Gino D’Acampo denies claims of sexually inappropriate behaviour after allegations

Celebrity cook Gino D’Acampo has denied claims of sexually inappropriate behaviour made by women helium has worked with implicit a twelve-year period.

In a connection to ITV, D’Acampo rejected immoderate claims of impropriety and said the allegations were “deeply upsetting”.

In 1 alleged incident, the Italian chef, 48, is said to person told a workfellow that helium would similar to “like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the a*** against the room counter,” 1 pistillate told the broadcaster.

In another, 1 pistillate alleged "aggressive" behaviour by D’Acampo connected a determination shoot, claiming helium opened the doorway successful his boxer shoots earlier making notation to his genitalia.

She told ITV it made her consciousness “disgusted,” adding: “I deliberation helium feels he's successful a presumption of powerfulness and helium tin accidental and bash what helium wants. I spot it each arsenic rather aggressive, really."

In a statement, lawyers for D’Acampo told the broadcaster that helium rejected the claims, and that helium considered immoderate of the allegations aired successful the ITV quality conception to beryllium a “fabricated enactment of fiction."

The prima is champion known for appearing connected shows including This Morning, Let’s Do Lunch and Gino’s Italian Escape.

He has besides appeared connected Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip, alongside Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix, which follows the trio travelling to assorted countries and exploring the section cuisine.

An ITV spokesperson said: “All of the concerns and complaints raised by those who person spoken to ITN picture behaviour which is inappropriate and unacceptable. Most of them were not reported to ITV astatine the time.

“Where issues person been raised with ITV enactment has been taken.

"We tin lone enactment wherever we cognize that concerns person been raised, and volition present beryllium pursuing up connected those that had not antecedently been reported to us.”