Gino D’Acampo is an Italian-born celebrity chef, television personality, author, and restaurateur who has built a career across the UK over the past two decades. Born in Torre del Greco, near Naples, he moved to London as a young man and rose to national fame after winning I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2009. His public profile today spans regular TV appearances, a growing chain of Italian restaurants, cookbooks, and his own food-import business.
His official biography states that he inherited his love of cooking from his grandfather, studied at the Luigi De Medici catering college, and moved to London at 18. After working in restaurants in France and Spain, he settled in England in 1995 and began his television career at 24. D’Acampo describes himself on social media as someone who “likes to cook, drink and owns a few restaurants.”
In 2025, his career was overshadowed by serious workplace‑misconduct allegations reported by ITV News, which he firmly denied. ITV subsequently removed his upcoming shows from its schedule. The following article presents verified facts about his life, career, and ongoing controversies, based on publicly available sources.
