Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito are the fifth couple to be eliminated on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Wednesday, October, 15, 2008, 4:15 AM

Bruno Tonioli teaches Rocco DiSpirito how to shake his hips on Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Wednesday, October, 15, 2008, 4:15 AM

Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito are the fifth couple to be eliminated on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Wednesday, October, 15, 2008, 4:15 AM

Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito perform a dance on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Tuesday, October, 14, 2008, 5:14 AM

Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito are the couple with the lowest combined score on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Wednesday, October, 8, 2008, 5:8 AM

Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito perform a dance on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Tuesday, October, 7, 2008, 5:7 AM

Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito perform a dance on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Tuesday, September, 30, 2008, 6:30 AM

Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito perform a dance on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Wednesday, September, 24, 2008, 1:24 PM

Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito perform a dance on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Kelsey McNeal - Tuesday, September, 23, 2008, 5:23 AM

Celebrity chef and author Rocco DiSpirito partners with professional dancer Karina Smirnoff for Season 7 of Dancing with the Stars.ABC/Craig Sjodin - Tuesday, September, 9, 2008, 9:9 PM

The James Beard Award-winning celebrity chef and author Rocco DiSpirito combines his world-class cooking with a passion for empowering home cooks. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Rocco opened the three-star Union Pacific in New York City in 1997. In 2003 he launched Rocco's for the reality series "The Restaurant." Rocco will next appear on the A&E series "Rocco Gets Real," beginning in October, along with its companion cookbook, Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home Every Day. For Season 7 of "Dancing with the Stars," he teams with Karina Smirnoff, who returns for her fifth season.ABC/Craig Sjodin - Friday, August, 29, 2008, 8:29 PM

Premiere: Rocco DiSpirito at the LA premiere of Universal's American Wedding - 7/24/2003Steve Granitz, Wireimage.com - Sunday, September, 24, 2006, 1:24 PM