If you want to live like somebody, who would you want to be and why?

well when it comes to the part to say this that I have the choice of changing the person I want to be then of course it would be someone I would look up to.

So basically, to answer this I would love to put up the name David Rocco a not very known name but he is a Canadian author, a travel chef and the host of several internationally syndicated television series, like the David Rocco’s dolce vita, David Rocco’s Amalfi getaway and David Rocco’s dolce Africa.

David Rocco was born in the neighbourhood of Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to parents from Naples who immigrated to Canada from Italy in the 1950s. His parents were both hairdressers, and Rocco is the youngest of three children. Rocco later moved to Woodbridge, Ontario to pursue secondary school, where he eventually met his future wife Nina Rocco. The couple have three children: Emma, Giorgia, and Dante.

Named one of “Canada’s Top Ten Style Makers” by Flare Magazine, Rocco has been featured and is often quoted in major newspapers and magazines, including The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, Hello! En Route, Food & Drink and Chatelaine. He also makes regular guest appearances on Global, CTV and CBC television as well as popular food competition programs including Top Chef Canada and Iron Chef America.

David Rocco’s Dolce Vita

Four seasons of David Rocco’s Dolce Vita launched worldwide, first in 2004, including Food Network Canada, Telelatino, BBC Food, Discovery Travel, Nat Geo Adventure Channel, India’s Fox Life, and in the U.S. on the Cooking Channel. In Dolce Vita, Rocco explores Italy with his wife Nina and his eclectic group of friends while teaching about the simplicity of Italian cuisine and culture, and showcasing the city life and countryside.

Several spin-offs of the show followed. Two seasons of David Rocco’s Dolce India launched worldwide, first in 2013, through National Geographic. In 26-episodes, Rocco explores the remarkable diversity of Indian cuisine and fuses it with his Italian foundations. Each episode presents an Indian theme; an ingredient, a dish, or a regional way of cooking. Having been shown how to prepare a challenging dish, Rocco then takes over a kitchen to prepare an “Indi-talian” fusion dish.

Other spin-offs include David Rocco’s Dolce Napoli, David Rocco’s Dolce Africa, and David Rocco’s Dolce Italia.

Other TV appearances

Rocco was the lead judge of the popular Scripps Television series Donut Showdown which premiered in 2013 on Food Network Canada on the Cooking Channel in the USA. Rocco can be seen as a guest judge on Top Chef Canada Season 3. Rocco has made regular appearances as a guest judge on Iron Chef seasons 9-11.

He was also the co-creator and host of Catalyst Entertainment’s food and travel hybrid series Avventura: Journey in Italian Cuisine, and was a featured host for Don’t Forget Your Passport.

In 2018, Rocco and Hong Kong singer Nicholas Tse co-host FOX Life’s Celebrity Chef: East vs West.

Cook books

Rocco has published four cookbooks, including two national best sellers: David Rocco’s Dolce Vita and Made in Italy, each receiving numerous awards and accolades including top honours from The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards and Taste Canada. His newest book, Dolce Famiglia, was released in Canada and Worldwide in November 2016.

•           Dolce Famiglia (Harper Collins; November 2016)

•           Made in Italy (Clarkson Potter, Harper Collins; October 2011)

•           David Rocco’s Dolce Vita (Harper Collins; November 2008)

•           Avventura (Bay Books; January 2001)

Other ventures

As well as his cooking projects, Rocco has ventured out into the world of winemaking by launching his own wine label, David Rocco’s Dolce Vita, featuring three varieties: Prosecco, Chianti and Pinot Grigio.

Well I chose his name because when I stepped into this field of choice, I wasn’t very prepared that I would end up here I was not informed in my mind that media is my space. I always used to write every literary piece I was always in touch with reading and writing and creating content but in my very personal space and not on a specific platform.

My dream was always to become someone like Gordon Ramsay or David Rocco to put it nicely I always wanted to become a Michelin certified chef or basically a celebrity chef who would travel all around the world in search of all those number one thing in that city or country.

 When I saw my future, I would always see it as waking up every morning in a different country in a different place or in a very different bed every morning regardless of the fact that whether it is a countryside , metropolitan city, or very remote village and it got to be a different place every single morning smelling of breakfast differently every morning .

And always waking up in a beautiful hotel suite and making some delicious breakfast in the lawn of the hotel in front of a rolling camera and make it for my entire crew.

So these were the factors that got me to this point that I want to lead a life like David Rocco that’s going to be my ultimate goal but I am also taught to be happy in whatever is given and what so ever is offered in the name of life I got to be happy and satisfied with that .