The life of Gino D'Acampo: From a stint in prison to TV chef
Celebrity chef has been married for more than 20 years to woman he met when he was a teen
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In one alleged incident, the Italian chef, 48, is said to have told a colleague that he would like to âÂÂlike to turn me over and f*** me up the a** against the kitchen counterâÂÂ.
DâÂÂAcampo rejected any claims of impropriety and said the allegations were âÂÂdeeply upsettingâÂÂ.
An ITV spokesperson said: âÂÂAll of the concerns and complaints raised by those who have spoken to ITN describe behaviour which is inappropriate and unacceptable. Most of them were not reported to ITV at the time. Where issues have been raised with ITV, action has been taken.
"We can only act where we know that concerns have been raised, and will now be following up on those that had not previously been reported to us.âÂÂ
Gino DâÂÂAcampo faces a number of allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour
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What is Gino D'AcampoâÂÂs background?
As a passionate and enthusiastic chef, DâÂÂAcampo has been appearing on British television for 20 years whether as the in-house cook on This Morning or on his own shows such as LetâÂÂs Do Lunch and GinoâÂÂs Italian Escape.
He has written 17 cookery books and appeared on Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip, alongside Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix. His fame has also gone beyond the cookery world, being crowned King of the Jungle on IâÂÂm a Celebrity in 2009.
Born in the Napoli area in 1976, D'Acampo moved to London via Spain in the nineties and worked his way up at restaurants before featuring in the development of Tesco ready meals.
And thanks to this experience, he featured on Great Food Live, a programme on UKTV Food.
His regular presence alongside former presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning led to greater exposure and opportunities in his own right.
He has now forged a huge personal brand and has 2.2 million Instagram followers.
But it wasnâÂÂt always smooth sailing for the man who has propelled himself to be one of the most famous chefs in British TV.
In 1998, the Italian native was convicted of burglary, which led to a two year stint in prison.
When he was 21-years old, DâÂÂAcampo - who was working as a waiter at the time - was found to have left cigarette butts at the scene of a burglary - with the house he stole from belonging to none other than 80s teen idol Paul Young.
Forensic police matched the DNA from the discarded smokes at the Q-Tips frontmanâÂÂs Mill Hill house, where it was reported that in excess of ĂÂŁ4,000 worth of goods were stolen.
Among the items that DâÂÂAcampo bagged were guitars and a platinum disc.
The news of this misdemeanor reared its ugly head in 2009, as he was heading into IâÂÂm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here - which he went on to win.
Of the crime, DâÂÂAcampo told Birmingham Live: âÂÂIt was a very crucial moment in my life. It was about embracing something negative and turning it into something positive.
"I was a very young boy... you make those mistakes. The secret is to learn and to move on."
Young was initially forgiving of DâÂÂAcampoâÂÂs crime, telling The Standard in 2011: âÂÂI don't hold it against him. He said it was bad and he apologised, and I did get most of the stuff back.
"Maybe he needed his wrist slapping and he got that. He said he was in a terrible place at that time and wanted to turn his life around."
However, as the years went by, the crime evidently ruminated with Young, and expressed âÂÂmixed feelingsâ over the incident after his wife passed.
He told the Mirror in 2019: âÂÂWhen Stacey went there were certain bits of music I never got back.
âÂÂLet's say that â and that hurt me.âÂÂ
It wasnâÂÂt the end of the negative headlines for DâÂÂAcampo, however.
In 2023, it emerged that his restaurant in Liverpool was hit with poor hygiene ratings from the councilâÂÂs Food StandardâÂÂs Agency.
An FOI released to the Liverpool Echo revealed that inspectors had found expired foods and a trolley in the kitchen, among the grievances filed.
Inspectors wrote: âÂÂAlthough you have a food safety management system in place, it became clear at the time of inspection that some of your procedures were not being followed in practice as noted above.âÂÂ
Who is Gino DâÂÂAcampo married to?
DâÂÂAcampo married Jessica Stellina Morrison in 2002 and the pair have three children: Luciano, Rocco and Mia. His family regularly feature on his Instagram posts.
The pair met when DâÂÂAcampo was 18 and working in Sylvester StalloneâÂÂs Mambo King restaurant in Marbella, reports the Sun.
They moved to the UK together in 1995, having once already broken up, before settling down together.
DâÂÂAcampo and Morrison have now been together for more than three decades, recently celebrating their 31st anniversary as a couple with a ski trip.
âÂÂ31 years together and still smiling like our first date,â he wrote in a picture with his wife.
Morrison wrote on her own Insta bio: âÂÂThe wife of a funny little Italian, mother to the greatest kids on the planet, friends with so many special people, so IâÂÂm a pretty lucky lady.âÂÂ
The two renewed their vows on their 20th anniversary, although DâÂÂAcampo has said that the reason the marriage has lasted so long is because they do not spend much time together.
âÂÂIt's a good thing, I don't really want to know everything my wife does, because otherwise she will be boring to me,â he said, according to the Sun.
âÂÂThere is a time where the family is together, when IâÂÂm with my wife and everybody to celebrate holidays and everything like that.
"But there has to also be a time when I do things by myself and when she does things by herself.âÂÂ
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