You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it. Rocco DiSpirito More Quotes by Rocco DiSpirito More Quotes From Rocco DiSpirito 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. Rocco DiSpirito chaosjobsdrama It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavours when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients Rocco DiSpirito creatingimportantmean I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste. Rocco DiSpirito wealth-of-knowledgeunderstandingtables Talking up a storm about food is so easy for me, it's second nature. Rocco DiSpirito stormeasytalking In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard. Rocco DiSpirito toilnoblefacts I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother. Rocco DiSpirito honorrootsmother 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. Rocco DiSpirito cookingdonepeople I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods. Rocco DiSpirito tvsfocusbook There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can. Rocco DiSpirito fundraisinghelpingchef 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. Rocco DiSpirito making-moneyfocusworry I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score. Rocco DiSpirito teamnicebook 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. Rocco DiSpirito restaurantswork-outspace I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice. Rocco DiSpirito guestspracticelittles There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines. Rocco DiSpirito jugsitalianwine At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare. Rocco DiSpirito nightmareblessingattention 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. Rocco DiSpirito homerunningbook 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. Rocco DiSpirito noonstarting-overway 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. Rocco DiSpirito shoppingitalianoffering After guest appearances, I got the offer to do the show as the successor of Arthur Schwartz. It's so much fun. Rocco DiSpirito showguestgotfun 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. Rocco DiSpirito waitmomentpeopletelevision
