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...local dancer is trying out. Others have heard that Grande Fratello wants to introduce a sibling tandem for the first time, prompting a pair of friends to discuss whether they should pose as brothers. On the other side of the Naples hotel parking lot, a goateed 170-kg Massimiliano Rocco is getting agitated. "I can assure you, they've already picked their contestants. This is just a P.R. stunt." Then why, asks someone, did you bother to come? "The only way I'll ever know that it's not fixed is if they pick me." The hubbub might explain...
...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...
PEOPLE: BAGHDAD BOB, ROCCO DISPIRITO AND JAYSON BLAIR ALL HAD THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME...
...ROCCO DISPIRITO Chef du jour was like garlic: a little went a long...