I loved the TV show, but when a story about Rocco's radio gig was posted some time ago I predicted that he would self-destruct before long. It happened much faster than I would have thought possible. This guy has problems.
Big time problems. It's embarrassing for me that he and I attended the same Culinary school. When they did that segment on the show fawning all over him I could have puked. My school has put out much much much better culinary talent than Rocco Dispirito.
I thought the TV show was a joke. What made a supposed chef think that mediocre Italian food served, at least some dishes, in paper boats would fly in NY? And Rocco had to be the single worst people manager I've ever seen. His staff was a bunch of whiney, incompotent, hysterical losers I've ever seen assembled in one place and the few times I watched it the resturant seemed incapable of delivering a single meal as ordered.
"We accomplish the latter through strictly legal and non-violent means."
The restaurant showed him to be a liar and a flake. The guy has Bonaduce potential.