o 6 mau mahina me ka nui o nā manaʻo maikaʻi. I ka makahiki 1997, ua weheʻo Rocco i ka Pacific Pacific ma ka Gramercy Park o New York.
Ua loaʻa wikiwikiʻo ia i ka wikiwiki i 3 mau hōkū mai ka New York Times. Ua hoʻokauʻia ka Union Pacific ma ka hopena o ka makahiki 2004, i manaʻoʻia ma kaʻaelike like ma waena o Rocco a me nā mea nona nā mea nona.
"ʻO ka Haleʻaina"
I ka makahiki 2003, ua weheʻo Rocco i ke alanui 22 o Rocco, ke kumuhana o ka papa telekiu moʻomeheu, The Restaurant. ʻO ka hōʻike, inā heʻano kūponoʻole ma ka hōʻikeʻana iā Rocco, hōʻike pono ia i ka mana ikaika ma waena o Rocco (hapa) a me ka mea kōkuaʻo Jeffrey Chodorow.
ʻOiai he mea kaulana loa,ʻo ka haleʻaina he mea lawaiʻa kālā.
I ka makahiki 2004 o Iulai, ua hāʻawi akuʻo Judge Gam Gammerman i ka'ōlelo hoʻonāuki a Rocco mai Rocco ma 22 Street a hāʻawi aku iā Chodorow eʻae aku e kūʻai a wehe hou i ka haleʻaina. Hoʻokumuʻia ka Rocco ma ka 22nd Street i Kepakemapa 2004 a ua ho'āla houʻia i ka makahiki 2005 i ka Brazil steakhouse, Caviar & Banana Brasserie, maopopo loa me kaʻole Rocco.
ʻAuheaʻo Rocco?
I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻomakaʻo Rocco i kānaʻoihana i ka lekiō ma ke kelepona i ka hananaʻo Food Talk ma ACT 710. I kēia manawa,ʻaʻohe haleʻaina aʻaʻohe'ōleloʻaina a Rocco, akā hiki keʻikeʻia i ka hōʻeha i kāna huahana, Rocco Cookware ma QVC.
Cookbooks
- Flavor (Hyperion 2003) Hoʻohālike i nā uku
- Winner o ka makahiki 2004 James Beard Award:ʻO ka puke puke puke maikaʻi loa - ka meaʻai mai kahiʻoihana kumu
- ʻO Rocco ke Italian-American (Hyperion 2004) Hoʻohālike i nā kumukūʻai
- ʻO Rocco's Five Minute Flavor: Meaʻoluʻolu me 5 mau mea i loko o 5 mau minuke (Scribner 2005) Hoʻohālike i nā kumukūʻai
Nā hōʻailona a me nā hōʻailona
- 1999 Ua kapa inoaʻia kekahi o nā poʻo poʻokela hou o nā meaʻai a me ka waina
- 2000 Gourmet MagazineʻAmelika Pōmaikaʻi Pōmaikaʻi nui loa o America
- 2000 Wahi koho maikaʻi loa: New York City e James Beard Foundation
- 2001 Hoʻonohonohoʻia ke poʻokela maikaʻi: New York City e James Beard Foundation
- ʻO ka makahiki 2002ʻo ka Chef Alive
- 2003 Wahi koho maikaʻi loa: New York City e James Beard Foundation
- 2004 Winner James Beard Award: Ka mea puke maikaʻi loa - Cooking From A Professional Point of View