Rocco Dispirito

Rocco Dispirito is a celebrity chef and author, inspiring cooks at home with his world-class cooking abilities. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. Rocco opened the 3-star Union Pacific in New York City in 1997. In 2003 he opened Rocco's, a restaurant featured in the reality series, The Restaurant. Rocco will next appear on the A&E series, Rocco Gets Real. Its companion cookbook, Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home Every Day, will be launched as well. He will be dancing with Karina Smirnoff, who returns for her fifth season.