Rocky during a cooking demo.
The ‘Will Cook for Sex Guy’ is not even a chef, but he’s the nationally recognized, award winning author of Will Cook for Sex and Will Mix for Sex and has made his impact showing everyday people that they can improve their relationship and their lives with a little effort in the kitchen.
Rocky regales you with personal stories of his own trials and errors — in the kitchen and while dating — along with his unique take on male/female relations. Your audience will leave with a smile and the motivation to get themselves and/or their significant other into the kitchen, where they’ll discover that cooking is truly for everyone.
Rocky learned to cook from his dad (‘The Old Man’) and has enjoyed cooking and eating since he was a child. It wasn’t until he got older that he was enlightened to the true value of cooking. “I realized that a short, big-nosed Italian wasn’t exactly a women’s first choice. I needed an edge. The fi rst time that I experienced the results of cooking for a date that solidifi ed my respect for food. I was young, the meal was marginal and she was too naïve to know any better. I got lucky. I never questioned the power of food again.”
Rocky appears throughout the country at food and wine expos, seminars, and cooking demonstrations. He was also an international competitor in the San Pellegrino Cooking Cup Yacht Challenge in Venice, Italy.
Rocky relates to audiences his own personal stories of trial and plenty of error to dating, relationships and food. His talks and demonstrations are full of fun and well received. Cooking demonstrations can be incorporated that highlight the topics and provides tasty samples for the audience.
Rock Fino has a BA in Radio, Television and Film from Temple University, and a MBA degree from California State University. He’s appeared on Playboy Sirius Satellite Radio, Taste of St. Louis, Atlantic City Food and Wine and AM Northwest. Rocky’s a regular guest on Good Morning Vail, the resident cooking expert on TV-8 in Colorado, and he’s been the “Expert Dating Chef” on www.idcdating.com (an international
dating website), both online and in the site’s newsletter. He’s been featured in Maturity Today, Vittles, Maxim, Hooters, Vintages and Voyagers, Philadelphia Inquirer, Santa Cruz Sentinel and the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Past Events
2012
APRIL 21st
What’s Cooking Detroit
Auburn Hills – Palace
Detroit, MI
MARCH 30-31
Atlantic City Beer & Music Festival
Atlantic City, NJ
MARCH 24th
Barnes & Noble Northwest
2191 N. Rainbow Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV
2011
NOVEMBER 11th-13th
Fabulous Food Show
Cleveland, OH
OCTOBER 22nd & 23rd
Philadelphia Food and Wine Show
Philadelphia, PA
OCTOBER 20th-22nd
Featured Presenter
Delicious Food Show
Toronto, Canada
SEPTEMBER 24th-25th
What’s Cooking, Detroit!
Detroit, MI
SEPTEMBER 23rd
Indianaoplis Food and Home Show
Indianapolis, IN
JULY 29th-31st
Atlantic City Food and Wine Expo
Presented by Food Network
Atlantic City, NJ
JULY 17th
Featured Presenter
Lancaster Food and Wine
Lancaster, PA
JULY 16th
Featured Chef
Hawk Haven Wine Pairing Dinner
Cape May, NJ
APRIL 1st & 2nd
Featured guest chef
Atlantic City Beerfest
Atlantic City, NJ
FEBRUARY 17th
Presentation & Book Signing
Penn College
Williamsport, PA
FEBRUARY 17th
Display cooking
CC Commons
Penn College
Williamsport, PA
FEBRUARY 17th
Knife Skills Display at KDR
Penn College
Williamsport, PA
FEBRUARY 17th
Cooking Demonstration
Capitol Eatery
Penn College
Williamsport, PA
FEBRUARY 17th
Book Signing
LEC Lobby
Penn College
Williamsport, PA
FEBRUARY 12th
Featured Guest
Valentine’s couples dinner
Russo’s Catering
St. Louis, MO
FEBRUARY 3rd
Cooking Demo and Book Signing
Kitchen Collage
Edwards, CO
FEBRUARY 3rd
Cooking Demo
Good Morning Vail on TV 8
Vail, CO
JANUARY 21st
‘I Do’ Happy Hour
Russo’s Catering
St. Louis, MO
2010
NOVEMBER 6th ~ 1pm
Special Author Appearance
Book Signing
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Historic Fifth Street School
401 S. Fourth Street
Las Vegas, NV
NOVEMBER 7th ~ 1:30-3pm
Mixology Demo & Book Signing
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Historic Fifth Street School
401 S. Fourth Street
Las Vegas, NV
AUGUST 19th
Cooking Class with Capitol Cooking Host and author, Lauren Desantis
Kitchen Conservatory
Clayton, MO
JULY 30 – AUGUST 1
Atlantic City Food and Wine Expo
Atlantic City, NJ
JULY 22nd ~ 5:30-8:30 pm
Midwest Release Party
Roxane Wine Bar and Cafe
Clayton, MO
JULY 17th ~ 4:30-8:30 pm
So Cal Release Party
Red Carpet Wines
Glendale, CA
JULY 10th ~ 5:30-8 pm
Cooking Demo and Signing
Consilience Wines
Los Olivos, CA
JUNE 19th
Wine Pairing Dinner
Hawk Haven Vineyard
Rio Grande, NJ
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
Pittsburgh Beer Show
Pittsburgh, PA
OCTOBER 16-18, 2009
Valley Forge Food & Wine Expo
Valley Forge, PA
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Beer Show
Wilkes-Barre, PA
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
Holiday Entertaining Cooking Class
Kitchen Conservatory in Clayton
St. Louis, MO
JULY 30 – AUGUST 1, 2009
Toast to the Coast
Atlantic City, NJ
JUNE 14 -15, 2009
New York Bar Show
Cooking Stage
New York , NY