| Gino D'Acampo | |
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| Born | Gennaro D'Acampo 17 July 1976 Torre del Greco, Napoli, Italy |
| Occupation | Celebrity chef, television personality, entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica (m. 2002–present) |
| Children | Luciano and Rocco |
| Website Official website |
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Gennaro "Gino" D'Acampo (born 17 July 1976) and a professional Italian chef, television personality and winner of ITV's 2009 series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here!. Gino currently lives in the UK.
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Born in Torre del Greco, Napoli, Italy, Gino D'Acampo grew up with his parents and his sister, Marcella. He inherited his love of cooking from his grandfather—who was head chef for Costa Cruises—and, at the age of thirteen, entered Luigi de Medici Catering College. He went on to gain further culinary experience working in many top restaurants in Europe including Perignon in Nice and Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King in Marbella. In 1995, aged 20, he moved to England to work in The Orchard Restaurant in Hampstead, London, and the Cambio Restaurant in Guildford, Surrey. Around this time, he served a prison sentence for burglary [1], a fact that he has always been very open about, even to the extent of including it on his own website biography. [2]
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 began his television career.
He shot a TV series for Great Food Live called Essential Ingredients which focused particularly on Italian ingredients. He became a regular guest on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen before the show moved to ITV under the name Saturday Cooks!, since when he has also appeared frequently on Daily Cooks!. He regularly features on Ready Steady Cook for BBC 2 and has appeared in his native Italy on La Prova Del Cuoco. In 2005, he starred in Chef v Britain with Claire Sweeney and also travelled around Mexico shooting his own show, An Italian in Mexico for UKTV Food. A second series began airing in 2007.
Gino has appeared regularly on This Morning and Too Many Cooks as well as The Terry and Gaby Show for Five.
He participated in and won the 2009 series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here!. After the show, he 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.[3]
On the 15th December 2009, he appeared on The Paul O'Grady Show as a guest.
He is the author of three books published by Kyle Cathie: Fantastico! (2007), Buonissimo! (2008) and The Italian Diet (2010).
He still stays true to simple Italian cuisine and often returns to the Luigi de Medici College to give talks to students and do live demonstrations. He is a member of the Federazione Italiana Cuochi and the Associazione Professionale Cuochi Italiani. He was involved in the Gala Dinner for Pavarotti in 2002 and a private party for the Italian Ambassador.
He lives in north London with his wife Jessica, whom he married in 2002, and they have two sons, Luciano and Rocco. He was voted 'Most good looking male chef Of The Year Award' in 2009.
| Preceded by Joe Swash |
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Winner 2009 |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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   | ''UKTV Food'' - Gino D'Acampo: Celebrity Chefs: Good Food Channel |
| | Official Website - Gino D'Acampo |
| | Official site - Gino D'Acampo |
| | confused wife, Bertha - New shop anxious to beat the thieves (From Borehamwood Times) |
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