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Even the chefs who haven't gone cold turkey--along with other lean proteins and vegetables--have severely cut down on the foods they enjoy. Rocco DiSpirito, the chef, cookbook author and Dancing with the Stars contestant, went from 216 lb. to 176 lb. pretty quickly after being prodded by his chiropractor to do a charity triathlon despite the fact that he couldn't run a mile. His upcoming book Now Eat This: Fried Chicken, Macaroni and Cheese, Brownies and 147 Other Favorite Dishes You Thought You Could Never Eat--All Under 350 Calories offers an easier approach than...
...European shows to appeal to the American viewing appetite. Some shows remained unpalatable: Kath & Kim, an archetypal Australian comedy, did not fare well. Neither did some of his other, more homegrown fare: a revamped Knight Rider, American Gladiator and Restaurant, a reality show that followed the fortunes of Rocco DiSpirito, an upstart chef not unlike Silverman...
...quality, a refined ristorante simplicity. But as he hawks his line of pork sausages to NASCAR fans, one already senses the distress of his original aficionados. Do you order a $30 squab from the NASCAR chef? Cautionary tales lurk in every corner of the food world: remember Rocco DiSpirito of NBC's The Restaurant? Both the show and the eatery, Rocco's 22nd Street, are gone. Wolfgang Puck doubtless earns millions from ventures like his little plastic-wrapped, refrigerated sandwiches sold at the airport. But eating in one of his retro-glitzy sit-down restaurants is now as much...
...there are still many who dream of being the next Rocco DiSpirito, Mario Batali or Nigella Lawson, and it is for them that CIA president Ryan says he has some concerns. "Students see Sara Moulton on TV and think they could be doing that in a few short years," he says. "We need to make sure they have realistic expectations." Overall, though, most people view the high hopes and enthusiasm of adolescents as a plus. "If you're going to make it--start young," says Greystone's head baking and pastry instructor Robert Jorin, a decades-long veteran...
Celebrity chefs have become an industry in the past decade--but with very patchy records. Despite all the TV and franchising, some, like Rocco DiSpirito, have suffered from quality-control issues or damaged their reputation...