David Rocco's Dolce Vita is a Canadian cooking travel series shot on location in and around the cities and countrysides of Italy, following the cultural, social, and culinary escapades of David and his friends.
It originally premiered in Canada on the Food Network. There are three seasons to date.
David Rocco's Dolce Vita airs in South Africa on DStv's BBC Food channel.
A rebroadcast of Season 3 premiered on BBC Food on Monday 4 August 2008, at 18h00. Double episodes air back-to-back each week. There are 13 half-hour episodes in the season.
Repeats
(Double episodes)
Saturdays: 18h00-19h00
Synopsis
David Rocco’s Dolce Vita is a guide to all things Italian. As always, the starting point is food. Italian cooking is all about the simple things, and how, if you learn to do these simple things well, life is that much better.
Rocco claims to say this all the time and believes it absolutely: you don't need a cooking diploma to make fantastic Italian dishes.
The show is also about how food brings friends and family together.
Since the show began, it's been based in Florence. Season one and most of season two were all about beautiful Florence, Firenze, from the sophisticated cafes and restaurants to the markets, some of the great characters who work in the food sector, and of course friends and family.
At the end of season two, Rocco went south to the legendary Amalfi coast, famous for its lemon groves.
In Season 3 he celebrates spring in Florence and travels to Sicily where he explored the famous Palermo markets, meets some incredible people in the wine, agriculture and food sectors, and then travels back to Amalfi with a stop in the gorgeous resort town of Ischia.