Rocco DiSpirito
Rocco DiSpirito (born November 19, 1966) is an American celebrity chef, reality television personality, and cookbook author based in New York City. He is known for his involvement in Union Pacific, a restaurant he opened in 1997 in the Gramercy Park section of Manhattan. He departed Union Pacific in 2004. From 2003 to 2004, he starred in the NBC reality television show The Restaurant, which followed the launch and operation of a new Manhattan restaurant called Rocco's on 22nd. The show was canceled, and DiSpirito was successfully sued by the restaurant's financier Jeffrey Chodorow to have the restaurant shut down, and DiSpirito banned from entering the premises. He succeeded Arthur Schwartz as host of Food Talk, an hour-long morning talk show on New York Radio WOR (AM), from October 2004 through December 2005, and then hosted 12 episodes of the TV show Rocco Gets Real on A&E (October 4 through December 27, 2008). He was featured in a Lincoln MKX commercial and the ABC sitcom The Knights of Prosperity, and was a guest judge on Bravo's Top Chef. He was a contestant on season seven of Dancing with the Stars and was paired with professional ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff. On June 15, 2011, he debuted as host of a weekly reality TV cooking competition, titled Rocco's Dinner Party, on Bravo TV. He hosted the syndicated television program Now Eat This! with Rocco Dispirito, which debuted on September 15, 2012. In 2013, he hosted the Food Network reality show Restaurant Divided, where he went to struggling restaurants where the owners had two differing visions and then picked which concept would save the restaurant. On August 20, 2017, he appeared on celebrity chef Guy Fieri's Guy's Grocery Games - Superstar Tournament Part 1, competing against other celebrity chefs. He has also appeared on other episodes of Guy's Grocery Games as well as Tournament of Champions and Guy's Ranch Kitchen.
The Ugly Truth
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Movie pageEat This New York
as himselfEat This New York is the story of two best friends' struggle to open a restaurant in the food...
Movie pageCastle
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TV Show pageTamron Hall
as Self - GuestFormer news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...
TV Show pageTop Chef
as Himself - Guest JudgeAn American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary...
TV Show pageThe View
as SelfABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
TV Show pageDancing with the Stars
as Self - ContestantThe competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a...
TV Show pageDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives
as SelfHost Guy Fieri takes a cross-country road trip to visit some of America's classic "greasy spoon"...
TV Show pageSupermarket Stakeout
as Himself - Guest JudgeAlex Guarnaschelli hosts as chefs square off in a competitive pop-up kitchen outside a grocery...
TV Show pageGuy's Grocery Games
as SelfGuy Fieri sends four talented chefs running through the aisles in a high stakes, high skills,...
TV Show pageSherri
as Self - GuestSherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears...
TV Show pageThe Mysteries of Laura
as Rocco DiSpiritoLaura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy...
TV Show pageThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
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TV Show pageThe Celebrity Apprentice
as uncreditedThe ultimate sixteen-week job interview where eighteen Americans compete in a series of rigorous...
TV Show pageCelebrity Name Game
as SelfCelebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show which premiered on September 22, 2014....
TV Show pageTournament of Champions
as Self - Match 2 [1:3]Host Guy Fieri gathers the world's greatest chefs for the most-intense culinary competition ever...
TV Show pageWildcard Kitchen
as HimselfThree chefs bring $5,000 each to play three hands of an underground culinary poker game,...
TV Show pageGuy's Ranch Kitchen
as SelfGuy Fieri invites some of his heavy-hitter chef friends over for a spontaneous cook-off, where...
TV Show pageThe Knights of Prosperity
as uncreditedEugene Gurkin has dreamt of opening his own bar for years, but his dead-end job as a janitor...
TV Show pageOutchef'd
as selfHome cooks face off against celebrity chefs for a chance to win $5,000.
TV Show pageOutchef'd
as SelfHome cooks face off against celebrity chefs for a chance to win $5,000.
TV Show pageDeliciously Twisted Classics
as SelfThe all-new series features a panel of celebrity chefs and culinary influencers including Aarti...
TV Show pageSuperchef Grudge Match
as SelfDarnell "Superchef" Ferguson invites superstar chefs to settle their disputes in a one dish,...
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