Who Is Gino D’Acampo?

Gennaro D’Acampo, popularly known as Gino D’Acampo, is an Italian celebrity chef and media personality based in the United Kingdom.

He is 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, There’s No Taste Like Home, and Gino’s Italian Escape.

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.

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 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.