Rocco De Spirito In Dancing With The Stars
October 8, 2008 by Tracey Thompson
Filed under Recipes
image: Amazon
ABC’s Dancing with the Stars has become a big hit. Families enjoy watching it and it appears that celebrities are lining up to become a part of it.
Now our first celebrity chef has put on his dancing shoes and is taking a whack at it. Rocco De Spirito is paired up with dance champion Karina Smirnoff.
Some stars do the show for fun, some to revive careers, some to make their careers bigger and many because they are in the midst of promoting their brand.
Rocco De Spirito is the latter. This month his new show, Rocco Gets Real, premiers on A&E along with his companion cookbook.
His cookbook, Rocco Get Real: Cook at Home Every Day will be released on October 21 and is available at Amazon.
In all honesty, I have watched Dancing with the Stars in the past but my interest has waned. I had heard that Rocco was one of the competitors but thought that he wouldn’t last. Well, 5 weeks have passed and he is still cookin’.
I watched it this week to peak in and give my critique. Rocco isn’t bad, but he ain’t good. If you have a wedding to go to and want a great dance partner then Rocco is your man. This week all the stars got a reprieve and no one was eliminated. Volleyball and Olympic star Misty May-Treanor has injured her achilles tendon during a dance practice. Everyone kept talking on the show about how sad it was that she won’t be there. I just kept thinking about her real career and volleyball partner. This can be a serious injury and put her out of commission for awhile.
So, I think that De Spirito will survive another week or two. A lot of people know who he is and with that face he can’t go wrong. But Bruno is right. The man can make his food jump, jive and wail but his feet are another story.
I completely agree. Rocco still looks stiff in the shoulders too. Though with that face I hope he improves.
I’d love to see a mastermind in the kitchen be in the top three in something other than a contest against Chefs.
yes…musicality is non exsistent
I am trying to imagine a celebrity chef that I think could knock them out on the dance floor…hmmm…I need to keep thinking.
I just love his spirit in general. At least he has some style, even if he is lacking a little in the rhythm department . . .
Yep, his best moves are in the kitchen, but it looks like he’s having fun, and that makes it fun to watch.
I enjoyed watching Rocco on Dancing With the Stars, but he should stick with the kitchen.