http://www.realitytvworld.com/therestaurant/ 120 The Restaurant news from Reality TV World en-us Copyright 2018 Reality TV World The Restaurant News 117 115 http://www.realitytvworld.com/therestaurant/ http://cdn.realitytvworld.com/images/RTVWLogoSquare.gif The Restaurant star Rocco DiSpirito is gearing up for a return to the kitchen via Rocco to the Rescue, a new A&E reality series scheduled for a June debut. ]]> Christopher Rocchio https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ex-restaurant-star-rocco-dispirito-returning-in-rocco-rescue-6684.php rtvw-news-ex-restaurant-star-rocco-dispirito-returning-in-rocco-rescue-6684 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:38:56 -0400

Not with a bang, but a whimper. ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-restaurant-no-more----jeffrey-chodorow-closes-rocco-on-22nd-street-2911.php rtvw-news-the-restaurant-no-more----jeffrey-chodorow-closes-rocco-on-22nd-street-2911 Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:04:19 -0400

In a ruling from the bench on July 27, New York state judicial hearing officer Ira Gammerman held that China Grill Management could bar chef Rocco DiSpirito from his namesake restaurant, Rocco's on 22nd Street, and that China Grill was also free to sell or change the format of the eatery. ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rocco-dispirito-barred-from-the-restaurant-as-format-change-planned-2781.php rtvw-news-rocco-dispirito-barred-from-the-restaurant-as-format-change-planned-2781 Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:59:49 -0400

Reality TV's nastiest legal battle -- the ownership fight between chef Rocco DiSpirito (owner of Spirit Media) and "money man" Jeffrey Chodorow (owner of China Grill Management) over the ownership of Rocco's on 22nd Street, the restaurant featured on NBC's The Restaurant -- moved on to its next round on Monday, as a court hearing began in Manhattan. ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ny-courts-begin-rocco-dispirito-the-restaurant-ownership-hearings-2773.php rtvw-news-ny-courts-begin-rocco-dispirito-the-restaurant-ownership-hearings-2773 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:07:07 -0400

Now that Rocco DiSpirito has been temporarily banished from Rocco's on 22nd Street and convicted felon/financier Jeffrey Chodorow has taken over (for now), potential customers know that they won't have the dining experience featured in NBC's The Restaurant. So how can Rocco's on 22nd Street draw a crowd until the lawsuits end? ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rocco-restaurant-battles-continue-as-jeffrey-chodorow-takes-on-mama-dispirito-2739.php rtvw-news-rocco-restaurant-battles-continue-as-jeffrey-chodorow-takes-on-mama-dispirito-2739 Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:19:57 -0400

The cameras may have stopped filming at Rocco's on 22nd, but the battles between the co-founders and co-owners of the eatery, featured on NBC's The Restaurant, rage on nonetheless. ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rocco-dispirito-and-jeffrey-chodorow-resume-fighting-and-suing-over-the-restaurant-2616.php rtvw-news-rocco-dispirito-and-jeffrey-chodorow-resume-fighting-and-suing-over-the-restaurant-2616 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:26:44 -0400

Is this merely admitting a mistake? Or is it appeasing a superstar producer? Or were there other forces at work behind the scenes? ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-head-jeff-zucker-says-nbc-made-mistake-by-dropping-the-restaurant-2586.php rtvw-news-nbc-head-jeff-zucker-says-nbc-made-mistake-by-dropping-the-restaurant-2586 Wed, 26 May 2004 17:32:50 -0400

Apparently all is fair in love, war, and television scheduling as far as NBC is concerned. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-exiles-the-restaurant-return-saturday-evenings-2580.php rtvw-news-nbc-exiles-the-restaurant-return-saturday-evenings-2580 Mon, 24 May 2004 23:38:18 -0400

NBC has discovered that not everything reality TV uber-producer Mark Burnett touches magically turns to gold. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-pulls-the-restaurant-from-its-may-sweeps-schedule-series-return-in-june-2567.php rtvw-news-nbc-pulls-the-restaurant-from-its-may-sweeps-schedule-series-return-in-june-2567 Mon, 17 May 2004 17:56:35 -0400

The food at chef Rocco DiSpirito's poor service-plagued "Rocco's on 22nd Street" restaurant might finally be hot, but if the initial ratings are any indication, the NBC show chronicling the establishment's happenings doesn't appear to be, having premiered to only 6.5 million overall viewers on Monday, April 19 at 10PM ET/PT. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-the-restaurant-struggles-in-second-season-premiere-draws-only-65-million-viewers-2519.php rtvw-news-nbc-the-restaurant-struggles-in-second-season-premiere-draws-only-65-million-viewers-2519 Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:42:25 -0400

On last night's premiere of the second season of NBC's The Restaurant, viewers learned that success had gone to the head of Chef Rocco DiSpirito, the conceited and apparently philandering celebrity chef featured in the original series. Perhaps the Australians read Rocco correctly when they rejected his personality and the original series. However, what viewers may not know is that Rocco's antagonist in the battle for control of "the restaurant" -- Rocco's on 22nd Street -- is a convicted felon with a long history of pursuing litigation battles. ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/restaurant-co-owner-jeffrey-chodorow-convicted-felon-with-long-legal-history-2500.php rtvw-news-restaurant-co-owner-jeffrey-chodorow-convicted-felon-with-long-legal-history-2500 Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:33:37 -0400

No wonder reality TV superproducer Mark Burnett decided to feature celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito in the second season of his hit NBC show The Restaurant, which debuts Monday, April 19 on NBC for a six-episode run through May sweeps. Hot food and spicy lawsuits all in one show: how can it miss? ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-restaurant-chef-rocco-dispirito-and-business-partners-continue-trading-lawsuits-2484.php rtvw-news-the-restaurant-chef-rocco-dispirito-and-business-partners-continue-trading-lawsuits-2484 Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:35:56 -0400

NBC has announced that the second season of celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito's The Restaurant series will premiere on Monday, April 19 at 10 PM ET/PT. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-second-season-of-the-restaurant-premiere-april-19-2391.php rtvw-news-nbc-second-season-of-the-restaurant-premiere-april-19-2391 Thu, 18 Mar 2004 21:45:32 -0500

While operating a restaurant that appears on national television might be fun for Rocco Dispirito, according to his partners in the "Rocco's 22nd St." restaurant which appears on NBC's The Restaurant reality show, its been disastrous from a financial standpoint -- and chef Rocco is to blame. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/restaurant-rocco-dispirito-sued-by-partners-for-restaurant-failure-2250.php rtvw-news-restaurant-rocco-dispirito-sued-by-partners-for-restaurant-failure-2250 Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:48:40 -0500

Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito, the star of NBC's The Restaurant, will apparently be returning for the sequel to the hit summer reality series after all. In a recent wide-ranging interview with Australian's The Melbourne Age newspaper, Mark Burnett, executive producer of the series, announced DiSpirito's return, which was previously considered questionable. "You're hearing it from me now," Burnett told The Age, "Rocco is returning. I haven't actually [previously] told any journalist that." ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rocco-dispirito-returning-for-nbc-the-restaurant-sequel-1990.php rtvw-news-rocco-dispirito-returning-for-nbc-the-restaurant-sequel-1990 Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:54:45 -0500

Rocco might have been so popular during his run on The Restaurant that NBC is still debating whether or not to bring him back for a follow-up sequel, but apparently his personality didn't translate very well down under, as the "nasty" chef's program was pulled from the Australian airwaves after only one episode due to unfavorable viewer reaction. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/australian-network-pulls-the-restaurant-after-only-one-episode-due-rocco-nasty-personality-1931.php rtvw-news-australian-network-pulls-the-restaurant-after-only-one-episode-due-rocco-nasty-personality-1931 Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:35:50 -0500

Is it the concept that makes a hit, or is it the star? In the case of NBC's The Restaurant, the network and the producers disagree -- even though the show has been renewed and a new six-episode season is scheduled to begin as soon as the February 2004 sweeps. ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-restaurant-plans-midseason-return-nbc-but-is-chef-rocco-on-menu-1812.php rtvw-news-the-restaurant-plans-midseason-return-nbc-but-is-chef-rocco-on-menu-1812 Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:20:25 -0400

NBC and Bravo have announced that the NBC-owned Bravo network will begin re-airing NBC's "The Restaurant" series of this past summer on Tuesdays at 9 PM ET starting on Tuesday, September 16. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-the-restaurant-air-on-bravo-at-9pm-tuesdays-starting-september-16-1709.php rtvw-news-nbc-the-restaurant-air-on-bravo-at-9pm-tuesdays-starting-september-16-1709 Tue, 09 Sep 2003 23:18:42 -0400

NBC’s “The Restaurant” concluded its summer 2003 run with the evening's #1 rating for any program on any network among adults 18-49. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-the-restaurant-finale-draws-highest-adults-18-49-ratings-of-night-1629.php rtvw-news-nbc-the-restaurant-finale-draws-highest-adults-18-49-ratings-of-night-1629 Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:38:54 -0400

The New York Post is reporting that NBC is interested in filming a second season of "The Restaurant" with chef Rocco DiSpirito -- and apparently so is Rocco. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-official-says-offer-on-table-for-second-season-of-rocco-dispirito-the-restaurant-1608.php rtvw-news-nbc-official-says-offer-on-table-for-second-season-of-rocco-dispirito-the-restaurant-1608 Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:21:28 -0400

NBC’s “The Restaurant” scored its highest numbers yet last night, winning the Sunday, 10-11 PM ET hour in virtually all key categories and matching or beating its competition combined in several demographics. With Sunday night’s highest adult 18-49 rating on any network, “The Restaurant” led NBC to a tie for the nightlong victory, the fifth time in six weeks NBC has earned at least a share of the Sunday lead. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/penultimate-episode-of-nbc-the-restaurant-draws-strongest-ratings-date-1590.php rtvw-news-penultimate-episode-of-nbc-the-restaurant-draws-strongest-ratings-date-1590 Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:51:20 -0400

NBC has announced that the August 10 fourth episode of “The Restaurant” won its hour in all key demographics, with a commanding 46 percent margin of victory among adults 18-49. “The Restaurant” built by a best-yet 13 percent on its 18-49 lead-in from the hit drama “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ratings-fourth-episode-of-nbc-the-restaurant-draws-well-in-key-demos-1580.php rtvw-news-ratings-fourth-episode-of-nbc-the-restaurant-draws-well-in-key-demos-1580 Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:31:06 -0400

When you're on top, even your minor offenses get magnified. Such is the life for Rocco DiSpirito, the owner-chef of Rocco's featured in NBC's The Restaurant. The Smoking Gun reports that Rocco's was cited on July 29th for six minor health code violations, not unusual for a new restaurant -- ranging from three flies that had made their way to the kitchen (a summer hazard for all restaurants) to the lack of a self-closing door on the employee toilet (instead, the employee has to pull the door shut, which we guess creates a risk of contamination from touching the doorknob). ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rocco-from-nbc-the-restaurant-cited-for-minor-code-violations-1560.php rtvw-news-rocco-from-nbc-the-restaurant-cited-for-minor-code-violations-1560 Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:10:44 -0400

According to preliminary information released by the AC Nielsen ratings service, NBC served up some tasty numbers for the July 27 second episode of its new reality series “The Restaurant” (Sundays, 10-11 p.m. ET) with a 13 percent jump among adults 18-49 (3.5 rating/10 share, 8.4 million viewers overall) over its series premiere on July 20, ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ratings-jump-in-second-episode-of-nbc-the-restaurant-as-episode-draws-84-million-viewers-1488.php rtvw-news-ratings-jump-in-second-episode-of-nbc-the-restaurant-as-episode-draws-84-million-viewers-1488 Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:43:52 -0400

Once again, "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett is being accused of staging a scene for his reality show -- only this time it doesn't involve "Survivor." According to Page Six, an angry NYC restaurateur is claimng that chef Rocco DiSpirito and financier Jeffrey Chodorow faked a scene the "Survivor" producer's new NBC "The Restaurant" reality show. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/fellow-nyc-restaurateur-claims-the-restaurant-scene-was-staged-1477.php rtvw-news-fellow-nyc-restaurateur-claims-the-restaurant-scene-was-staged-1477 Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:09:01 -0400

For the third time in four weeks, NBC has earned a share of the Sunday lead among adults 18-49, aided last night by strong premiere numbers from the new reality series “The Restaurant.” ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ratings-nbc-the-restaurant-premiere-draws-77-million-viewers-1444.php rtvw-news-ratings-nbc-the-restaurant-premiere-draws-77-million-viewers-1444 Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:29:45 -0400

NBC has released the names and photos of select members of 'The Restaurant' staff. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-releases-names-and-photos-of-the-restaurant-staff-1437.php rtvw-news-nbc-releases-names-and-photos-of-the-restaurant-staff-1437 Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:43:07 -0400

Since Survivor first aired on CBS in the summer of 2002, viewers have noted (and sometimes complained about) the continuing number of product placements in the show. Sponsoring products have been incorporated directly into the production, ranging from food rewards to computer "cafes" to SUVs for overnight sleeping. Now, with his new NBC show The Restaurant, Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett has carried that concept one step further. ]]> AyaK https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-the-restaurant-funded-solely-by-product-placement-1429.php rtvw-news-nbc-the-restaurant-funded-solely-by-product-placement-1429 Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:03:22 -0400

NBC has announced that “The Restaurant,” the network's new upcoming "unscripted drama series" (the term "reality TV" just won't cut it any more) will premiere Sunday, July 20 at 10PM ET. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-new-the-restaurant-reality-show-premiere-july-20th-1261.php rtvw-news-nbc-new-the-restaurant-reality-show-premiere-july-20th-1261 Fri, 06 Jun 2003 00:17:46 -0400

Ever dream of working in a hip New York restaurant and starring in a television series at the same time? NBC along with Executive Producers Mark Burnett ("Survivor" & "Eco-Challenge") and Ben Silverman as well as Chef Rocco DiSpirito announce a national open call for all positions at the Manhattan hot spot that the network will chronicle. DiSpirito is now hiring waiters/waitresses, hosts/hostesses, bartenders, sous chefs, kitchen and bussing staff. Only experienced candidates need apply. ]]> Admin https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-and-survivor-producer-mark-burnett-team-up-for-new-the-restaurant-reality-show-1127.php rtvw-news-nbc-and-survivor-producer-mark-burnett-team-up-for-new-the-restaurant-reality-show-1127 Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:36:51 -0400