‘I want to f*** you against the counter’ – Gino D’Acampo claims in full – from Cornetto threat to ‘flicking’ genitals

GINO D'Acampo has been accused of "sexually inappropriate" and "intimidating" behaviour - from a Cornetto menace to "flicking" his genitals, present are claims successful full.

Dozens of allegations person been made against the TV chef, spanning implicit 14 years - and ITV News has seen grounds astatine slightest 1 accumulation institution was alert of concerns made by crew.

D'Acampo, 48, says helium "firmly denied" each allegations made against him.

KITCHEN COUNTER

One woman, who has been called Hannah to support her identity, told ITV News Correspondent Sejal Karia the TV cook made inappropriate intersexual comments to her connected a occupation successful 2011.

She alleged helium told her helium would "like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the a*** against the room counter".

The pistillate said determination was "a ripple of laughs" portion tense unit members hid down cups of tea.

The afloat claims against D'Acampo...

• One pistillate claimed Gino told her helium would "like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the a*** against the room counter" successful 2011.
• Another pistillate alleged helium opened the doorway lone wearing his boxer shorts and said "Oh, don't worry, it's lone small" which pointing towards his penis.
• In 2018 portion connected acceptable for the filming of Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip, Gino allegedly said helium "felt similar f******" 1 morning.
• The aforesaid twelvemonth Gino is alleged to person made a remark astir different young pistillate workfellow who claimed helium said: "Shouldn’t we beryllium talking astir her t***, they’re perfect, they’re similar a mouthful."
• Another alleged helium told a young unit member: "When are we each going to get drunk and person enactment together."
• A pistillate told ITV she saw Gino appearing to endanger a young workfellow implicit an crystal pick successful 2019, helium allegedly said "if you don’t get maine a Cornetto I volition f*** your girlfriend".
• In 2022 an interior probe into Gino was launched astatine accumulation institution Betty TV successful narration to alleged inappropriate behaviour and connection connected the acceptable of Gino’s Italy – Like Mamma Used to Make.
• The accumulation institution Objective Media Group said successful an email seen by ITV successful 2024 that issues besides arose successful 2023 connected the Emission Impossible set.

Hannah said she felt "shock" and "horror", portion seeing his "aggressive" behaviour arsenic a "kind of powerfulness play".

She told ITV News the acquisition made her consciousness "very, very, precise small" but claimed Gino appeared protected.

A connection to ITV News from Gino D'Acampo's ineligible team, said: “This allegation from astir 15 years agone has never, until present via a media petition for comment, been raised oregon enactment to Mr D’Acampo.

"He does not callback it, nor judge that this happened. Mr D’Acampo is horrified to beryllium accused of “power play” and an “aggressive act”.

"He emphatically and unequivocally denies these allegations."

FLICKING GENITALS

Another woman, who has been fixed the sanction Natalie, besides claimed she felt Gino's behaviour was "aggressive".

She alleged: "He opened the doorway successful his boxer shorts, thing else. And jumped connected the furniture and was benignant of - limb up.

"We had to benignant of beryllium determination facing him and helium made, you know, notation to his d***, fundamentally saying, ‘Oh, don't worry, it's lone small’, and benignant of flicking it."

The pistillate told ITV she felt "disgusted" and the alleged acquisition made her deliberation astir resigning.

Gino D'Acampo's ineligible squad said successful response: “Mr D’Acampo categorically denies these allegations of inappropriate intersexual behaviour."

"To his cognition nary specified allegations person been made against him successful narration to his clip connected 'Gino’s Italian Express' and this is the archetypal time, six years later, helium has been informed of these alleged incidents, and helium does not judge them, not slightest due to the fact that immoderate of this is considered by Mr D’Acampo to beryllium a fabricated enactment of fiction."

CORNETTO THREAT

Meanwhile a 3rd pistillate told ITV she saw Gino behaving successful a threatening mode to endanger a young workfellow successful 2019.

She claimed: "I was contiguous erstwhile Gino said to the runner, ‘If you don’t get maine a Cornetto I volition f*** your girlfriend.’"

A chap shocked unit subordinate described the cook arsenic utilizing his presumption to "bully and intimidate us".

FURTHER ALLEGATIONS

The 48-year-old has further accused of saying helium felt "like f******" to a pistillate unit subordinate 1 greeting portion filming Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip.

In 2018 helium allegedly told different young pistillate colleague: "Shouldn’t we beryllium talking astir her t***, they’re perfect, they’re similar a mouthful."

Another pistillate told ITV the dad-of-three said: "When are we each going to get drunk and person enactment together."

Sources connected the question amusement previously claimed Gino quizzed a shaper astir her enactment life.

He also allegedly thrusted his crotch astatine different pistillate staffer on the show, which was produced by Gordon Ramsay's steadfast Studio Ramsay.

This comes aft Gino was edged retired of the show in December past twelvemonth aft refusing to motion a morality declaration clause.

Gino was enactment connected a connection and behavioural people by acrophobic executives.

He was accused of jokingly flashing— with unit members connected Emission Impossible, his amusement with Fred Sirieix, offered counselling afterwards.

A root adjacent to the latest complainant said: “She worked [with Gino] for 5 years.

“She has travel guardant aft being spurred connected by the Gregg Wallace scandal and the remark helium made astir his accusers being middle-class women of a definite age.

“Her presumption is she is the middle-aged pistillate who believes young women shouldn’t person to enactment up with this benignant of behaviour immoderate more.

"Gino was younger and not arsenic well-known then. He utilized to accidental helium didn’t privation to go celebrated arsenic helium would person to curtail his behaviour.

“He said and did immoderate helium wanted. Everyone was alert and she was subjected to shocking behaviour which she told ITV astir past week.”

A spokesperson for ITV said: “We made our presumption wide pursuing the result of our KC Review past twelvemonth aft which we said, ‘We are wholly committed to creating an situation wherever everyone is treated with respect and feels capable to springiness of their best.

"Our committedness to those we enactment with is that wherever a ailment is made, oregon superior concerns raised, we volition ever analyse and if we find that thing inappropriate has happened, we volition instrumentality action.

"We volition proceed to make our efforts to springiness inferior colleagues the assurance to talk up if they person thing to raise.

"Following the reappraisal we reiterated our expectations and introduced Conduct and Standards Guidelines for On Screen Personalities which outlines our expectations successful presumption of behaviour, and person besides antecedently offered grooming successful connection and behaviour, either straight oregon done our 3rd enactment producers, wherever appropriate.”

CONCERNS RAISED TO PRODUCTION COMPANY

The ITV News probe revealed concerns were raised with the production institution Objective Media Group.

An email seen by ITV described Gino's behaviour arsenic "unacceptable and distressing".

The cook allegedly said 1 pistillate was a "bitter mediate aged pistillate who needed to get laid", arsenic good arsenic different highly sexualized comments.

He allegedly said helium was "so bare I could devour somebody's t***", and describing mozzarella arsenic "wetter than p******."

Objective Media Group's effect was that Gino was "spoken to astir the differences betwixt connected surface quality worldly and behaviour disconnected surface with members of the team".

The accumulation institution besides said a "thorough process" was carried retired erstwhile further "issues arose" connected Emission Impossible successful 2023.

Meanwhile ITV responded by saying they were unaware of allegations made successful 2018 and "this benignant of behaviour is not tolerated" by the broadcaster.

Gino D'Acampo's ineligible squad told ITV News: "These allegations from six years agone are said to person been made successful an email from December 2024 to Objective Media Group which Mr D’Acampo has not seen.

"The archetypal clip that Mr D’Acampo became alert of these allegations was via ITN’s petition for remark and, adjacent then, nary discourse has been provided for immoderate of these statements.

"No-one has ever made these complaints to Mr D’Acampo. Mr D’Acampo does not callback making immoderate of these comments, nor does helium judge that they were made.

"They see connection that helium would not use, specified arsenic the connection 'middle aged woman'".

ITV's probe besides recovered concerns were raised successful 2022 regarding behaviour connected acceptable of Gino’s Italy – Like Mamma Used to Make.

An interior probe was launched by different accumulation institution called Betty TV - which is besides owned by Objective Media Group.

D'Acampo's lawyers further denied these allegations and said: "Mr D’Acampo does not cognize thing astir immoderate alleged interior probe regarding his behaviour connected the 'Gino’s Italian Family Adventure', by Betty TV successful 2022.

"He was ne'er told astir this and nary 1 ever complained to him that his behaviour oregon connection connected that acceptable was inappropriate. He continued to beryllium commissioned by Betty TV the pursuing year”.

This comes aft Gino past period shared a uncommon representation of his woman to observe their 31st anniversary.

The TV cook treated his wife Jessica to a romanticist travel away.

Sharing the quality that they were celebrating 31 years of their romance, helium shared a slew of saccharine loved-up snaps.

He wrote adjacent to them: "31 years unneurotic and inactive smiling similar our archetypal date…….Happy Birthday amore mio…..".

Gino met Jess - who is half-Italian, half-British - erstwhile helium was 18, moving astatine Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King edifice successful Marbella.

The This Morning prima antecedently said helium and Jess person “a accepted marriage,” though portion of the crushed they enactment is the deficiency of clip they are with each other.

Gino besides erstwhile confessed he enjoys "the azygous life" while he's distant travelling for work, lone speaking to his woman 20 minutes a week.