Rocco DiSpirito Biography

Rocco DiSpirito is a James Beard award-winning chef best known for his restaurant Union Pacific in NYC and his many cookbooks. He is a healthy lifestyle crusader who is recognized for his inspiring weight loss journey. DiSpirito has dedicated his life to proving that healthy and delicious are not mutually exclusive.
A superstar chef of the late 1990s Rocco opened his NYC restaurant Union Pacific in 1997. Met with great praise it received 3 stars from the New York Times with Ruth Reichl stating in less capable hands mad delusions in DiSpirito's hands pure genius. Union Pacific was a New York City culinary landmark from 1997 to 2004.
After a failed attempt to open a second restaurant Rocco's on 22nd DiSpirito took a lengthy hiatus from the New York City food scene. During this time DiSpirito expanded his celebrity through television. Beginning the NBC reality television show The Restaurant (2003 to 2004) DiSpirito also hosted the short-lived talk show on A&E Rocco Gets Real served as a guest judge for Top Chef and The Biggest Loser and competed on season 7 of Dancing with the Stars (2008). In 2011 DiSpirito debuted as host of a weekly reality TV cooking competition titled Rocco's Dinner Party on Bravo TV and in 2017 he competed in and won Guy Fieri's Guy's Grocery Games - Superstar Tournament.

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