Ubwana
Rocco DiSpirito anabadwa pa November 19, 1966, ku Jamaica, Queens. Rocco anayamba ntchito yake yophikira ali ndi zaka 11 mu khitchini ya amayi ake.
Maphunziro
Pa 16, Rocco anayamba maphunziro ake ku Culinary Institute of America kumene adaphunzira maphunziro ake mu 1986. Kenaka adaphunzira chakudya cha ku France ndi vinyo kwa zaka ziwiri pa malo odyera a Jardin de Cygne ku Paris ndi Dominique Cecillon ndi Gary Kunz.
Mu 1990, DiSpirito anamaliza maphunziro awo ku University of Boston ndi BS mu Bizinesi.
Ntchito Yoyambirira
Atafika ku New York mu 1988, Rocco anapita ku Adrienne ku Hotel Maxim's de Paris (tsopano ndi Peninsula Hotel) pansi pa Jean-Michel Diot ndi Jacques Chibois. Pambuyo pake anakhala Chef de Partie ku Aujourd'hui ku Boston. Pamene akugwira ntchito ya Chef Mark Baker ku Aujourd'hui, Rocco anaphunzira kuphatikiza njira za French ndi zopangira za Asia, tsopano mbali ya siginecha yake yolemba.
Pofuna kudziwa za kusakaniza kwa fusionyi, Rocco anabwerera ku New York kukaphunzira pansi pa otsogolera akulu Charlie Palmer, David Bouley, Gilbert Le Coze, ndi Gary Kunz. Kunz pambuyo pake anaphatikiza Rocco pa gulu loyamba la malo odyera otchuka a Lespinasse.
Zake
Mu 1995, Rocco anatsegula Dava Restaurant pakatikati pa mzinda wa Manhattan. Malo odyera adatsekedwa mkati mwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ngakhale ndemanga zambiri zabwino. Mu 1997, Rocco anatsegula Union Pacific ku Gramercy Park ku New York City.
Kuphika kwake mwatsopano kunamupatsa iye nyenyezi 3 kuchokera ku New York Times. Union Pacific inatsekedwa kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2004, malinga ndi mgwirizano pakati pa Rocco ndi eni ake.
"Malo Odyera"
Mu 2003, Rocco anatsegula 22nd Street ya Rocco, nkhani yeniyeni ya kanema, The Restaurant. Chiwonetserochi, ngakhale kuti sichinali cholungama poyerekeza ndi Rocco, molondola chimasonyeza kulimbana kwa mphamvu pakati pa Rocco (mwiniwake) ndi ndalama Jeffrey Chodorow.
Ngakhale kuti inali yotchuka kwambiri, malo odyerayo mwachionekere anali olephera ndalama.
Mu Julayi 2004, Khoti Lalikulu ku New York, Ira Gammerman, anapereka lamulo loletsa Rocco ku Rocco pa 22 Street ndipo anapatsa Chodorow chilolezo chogulitsa kapena kubwezeretsanso chakudyacho. Rocco ali pa 22nd Street anatsekedwa mu September 2004 ndipo anatsegulidwanso mu 2005 monga Brazil steakhouse, Caviar & Banana Brasserie, mwachiwonekere popanda Rocco.
Rocco ali kuti?
Mchaka cha 2004, Rocco anayamba ntchito yake pa wailesi monga chakudya cha m'mawa cha Food Talk ku New 7 City WOR 710. Radiyo yake inatha mwamsanga m'mwezi wa December 2005 pamene Rocco ndi sitimayo sanatsutsane ndi zomwe zachitika masana. Pakalipano, Rocco alibe malo odyera kapena owonetsera koma akuwoneka akukweza mankhwala ake, Rocco Cookware pa QVC.
Cookbooks
- Flavour (Hyperion 2003) Yerekezerani mitengo
- Wopambana wa 2004 Mphoto ya James Beard: Best Cookbook - Kuphika Kuchokera Pulogalamu Yowona
- Rocco's Italian-American (Hyperion 2004) Yerekezerani mitengo
- Chophimba Chachisanu cha Rocco: Zakudya Zopangira ndi 5 Zosakaniza Mphindi 5 (Scribner 2005) Yerekezerani mitengo
Zopereka ndi Zokongola
- 1999 Anatchedwa mmodzi wa Zophika Zatsopano Zatsopano za Food & Wine Magazine
- Mnyamata wachinyamata wotchuka kwambiri wa Gourmet Magazine America 2000
- 2000 Chef Best Best Chef: New York City ndi James Beard Foundation
- 2001 Chef Best Best Chef: New York City ndi James Beard Foundation
- 2002 People Chexest Chexest Alif Magazini Ali Ali
- 2003 Chef Best Best Chef: New York City ndi James Beard Foundation
- 2004 Wopambana Wopereka James Beard: Best Cookbook - Kuphika Kuchokera Pulogalamu Yabwino