Rocco DiSpirito

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.

  • Popularity : 1.159
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1966-11-19
  • Place of Birth : Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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Rocco DiSpirito Movies

  • 2004
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    Eat This New York

    Eat This New York

    4.5 2004 HD

    Eat This New York is the story of two best friends' struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world. As Billy Phelps and John...

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  • 2009
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    The Ugly Truth

    The Ugly Truth

    6.5 2009 HD

    A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove...

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  • 2009
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    Castle

    Castle

    7.999 2009 HD

    After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New...

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  • 2007
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    The Knights of Prosperity

    The Knights of Prosperity

    7 2007 HD

    Eugene Gurkin has dreamt of opening his own bar for years, but his dead-end job as a janitor won't even fund a bottle of booze. In a serendipitous...

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  • 2003
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    The Restaurant

    The Restaurant

    10 2003 HD

    The Restaurant is a reality television series that aired on NBC in 2003, with a second season broadcasting in 2004. The series had encore...

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  • 2004
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    The Celebrity Apprentice

    The Celebrity Apprentice

    5.227 2004 HD

    The ultimate sixteen-week job interview where eighteen Americans compete in a series of rigorous business tasks, many of which include prominent...

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  • 2020
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    Tournament of Champions

    Tournament of Champions

    6.667 2020 HD

    Host Guy Fieri gathers the world's greatest chefs for the most-intense culinary competition ever held. Emotions run high in the single-elimination,...

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  • 2011
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    Rocco's Dinner Party

    Rocco's Dinner Party

    1 2011 HD

    Rocco's Dinner Party is an US-American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network. Each week, three chefs are challenged to...

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  • 2023
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    Superchef Grudge Match

    Superchef Grudge Match

    4 2023 HD

    Darnell "Superchef" Ferguson invites superstar chefs to settle their disputes in a one dish, winner-takes-all heavyweight battle. The victors leave...

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  • 2019
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    Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

    5.1 2019 HD

    Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining...

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  • 2023
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    Deliciously Twisted Classics

    Deliciously Twisted Classics

    1 2023 HD

    The all-new series features a panel of celebrity chefs and culinary influencers including Aarti Sequeira, Gina Neely, Leah Cohen, Rocco DiSpirito and...

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  • 2006
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    Top Chef

    Top Chef

    6.5 2006 HD

    An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs...

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  • 2022
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    Outchef'd

    Outchef'd

    6 2022 HD

    Home cooks face off against celebrity chefs for a chance to win $5,000.

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  • 2022
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    Outchef'd

    Outchef'd

    6 2022 HD

    Home cooks face off against celebrity chefs for a chance to win $5,000.

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  • 2005
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    Dancing with the Stars

    Dancing with the Stars

    6.1 2005 HD

    The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by...

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  • 2014
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    Celebrity Name Game

    Celebrity Name Game

    6 2014 HD

    Celebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show which premiered on September 22, 2014. Based on the board game Identity Crisis (created by...

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  • 2012
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    The Choice

    The Choice

    1 2012 HD

    American dating game show featuring blind auditions between celebrities and three potential dates.

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  • 2017
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    Guy's Ranch Kitchen

    Guy's Ranch Kitchen

    4 2017 HD

    Guy Fieri invites some of his heavy-hitter chef friends over for a spontaneous cook-off, where everyone comes up with big flavors and tasty dishes...

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  • 2007
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    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    6.6 2007 HD

    Host Guy Fieri takes a cross-country road trip to visit some of America's classic "greasy spoon" restaurants — diners, drive-ins and dives...

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  • 2022
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    Sherri

    Sherri

    4.2 2022 HD

    Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop...

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  • 2004
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    The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

    6.1 2004 HD

    The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.

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  • 2003
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    5.8 2003 HD

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.

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  • 2024
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    Wildcard Kitchen

    Wildcard Kitchen

    1 2024 HD

    Three chefs bring $5,000 each to play three hands of an underground culinary poker game, creating dishes based on the cards they are dealt and...

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  • 2019
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    Supermarket Stakeout

    Supermarket Stakeout

    10 2019 HD

    Alex Guarnaschelli hosts as chefs square off in a competitive pop-up kitchen outside a grocery store. To make their challenge dishes, the chefs must...

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  • 1997
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    The View

    The View

    4.421 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 2014
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    The Mysteries of Laura

    The Mysteries of Laura

    7.141 2014 HD

    Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin...

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  • 2013
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    Guy's Grocery Games

    Guy's Grocery Games

    5.7 2013 HD

    Guy Fieri sends four talented chefs running through the aisles in a high stakes, high skills, grocery store cooking competition. The chefs are hit by...

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