Childhood
Rocco DiSpirito akazvarwa musi waNovember 19, 1966, muJamaica, Queens. Rocco akatanga basa rake rekugadzirira pazera remakore 11 mukiki raamai vake.
Dzidzo
Pa16, Rocco akatanga zvidzidzo zvake kuCulinary Institute of America apo akazopedza nekukudza muna 1986. Akabva adzidza chiFrench chikafu chekudya newaini kwemakore maviri pakudya kwepamusoro kweJardin de Cygne kuParis neDomininique Cecillon naGary Kunz.
Muna 1990, DiSpirito akapedza kudzidza muBoston University neBS muBusiness.
Basa Rokutanga
Kudzokera kuNew York muna 1988, Rocco akaenda kunoshanda kuArienne muIndaneti Maxim's deParis (yava kunzi Peninsula Hotel) pasi peJean-Michel Diot naJacques Chibois. Akazove Chef de Partie kuAriday muBoston. Paaishandira Chef Mark Baker kuAraday, Rocco akadzidza kusonganisa maitiro eFrench neAsia ingredients, iye zvino chikamu chechimiro chake chechimiro.
Aida kuziva nezvekuita fusion yekubika, Rocco akadzokera kuNew York kuzodzidza pasi pevakuru vakuru Charlie Palmer, David Bouley, Gilbert Le Coze, naGary Kunz. Kunz akazobatanidza Rocco pamutambo wokutanga wekudhindwa kwekudya kweLespinasse.
Pamusoro Pake
Muna 1995, Rocco akazarura Dava Restaurant mukatikati meguta Manhattan. Iyo yokudyira yakavharwa mukati memwedzi mitanhatu pasinei nekuongororwa kwakaisvonaka. Muna 1997, Rocco yakavhura Union Pacific muGramercy Park yeNew York City.
Kubika kwake kwakakurumidza kumubata 3 nyeredzi kubva kuNew York Times. Union Pacific yakapfigwa muna 2004, inonzi inobva kubvumirana pakati peRocco navanini.
"The Restaurant"
Muna 2003, Rocco akazarura Rocco's 22nd Street, nyaya yechokwadi chaiyo terevhizheni, The Restaurant. Chiratidziro, kunyange zvazvo chisina kunaka mukuratidzwa kwayo kweRocco, chinonyatsoratidza kurwisana kwemasimba pakati peRocco (chikamu-muridzi) uye mari Jeffrey Chodorow.
Kunyangwe zvazvo yakakurumbira zvikuru, nzvimbo yokuraira yaiita sokuti yakakundikana mune zvemari.
MunaJuly 2004, Mutongi weDare Repamusorosoro reNew York Ira Gammerman akabudisa murairo weRocco kubva kuRocco muNzira 22 uye akapa Chidorow mvumo yekutengesa kana kuzarura chikafu. Rocco iri 22nd Street yakapfigwa munaSeptember 2004 uye yakavhurwa muna 2005 seBozillian steakhouse, Caviar & Banana Brasserie, pachena pasina Rocco.
Rocco iri kupi?
Muna 2004, Rocco akatanga basa rake mumavhidhiyo sevanhu vazhinji vekuratidza kuratidza Food Talk muNew York City WOR WORK 710. Radiyo yake basa rakaguma pakarepo munaDecember 2005 sezvo Rocco uye nzvimbo yacho yakasabvumirana pamusoro pezvinyorwa zvemasikati masikati. Pari zvino, Rocco haina kunze kwekutoroka kana hurukuro yemutauro asi inogona kuonekwa hocking yake yemuchina, Rocco Cookware paQVC.
Cookbooks
- Flavour (Hyperion 2003) Enzanisa Nhamba
- Mutsva we2004 James Beard Mubayiro: Best Cookbook - Kubika Kubva A Professional Point Of View
- Rocco's Italian-America (Hyperion 2004) Shandurai Mutengo
- Rocco's Five Minute Flavour: Zvokudya Zvakasikwa ne 5 Zvinokonzerwa Maminitsi mashanu (Scribner 2005) Enzanisa Nhamba
Awards uye Accolades
- 1999 Inonzi Mumwe weVapfu Vatsva Vanotanga Kudya & Wine Magazine
- 2000 Gourmet Magazine America Inonyanya Kufadza Chef Chef
- 2000 Yakasarudzirwa Chef Chef: New York City naJames Beard Foundation
- 2001 Akasarudzwa Best Chef: New York City naJames Beard Foundation
- 2002 Vanhu Vane Magazini Vanonyanya Kuverenga Magazini Alive
- 2003 Yakasarudzwa Yakanakisisa Chef: New York City naJames Beard Foundation
- 2004 Mutsigiri James Beard Mubayiro: Best Bookbook - Kubika Kubva A Professional Point View