Ubuntwana
URocco DiSpirito wazalwa ngoNovemba 19, 1966, eJamicaica, Queens. U-Rocco waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokugaya lapho eneminyaka engu-11 ekhishini likamama wakhe.
Imfundo
Ngo-16, uRocco waqala izifundo zakhe eCulinary Institute of America lapho ephothula khona iziqu ngo-1986. Wabe esefunda ukudla kwesivinini saseFrance newayini iminyaka emibili e-Jardin de Cygne yokudlela ehlonishwayo eParis noDominini Cecillon noGary Kunz.
Ngo-1990, uDiSpirito waphothula i-cum laude e-Boston University ene-BS ebhizinisini.
Umsebenzi Wokuqala
Ebuyela eNew York ngo-1988, uRocco waya emsebenzini e-Adrienne e-Hotel Maxim's de Paris (manje eyi-Peninsula Hotel) ngaphansi kukaJean-Michel Diot noJacques Chibois. Kamuva waba uChef de Partie e-Aujourd'hui eBoston. Ngesikhathi esebenza uChef Mark Baker e-Aujourd'hui, uRocco wafunda ukuhlanganisa amasu aseFrance nezithako zase-Asia, manje ingxenye yesignesha yakhe yesignesha.
Efuna ukwazi ngale ndlela yokupheka kwe-fusion, uRocco wabuyela eNew York ukuyofunda ngaphansi kwabapheki abakhulu uCharlie Palmer, uDavid Bouley, uGilbert Le Coze, noGary Kunz. Kamuva i-Kunz yayihlanganisa uRocco eqenjini lokuvula le-restaurant edumile yaseLespinasse.
On Owakhe
Ngo-1995, uRocco wavula iDava Restaurant enkabeni yedolobha iManhattan. Indawo yokudlela ivaliwe ezinyangeni ezingu-6 naphezu kokubuyekeza okuningi okuhle. Ngo-1997, uRocco wavula i-Union Pacific eGramercy Park eNew York City.
Ukupheka kwakhe okusheshayo kwamthola ngokushesha izinkanyezi ezingu-3 ezivela eNew York Times. I-Union Pacific ivaliwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2004, kuthiwa isuka esivumelwaneni phakathi kukaRocco nabanikazi.
"I-Restaurant"
Ngo-2003, uRocco wavula i-Rocco 22nd Street, okuyihloko yochungechunge lwethelevishini, i-The Restaurant. Lo mdlalo, nakuba ungalungile ekubonakalweni kwawo kweRocco, uveza kahle umzabalazo wemandla phakathi kukaRocco (umnikazi wenkampani) kanye noJeffrey Chodorow wezezimali.
Nakuba ethandwa kakhulu, le ndawo yokudlela yayibonakala ihluleka ngokwezimali.
NgoJulayi 2004, iNkantolo eNkulu yaseNew York iJaji Ira Gammerman yakhipha umyalelo wokuvimbela uRocco eRocco ku-22 Street Street futhi wanika iKordow imvume yokuthengisa noma yokuvula kabusha indawo yokudlela. I-Rocco ku-22 Street Street ivaliwe ngoSeptemba 2004 futhi yavulwa ngo-2005 njenge-steakhouse yaseBrazil, i-Caviar & Banana Brasserie, ngokusobala ngaphandle kweRocco.
Uphi i-Rocco?
Ngo-2004, u-Rocco waqala umsebenzi wakhe emsakazweni njengomhlangano we-Food Talk eNew York City WORLD 710 ekuseni. Umsebenzi wakhe womsakazo waphela ngokushesha ngoDisemba 2005 njengoba uRocco kanye nesiteshi esavumelana nokuqukethwe kombukiso omusha ntambama. Njengamanje, iRocco ingenayo indawo yokudlela noma inkulumo kodwa ingabonakala igodla umkhiqizo wakhe, iRocco Cookware ku-QVC.
Cookbooks
- I-Flavour (Hyperion 2003) Qhathanisa Amanani
- Umqashi ka 2004 Umklomelo we-James Beard: Best Cookbook - Ukupheka Okuvela Kubuchwepheshe Bokubuka
- I-Rocco's Italian-American (Hyperion 2004) Qhathanisa amanani
- I-Flavor Minute emihlanu kaRocco: Ukudla okunamnandi nge-5 Izithako ezinemizuzu emihlanu (Scribner 2005) Qhathanisa amanani
Imiklomelo nama-Accolades
- I-1999 ibizwa ngokuthi i-New Chefs Best New Chefs
- I-Chef Young Young Yenhle kakhulu ye-Gourmet Magazine yase-2000
- 2000 Chef Best Best: New York City by James Beard Foundation
- 2001 I-Chef Best Best: I-New York City nguJakobe Beard Foundation
- U-2002 Umthombo We-People's Sexiest Seve Alive
- 2003 I-Chef Best Best: I-New York City nguJakobe Beard Foundation
- Umklomelo we-James Beard ka-2004: I-Cookbook Best - Ukupheka Kusuka Kubuchwepheshe Bokubuka