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Gino D'Acampo

Gino D'Acampo
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D'Acampo in March 2012
Born Gennaro D'Acampo
Torre del Greco, Naples, Italy
Residence Elstree, Hertfordshire
Occupation Celebrity chef, television personality
Employer ITV
Television This Morning
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Let's Do Lunch
Let's Do Christmas
There's No Taste Like Home
Gino's Italian Escape
Celebrity Juice
Spouse(s) Jessica Stellina Morrison (m. 2001)
Children 3
Website Official website

Gennaro "Gino" Sheffield D'Acampo is an Italian celebrity chef and media personality, best known for his food-focused television shows and cookbooks.

D'Acampo rose to fame as a regular chef on the ITV show This Morning. He has since presented cookery programmes including Let's Do Lunch (2011–2014), There's No Taste Like Home (2011) and Gino's Italian Escape (2013–present).

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. 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 after appearing in the ninth series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here!. After the show, D'Acampo and fellow contestant Stuart Manning were charged by the Australian 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.

D'Acampo has regularly appears on the ITV series This Morning. He launched his first iPhone app "Gino D'Acampo – Eating Italian" in 2010.


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