Gino D'Acampo

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Gino D'Acampo
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D'Acampo in 2011
Born
Gennaro D'Acampo

(1976-07-17) 17 July 1976 (age 47)
Torre del Greco, Italy [1]
Occupations
  • Celebrity chef
  • television personality
  • writer
Employer ITV
Television This Morning
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Let's Do Lunch
Gino's Italian Escape
Celebrity Juice
Gino's Win Your Wish List
Family Fortunes
Spouse
Jessica Stellina Morrison
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(m. 2002)​
Children3
Website ginodacampo.com

Gennaro Sheffield D'Acampo [2] [3] (born Gennaro D'Acampo; 17 July 1976 [4] [5] ) is an Italian celebrity chef, television personality, and writer. Based in the United Kingdom, he is best known for his food-focused television shows and cookbooks.

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Since 2009, D'Acampo has been a regular chef on the ITV show This Morning . He has presented various cookery programmes including There's No Taste Like Home (2011), Let's Do Lunch (2011–2014), and Gino's Italian Escape (2013–present). In June 2020, it was announced that D'Acampo would be the presenter of the new revival series of Family Fortunes on ITV, 18 years after the last series. [6]

Career

In 1995, aged 19, D'Acampo moved to London to work in The Orchard Restaurant, Hampstead, London and the Cambio Restaurant in Guildford, Surrey.

D'Acampo co-owns Bontà Italia Ltd, a supplier of Italian ingredients, and has a career in the development of ready meals, beginning with the Tesco Finest range. [7] This experience led to his first engagement as a guest on Great Food Live on UKTV Food and the start of his television career.

In 2009, D'Acampo was crowned King of the Jungle in the ninth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . [8] After the show, D'Acampo and fellow contestant Stuart Manning were charged by the Australian Federal Police with animal cruelty for killing and cooking a rat on the show. However, the charges were later dropped after ITV accepted responsibility for the incident. [9]

D'Acampo has regularly appeared on the ITV series This Morning. He launched his first iPhone app, Gino D'Acampo – Eating Italian, in 2010. [10]

From 2011 until 2014, D'Acampo and Melanie Sykes presented the daytime cookery programme Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel. [11] The show aired for four series and three Christmas series from 2012 to 2014. D'Acampo hosts a Sunday afternoon cookery and discussion show on LBC 97.3. In 2011, D'Acampo presented the daytime cookery series There's No Taste Like Home for thirty episodes. [12]

In 2013, D'Acampo launched a chain of restaurants with his name followed by My Pasta Bar or My Restaurant. [13] His first pasta bar opened on Fleet Street in July 2013. There are also restaurants in Leadenhall Market, Bishopsgate, Euston railway station, [14] The Manchester Corn Exchange, [15] Harrogate, Camden Town (Gino D'Acampo My Restaurant) [16]

Since 2013, D'Acampo has presented seven series of Gino's Italian Escape on ITV. A cookery book is released to accompany each series. [17] [18]

In autumn 2014, D'Acampo filled in as a team captain for Holly Willoughby on the ITV2 panel show Celebrity Juice , while she went on maternity leave. D'Acampo also appeared in the following series in spring 2015, this time as a regular panellist. [19] D'Acampo returned to Celebrity Juice in September 2015 where he replaced Fearne Cotton as team captain whilst she was on maternity leave.

In 2015 and 2017, D'Acampo toured the UK with a live stage show called Gino's Italian Escape to accompany his television series. He visited cities including Bath, Newcastle and Margate. [20] In May 2018, it was confirmed that Channel 5 had picked up Win Your Wish List for its Saturday night schedule, with D'Acampo as host. The show is now called Gino's Win Your Wish List . [21] The revival is produced by Stellify Media.

In December 2018, D'Acampo was woken up by Michael McIntyre for the Midnight Gameshow in the fourth series of Michael McIntyre's Big Show .

Books

Personal life

D'Acampo lives with his wife Jessica Stellina Morrison, whom he married in 2002. [25] He has three children. [26]

In 1998, D'Acampo was convicted of burgling singer Paul Young's London home, and served two years in prison. D'Acampo has apologised to Young, who accepted and suggested that D'Acampo could invite him to dinner in his restaurant. [27]

D'Acampo is a fan of the rugby union team Leicester Tigers. [28]

Filmography

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2004–2005 Too Many Cooks Judge2 series
2007 Soapstar Superchef Judge1 series
2009 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Contestant Series 9 winner
2009–present This Morning Regular chef
2011 There's No Taste Like Home Presenter1 series
2011–2014 Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel Co-presenter4 series
2012–2014 Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel Co-presenter3 series
2013–present Gino's Italian Escape Presenter7 series
2014–2019 Celebrity Juice Regular panellist/team captain
2015 Keith Lemon's Back T'Future Tribute Emmett Brown One-off special
2017Gordon, Gino & Fred's Great Christmas RoastCookOne-off special
2018–2021 Gino's Win Your Wish List Presenter3 series
2018–present Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip Co-presenter4 series
2020–present Family Fortunes Presenter2 series
2021Gino's Italian Family AdventurePresenterSeven-part series [29]
2022Gino's Italy: Like Mamma Used to MakePresenterSix-part series [30]
Gino's Cooking Up LoveHost Cookery dating show [31]
Gino's Italian Christmas FeastPresenterOne-off special [32]
2023Gino's Italy: Secrets of the SouthPresenterSix-part series+one Christmas special [33] [34]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Luca EugenioVoice role, UK release only [35]

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References

  1. ↑ "Find out more about Gino D'Acampo". LBC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Greenwood, Carl (10 April 2015). "Celebrity Juice: Gino D'Acampo legally changes his name to SHEFFIELD". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "My Wife Gets Really Annoyed!". OK! . No. 1106. 24 October 2017. p. 68. Retrieved 3 September 2019– via ginodacampo.com.
  4. ↑ D'Acampo, Gino [@Ginofantastico] (4 November 2010). "Buongiorno!!!!!! Today is our last show on This Morning, how sad. Never mind, tomorrow is my birthday XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 September 2023– via Twitter.
  5. ↑ D'Acampo, Gino [@Ginofantastico] (7 December 2010). "@WildthingRocks I wish I was 15 years old, unfortunately I am older, 35 next July. I work very hard and I like little pleasures in life xx" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 September 2023– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Edwards, Chris (1 July 2020). "Family Fortunes reboot series with Gino D'Acampo officially announced by ITV". Digital Spy . Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Halliwell, James (2 October 2015). "Big Interview: Gino D'Acampo on bullies, gangsters, and good pizza". The Grocer . Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 212. ISBN   978-0-593-07348-3.
  9. ↑ Laing, Aislinn (8 February 2010). "ITV fined £1,600 for animal cruelty over I'm a Celebrity rat stunt" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Gino D'Acampo – Eating Italian". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Roast turkey and all the trimmings!". Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel . ITV. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "There's No Taste Like Home". UKGameshows.com . Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Eversham, Emma (22 October 2013). "Gino D'Acampo's My Pasta Bar expansion plans on target". BigHospitality. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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  15. ↑ Flanagan, Emma (25 August 2015). "Gino D'Acampo announces new restaurant to open in Corn Exchange this year". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Gino D'Acampo - My Restaurant". ginodacamporestaurants.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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  18. ↑ Drewett, Meg (12 June 2013). "Gino D'Acampo lands primetime TV series, book deal". Digital Spy . Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  19. ↑ "Gino D'Acampo to join the Celebrity Juice panel" (Press release). ITV. 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Gino's Italian Escape - The Live Tour". ITV. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  21. ↑ Whittingham, Clive (15 May 2018). "Channel 5 adds Stellify to new Wish List". C21Media. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "The book | Gino's Italian Escape". ITV. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  23. ↑ D'Acampo, Gino (2015). Gino's Veg Italia!: 100 Quick and Easy Vegetarian Recipes. Hodder. ISBN   978-1-4447-9519-6. ASIN   1444795198.
  24. ↑ D'Acampo, Gino (2021). Gino's Italian Family Adventure. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN   978-1-5266-2831-2. ASIN   1526628317.
  25. ↑ Fox, Emily (5 December 2009). "Gino D'Acampo is crowned King of I'm a Celebrity". Daily Express . Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  26. ↑ Campbell, Tina (2 November 2022). "Gino D'Acampo blasts David Beckham for putting pressure on working dads to spend more time with their children". Evening Standard . Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  27. ↑ Robertson, Peter; Razaq, Rashid (25 November 2011). "Invite me to dinner and I'll let you off burgling my home, Paul Young tells TV chef". Evening Standard . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  28. ↑ Head, Tom (17 February 2011). "Interview: Gino D'Acampo". The Leeds Guide . Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  29. ↑ "Gino's Italian Family Adventure". ITV. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  30. ↑ "ITV commissions Gino's Italy: Like Mamma Used to Make" (Press release). ITV. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  31. ↑ "Gino's Cooking Up Love". Radio Times . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  32. ↑ "Gino's Italian Christmas Feast". ITV. 23 December 2022. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  33. ↑ "Gino's Italy: Secrets Of The South" (Press release). ITV. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  34. ↑ "Gino's Italy: Secrets Of The South" (Press release). ITV. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  35. ↑ Pearce, Tilly (2 June 2021). "Gino D'Acampo to make film debut in Disney and Pixar's 'Luca'". Yahoo! News . Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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