Downfalls: Rocco DiSpirito Is Now A Purveyor Of Frozen Dinners
When we last left Rocco DiSpirito, star of "The Restaurant," a reality show about a failed restaurant opening, he was a lusty man about town, popular in the gossip columns for man-handling whatever hot young thing was nearest. ...

Board Wrap: What Happened to Rocco Dispirito?
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Rocco Dispirito Making His Condé Nast (Cafeteria) Debut Tomorrow!
By special engagement, Rocco Dispirito, the once-celebrated, once-three-starred chef and current Bertoli spokesman will be cooking at the world famous Condé Nast cafeteria tomorrow. In related news, the soup at Condé, to match, ...

In Brief: Rocco DiSpirito, former celebrity chef and ...
Rocco DiSpirito, former celebrity chef and now TV dinner spokesmodel, is the guest chef at the Conde Nast cafe today! Will he wear a hairnet? Will he make old-lady grunts while he ladles out the slop? Your first person accounts ...

What happened to Rocco DiSpirito?
I watched "The Restaurant" not to see Rocco persue his dreams and his mother admire him along the way. I watched it because it was a hilarious train reck which if you ever worked in the restaurant industry you could see coming from a ...

'Top Chef' Episode 6: Meatballs to the wall!
The guest judge for Episode 6 is one of the more recognizable names we've seen this season, Rocco DiSpirito. Except it's not the Rocco DiSpirito we know from our … let's see … maybe eighth or ninth favorite food-based reality show, ...

What happened to Rocco DiSpirito?
"To judge someone that we genuinely don't know personally is silly and unfair in my opinion." We judge public persona all the time. This is television and media - not your home town little league cookout. People in the public eye live ...

Rocco DiSpirito Guest Judges On Top Chef 3
Later, the contenders team-up and work their magic with frozen foods under the watchful eye of guest judge Rocco DiSpirito (Author of "Rocco's Real Life Recipes") who joins the judges' table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, ...

The Week in Gut Check
We asserted our right not to love everything we eat. We worried that our favorite strip mall might meet the wrecking ball. We chuckled a bit when we learned what, exactly, Rocco DiSpirito has been up to lately. ...

Top Chef
He rips apart Rocco DiSpirito, calling him the thatsa speecy, spicy meatball!" shill-for-hire and ex-reality show personality, and here's how he sums up the elimination challenge: There was no glory to be had last night. ...

What happened to Rocco DiSpirito?
I was working in the business offices of a major studio last autumn, and Rocco DiSpirito was walking around our filing cabinets. (One of the executives even greeted him by name, saying, "Hey there, Rocco DiSpirito! ...

Top Chef 7: IQF
Rocco DiSpirito, the Icarus of the culinary world, is best known for having been plucked from his well-regarded Manhattan restaurant Union Pacific to star in a reality series that chronicled his doomed efforts to open an Italian ...

Fatuous Food Writing Award Entry #1 Rocco DiSpirito on Comfort Food
In this fine example of mind boggling hyperbole ridden drivel, Rocco DiSpirito seems bent on proving that the term "comfort food" is the cudgel of choice for braining a jello teddy bear. Here's a sample (click the link if you are having ...

What happened to Rocco DiSpirito?
I still remember a line when he was in the front of the place schmoozing and said something really cheesy like "people come to Rocco's to see me, Rocco" and all the while the kitchen is struggling with the quality of the food. ...

What happened to Rocco DiSpirito?
The Scotto's seemed to be on the Today show every other day when Katie Couric was there. And they always made such a huge deal about them. "OH the Scotto's are here!" But haven't seen much of them, thankfuly, since Meredith joined. ...