Yara
An haifi Rocco DiSpirito ne a ranar 19 ga Nuwamban 1966 a Jamaica, Queens. Rocco ya fara aikinsa a lokacin da ya kai shekaru 11 a cikin gidansa.
Ilimi
A 16, Rocco ya fara karatunsa a Cibiyar Nazarin Harkokin Culinary America inda ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1986. Daga nan sai ya karatun abinci da giya na yankin Faransa na shekaru biyu a gidan sayar da abinci mai suna Jardin de Cygne a Paris tare da Dominique Cecillon da Gary Kunz.
A shekarar 1990, DiSpirito ya kammala karatun digiri daga jami'ar Boston tare da BS a cikin Kasuwanci.
Farawa na Farko
Dawowar zuwa New York a shekarar 1988, Rocco ya tafi aiki a Adrienne a Hotel Maxim de de Paris (a yanzu kamfanin na Peninsula) karkashin Jean-Michel Diot da Jacques Chibois. Daga bisani ya zama Babban Jami'in A yau a Boston. Yayin da yake aiki ga Chef Mark Baker a yau, Rocco ya koyi hada-hadar dabarun Faransanci tare da kayan aikin Asiya, yanzu ɓangare na salo na kansa.
Sanarwar game da irin wannan jigon abinci, Rocco ya koma Birnin New York don yin karatu a karkashin manyan mashawarta Charlie Palmer, David Bouley, Gilbert Le Coze, da kuma Gary Kunz. Kunz daga baya ya hada da Rocco a tawagar budewa na gidan gidan labaran Lespinasse.
A kan kansa
A shekarar 1995, Rocco ya bude gidan Dava dake tsakiyar Manhattan. Gidan cin abinci ya rufe cikin watanni 6 duk da yawan shawarwari masu kyau. A shekarar 1997, Rocco ya bude kungiyar Pacific a Gramercy Park na New York City.
Gidansa na yau da kullum ya samar masa da taurari 3 daga New York Times. Kungiyar Pacific ta rufe a ƙarshen 2004, wanda ya yi la'akari da yarjejeniya tsakanin Rocco da masu mallakar.
"The Restaurant"
A shekarar 2003, Rocco ya bude hanyar Rocco ta 22, batun batun talabijin na gaskiya, The Restaurant. Nunawa, ko da yake wani abu ba daidai ba a cikin hoton Rocco, ya nuna halin gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya tsakanin Rocco (mai ɓangare) da kuma kudi Jeffrey Chodorow.
Kodayake kyawawan shahararren, gidan cin abinci ya zama rashin cin nasara.
A watan Yulin 2004, alkalin Kotun Koli na New York, Ira Gammerman, ya ba da umarnin hana Rocco daga Rocco a kan titin 22nd, kuma ya baiwa Chodorow izinin sayar ko sake gina gidan cin abinci. Rocco's on 22nd Street rufe a watan Satumbar 2004 kuma aka buɗe a 2005 a matsayin Brazilian steakhouse, Caviar & Banana Brasserie, a fili ba tare da Rocco.
Ina Rocco?
A shekara ta 2004, Rocco ya fara aiki a rediyo yayin da ya dauki bakuncin abincin abinci a New York City WOR710. Yajin aikin rediyo ya ƙare a cikin watan Disamba na 2005 kamar yadda Rocco da tashar tashar suka ba da labari game da abubuwan da ake nunawa a cikin sabuwar rana. A halin yanzu, Rocco ba tare da gidan cin abinci ba, amma ba zai iya ganinsa ba, wanda ya kalli samfurin sa, Rocco Cookware a kan QVC.
Cookbooks
- Flavor (Hyperion 2003) Kwatanta farashin
- Wanda ya lashe kyautar kyautar James Beard a shekara ta 2004: Mafi kyawun littafi na Cookbook - Abincin Daga Aikin Kasuwanci
- Rocco ta Italiyanci-Amurka (Hyperion 2004) Kwatanta farashin
- Rocco's Five Minute Flavor: Fabulous Abincin da 5 Sinadaran a 5 Minti (Scribner 2005) Kwatanta farashin
Kyautuka da Bayani
- 1999 An kira shi daya daga cikin mafi kyawun makamai masu guba
- 2000 Mujallar Gourmet Magazine Mafi Girman Mataki Mai Girma a Amurka
- 2000 An zabi mafi kyawun Chef: New York City ta James Beard Foundation
- 2001 An zabi Mafi kyawun Chef: New York City ta James Beard Foundation
- 2002 Manyan Ma'aikata Mai Mahimmanci na Mujallu
- 2003 An zabi Mafi kyawun Maigidan: New York City ta James Beard Foundation
- 2004 Kyautar James Beard kyautar: Mafi kyawun littafi na Cookies - Abinci Daga Ƙwararren Magana