Gino D’Acampo shared loved-up snaps with his wife Jessica as they celebrated her birthday on a ski trip while the presenter battles a harassment storm.
The celebrity chef, 48, who is accused of making lewd gestures and remarks, said he is still smiling like he did on their first date as he gushed over his partner of 31 years.
Gino previously caused a stir when he revealed the secret to their happy marriage was spending time alone and having their own ‘single lives’.
He revealed that when he is away he will speak to Jessica one a week for around 20 minutes and ‘doesn’t understand’ why his friends talk to their wives for hours.
However, the arrangement clearly works for the couple, who flashed beaming smiles while on the top of a mountain in the sweet social media snap.
Jessica leaned in and kissed her husband on the cheek as they cosied up for the selfies, which Gino posted alongside a gushing caption.
Gino D’Acampo shared a loved-up snaps with his wife Jessica as they celebrated her birthday on a ski trip while the presenter battles a harassment storm
The Gino’s Italian Escape star wrote: ’31 years together and still smiling like our first date… happy birthday amore mio… GDx’
Jessica leaned in and kissed her husband on the cheek as they cosied up for the selfies, which Gino posted alongside a gushing caption
The Gino’s Italian Escape star wrote: ’31 years together and still smiling like our first date… happy birthday amore mio… GDx’.
Their sweet display comes Gino admitted he and wife Jessica have their own lives and often spend prolonged periods of time apart during their free time.
He divides his time between homes in the United Kingdom and his native Italy with Jessica and their three children, Luciano, 22, Rocco, 19, and Mia, 12.
But Gino said his time away from work is carefully balanced so he can be alone – something he claims helps strengthen his marriage.
He told heat: ‘I think it’s not only important to spend quality time with my family, but I also strongly believe in spending time alone. You discover new things about yourself and you have time to think, which is something that people don’t do often enough.
‘Everybody’s always so busy and alone time is super-important for my marriage.’
He added: ‘Jessica and I have been together for 31 years, we have three children, and we never have problems, because we have our own lives away from one another.’
Gino met his wife as a teenage, while working at Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King restaurant in Marbella – where he served as Head Chef.
The celebrity chef, 48, who is accused of making lewd gestures and remarks, said he is still smiling like he did on their first date as he gushed over his partner of 31 years
Gino said he and wife Jessica have their own lives and often spend prolonged periods of time apart during their free time
They married in 2002 and renewed their vows in 2021, but the Italian star refutes the idea that time spent apart could lead to affairs.
Speaking to OK! Magazine, he explained: ‘You need to balance your married life with your “single life”‘.
‘I can be away for a month and I will talk to my wife once a week for about 20 minutes. Then, when I come back, we can talk about it all.’
The TV chef confessed he doesn’t understand what some of his friends talk to their wives about when they are chatting on the phone for over an hour as he chooses to keep his phone calls with Jessica short and sweet.
Gino also admitted he will go out for dinner and drinks with other women while he is on one of his solo holidays.
He said: ‘Do you think that if I wanted to be unfaithful to my wife, I’d need to organise a holiday? I can do it anytime and anywhere. So once you get that out of your head, going on holiday alone doesn’t matter.’
Gino previously opened up about how he met his wife in an interview on Good Morning Britain in 2022.
He revealed: ‘When I met my wife, I never had any experience with any other women because I was only 17. She had amazing blonde hair and huge… personality. And after a few weeks she showed me something I had never had before.
He divides his time between homes in the United Kingdom and his native Italy with Jessica and their three children, Luciano, 22, Rocco, 19, and Mia, 12
Gino met his wife as a teenage, while working at Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King restaurant in Marbella – where he served as Head Chef
‘So I got there and basically all I was thinking was “Am I going to get laid?”
‘Am I allowed to say that? Or I’ll say make love, is that better? But anyway, yeah she invited me over and cooked for me.’
Gino was recently at the centre of fresh harassment claims last night after former colleagues accused him of making lewd gestures and suggestive remarks while filming for ITV.
Sources on his foodie travel show Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip allege he quizzed a producer about her sex life and thrust his crotch at another female staffer.
Insiders at Gordon Ramsay’s company Studio Ramsay, which made the show, also claim the flamboyant Italian was ‘super difficult’ to work with and upset staff by ‘jokingly flashing’ them.
His alleged behaviour led several staff to complain to ITV, prompting channel chiefs to summon Gino’s then-manager to a meeting in 2021.
Despite this Gino was allowed to appear in a further series of the show with fellow chefs Gordon and Fred Siriex.
According to sources on the programme, ‘several complaints’ were lodged about Gino, who continued to work on the show until quietly dropped last year.
Sources on Gino’s foodie travel show Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip allege he quizzed a producer about her sex life and thrust his crotch at another female staffer
Despite complaints, Gino was allowed to appear in a further series of the show with fellow chefs Gordon and Fred Sirieix (pictured with Gino)
One source said: ‘It looks more and more as if there has been a cover-up by ITV and the production company.
‘ITV did step in and they had a meeting with Gino’s former manager where allegations of inappropriate behaviour were discussed.’
Despite a raft of lurid allegations The Mail on Sunday revealed ITV still intends to screen a series of Family Fortunes which Gino recorded earlier this year.
Meanwhile, another employee told this newspaper how they had witnessed staff struggle with Gino’s allegedly troubling behind-the-scenes manner. ‘Endless crews, contributors and TV executives see how he behaves, grit their teeth and try to move on,’ the staffer said.
‘He is very touchy-feely, not in an appropriate way, and people did not like it. He’s rude and difficult.’ The source said he would sometimes expose himself as a joke.
‘He thinks it’s funny so you have to wonder whether he doesn’t understand how wrong this is. He has that old-school Italian attitude where he thinks he’s being funny, maybe even sexy? But he makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable.’
The Mail on Sunday revealed last year how Gino’s alleged behaviour left production staff feeling uncomfortable when he suddenly left Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip in March 2023.
He claimed he quit because he did not want ‘stressful’ contract talks to ruin his friendship with his co-stars. It emerged however, that he was edged out after allegedly refusing to sign a morality clause in his contract.
Separately, it has emerged that a woman lodged a complaint with ITV bosses earlier this month claiming she was a victim of Gino’s inappropriate behaviour over a five-year period.
The woman worked with him between 2006 and 2011 on the channel’s daytime show This Morning, where he was resident chef, and on Saturday Cooks!
Gino (right) promoted his latest show with Fred (left) amid claims he is being ‘eased out’ by ITV
Gino was seen playing the guitar naked in the new Gino and Fred: Emission Impossible trailer
Gino bared all in a recent visit to Texas with his friends Gordon and Fred for their travel series
Also, ITV are believed to have ordered Gino to complete a language and behavioural course after complaints about the way he treated female colleagues on his new show Emission Impossible.
Sources said filming was halted after crew complained he made inappropriate jokes behind the scenes. Some were allegedly offered counselling after filming of the show was complete.
Gino said at the time: ‘I have been completely shocked by, and deny utterly, these awful accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct against me, which are alleged to have taken place years ago during the shooting of Gordon, Gino & Fred.
‘Let me be clear: This did not happen. I take such matters extremely seriously and in particular the suggestion that I have deliberately acted in this improper way against any female employees is deeply upsetting.’
