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Rocco DiSpirito

Actor, Producer
Born November 19, 1966 (57 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Now Eat This! With Rocco DiSpirito
Known For
  • The Restaurant
  • Rocco's Dinner Party
  • Now Eat This! With Rocco DiSpirito

Filmography

2024
Wildcard Kitchen (TV Series) · as Himself
2023
Deliciously Twisted Classics (TV Series) · as Self
2023
Superchef Grudge Match (TV Series) · as Self
2022
Outchef'd (TV Series) · as Self
2022
Sherri (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2022
The Good Dish (TV Series) · as Self
2020
The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2020
Dishmantled (TV Series) · as Self - Judge
2020
Tournament of Champions (TV Series) · as Self - Match 2 [1:3]
2019
Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2019
Supermarket Stakeout (TV Series) · as Himself - Guest Judge
2018
2017
Guy's Ranch Kitchen (TV Series) · as Self
2017
Iron Chef Gauntlet (TV Series) · as Self
2016
Harry (TV Series) · as Self
2015
Guilty Pleasures (2015) (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Wake Up Call (TV Series) · as Rocco Dispirito
2014
Celebrity Name Game (TV Series) · as Self
2014
The Mysteries of Laura (TV Series) · as Rocco Dispirito
2014
The Meredith Vieira Show (TV Series) · as Self
2014
2013
Food Fighters (2014) (TV Series) · as Self - Chef
2013
Restaurant Divided (TV Series) · as Self - Host
2013
Guy's Grocery Games (TV Series) · as Self
2013
The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self
2013
Cutthroat Kitchen (TV Series) · as Self - Competitor
2013
The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self
2013
Hollywood Game Night (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Player
2013
Mistresses (US) (TV Series) · as Rocco Dispirito
2013
Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell (TV Series) · as Self
2012
Oprah: Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self
2012
Home & Family (TV Series) · as Self
2012
2012
Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self
2012
2012
Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2012
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (TV Series) · as Self
2012
Bethenny (TV Series) · as Self
2012
The Choice (TV Series) · as Self
2011
The Best Thing I Ever Made (TV Series) · as Self
2011
Extreme Weight Loss (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2011
Big Morning Buzz Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Correspondent
2011
The Marilyn Denis Show (TV Series) · as Self
2010
The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2010
The Nate Berkus Show (TV Series) · as Self
2010
Access Hollyood Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2010
Worst Cooks in America (TV Series) · as Self - Judge
2009
Talk Stoop (TV Series) · as Self
2009
Lopez Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2009
The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) · as Self
2009
Shark Tank (TV Series) · as Self - Chef
2009
The Best Thing I Ever Ate (TV Series) · as Self
2009
Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Rocco Dispirito
2008
The Doctors (TV Series) · as Self
2008
A-List Awards · as Self
2008
The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2007
2006
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self
2006
After Hours with Daniel Boulud (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Top Chef (TV Series) · as Himself - Guest Judge
2005
2005
Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant
2004
Pizza! The Movie · as Self
2004
The Biggest Loser (TV Series) · as Self
2004
The Insider (TV Series) · as Self
2004
The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Self
2004
The Soup (TV Series) · as Self
2004
McEnroe (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Eat This New York · as Himself
2003
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Celebrity Poker Showdown (TV Series) · as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Simply Ming (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self
1999
1997
The View (TV Series) · as Self
1996
Molto Mario (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1993
Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self
1988
Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1979
CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self
1965
Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Rocco Dispirito

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