Rocco DiSpirito Quotes

• Be curious, learn and read as much as you can about food. Don’t worry about making money. Focus on learning at various venues before you settle down for a steady position.

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• As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There’s always going to be chaos in the restaurant business.

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• After guest appearances, I got the offer to do the show as the successor of Arthur Schwartz. It’s so much fun.

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  Tags in Fun, Show

• At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare.

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  Tags in Blessing, Attention

• Flavor Five is a book with recipes using five ingredients to possibly be cooked in just five minutes. It will be very user-friendly for the home cook on the run.

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  Tags in Book, Run

• I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste.

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  Tags in Wealth

• I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.

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  Topics in Children, Family, Mother

• I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods.

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  Tags in Focus, Books

• I definitely think there was some overacting on the part of the customers and the wait staff. The people who came in during the shooting were clearly there to have a moment on television, and that’s fine.

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• In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it’s noble toil and that it is hard.

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  Tags in Fact, Noble

• I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score.

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  Tags in Nice, Book

• It’s a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out.

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  Tags in Human, Place

• I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice.

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  Tags in Show, Practice

• It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavors when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients.

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  Tags in Best, Important

• The 1,000 tasting portions were to be served over a period of six hours, starting at noon, so we would have to prep those another way, to keep them as fresh as possible.

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• Talking up a storm about food is so easy for me, it’s second nature.

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• There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can.

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• We are offering to the American public a line of delicious Italian-American foods. They will be available through the Internet, shopping networks and national store distribution.

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  Tags in American, Public

• Mama is slowly getting better. So many people are so fond of her.

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• Just over 800 people were gathered around the cooking stage, all eager to learn about my five-minute flavor cooking. The demonstration had to be done right then and there, in front of everyone.

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Rocco DiSpirito (22)

Birth:	19th November, 1966
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Chef

About

DiSpirito was born in Queens, New York City, New York. He graduated in 1986 from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and in 1990 from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in business. DiSpirito is known for his Italian-American cuisine and his innovative fusion cooking.

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