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. [11] 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! . [12] 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. [13]
D'Acampo has regularly appeared on the ITV series This Morning. He launched his first iPhone app, Gino D'Acampo – Eating Italian, in 2010. [14]
From 2011 until 2014, D'Acampo and Melanie Sykes presented the daytime cookery programme Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel. [15] 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. [16]
In 2013, D'Acampo launched a chain of restaurants with his name followed by My Pasta Bar or My Restaurant. [17] His first pasta bar opened on Fleet Street in July 2013. There are also restaurants in Leadenhall Market, Bishopsgate, Euston railway station, [18] The Manchester Corn Exchange, [19] Harrogate, Camden Town (Gino D'Acampo My Restaurant) [20]
Since 2013, D'Acampo has presented seven series of Gino's Italian Escape on ITV. A cookery book is released to accompany each series. [21] [22]
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. [23] 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. [24] 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 . [25] The revival is produced by Stellify Media.
Since 2018 D’Acampo has also co-starred with Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix in the ITV food and travel series Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip . The programme became one of ITV’s most popular factual entertainment shows, running for five series and a number of festive specials until 2023. [26]
Following a brief pause in projects during early 2024, D’Acampo resumed television work. He fronted the pilot cookery competition Spaghetti Wars in July 2025 and filmed a travel series in Malta titled An Italian in Malta, both broadcast in 2025. [27]
International projects (2025–)
In late 2025, D'Acampo expanded his international career with three projects: filming a new television series in Canada, An Italian in Canada; serving as a judge on MasterChef Malta; and appearing at the Taste of Abu Dhabi festival in the United Arab Emirates. [28] [29] [30] [28] [29] [30] [31]
An Italian in Canada
In October and November 2025, D'Acampo began filming a travel-and-cookery television series titled An Italian in Canada. He first referred to the project in a short video posted on 29 October 2025 with the caption "First day at school, filming my new series 'An Italian in Canada'. I can't wait for you guys to watch it…", shared across his social media accounts. [32] [33] He documented the production through further behind-the-scenes posts and videos, and described himself as "so excited" to be visiting and working in Canada for the first time. [34] During the same trip he also hosted live cooking shows in Montréal and Toronto, later thanking audiences in both cities in posts reading "Two fantastic live cooking shows in Montreal and Toronto… Grazie Canada, you guys rock". [35] [36] Canadian broadcaster TLN later highlighted the "A Taste of Gino" live events in Toronto and Montreal as "two unforgettable shows" of live Italian cooking and audience interaction. [37]
Master Chef Malta
In 2025, D'Acampo made his first appearance in the MasterChef franchise when he was invited to serve as a guest judge on MasterChef Malta. Promotional material for the Maltese edition of the series announced him as a guest judge alongside chefs Judy Joo and Kelsey Barnard Clark, and the show's social media accounts later highlighted episodes in which he appeared on the judging panel. [38] [39] [40]
Taste of Abu Dhabi
In November 2025, D'Acampo appeared as one of the celebrity chefs at Taste of Abu Dhabi, a three-day food, drink and music festival held from 14 to 16 November 2025 at Gateway Park North on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. [41] [42] Festival promotional material and local coverage described him as part of a “star-studded” line-up of celebrity chefs that also included Matt Preston and Shivesh Bhatia, with chef-led workshops and culinary demonstrations forming a central part of the programme. [43] [44] The festival’s organisers highlighted opportunities for visitors to take part in hands-on cookery sessions and workshops with the visiting chefs, positioning the event as one of Abu Dhabi’s main annual food and lifestyle festivals, attracting more than 19,000 attendees. [41] [43] [44]
Personal life
D'Acampo lives with his wife Jessica Stellina Morrison, whom he married in 2002. [47] He has three children. [48]
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. [49]
D'Acampo is a fan of the rugby union team Leicester Tigers. [50]
Allegations of inappropriate conduct
In February 2025, ITV News reported on various allegations of inappropriate and intimidating behaviour by D'Acampo spanning more than 12 years from people who have worked with him. He told ITV News he "firmly denied" the allegations, claiming they were "deeply upsetting". [51] ITV removed all of D'Acampo's upcoming shows from its TV schedule following the report. [52] Later in 2025, D’Acampo resumed television projects, including the cookery competition pilot Spaghetti Wars and the travel series An Italian in Malta, broadcast on ITV. [53]
