TV chef Gino D’Acampo accused of sexually inappropriate comments over 12 years

TV cook Gino D’Acampo has been accused of inappropriate behaviour spanning 12 years.

An probe by ITV News recovered “dozens” of allegations of misconduct against the 48-year-old connected TV shows helium worked on, with his behaviour described arsenic “unacceptable” and “distressing” by those making accusations, according to the broadcaster.

The accusations included utilizing sexualised and assertive connection connected TV sets.

Mr D’Acampo categorically denies these allegations of inappropriate intersexual behaviour

Statement from Gino D’Acampo's ineligible team

D’Acampo “firmly denied” the allegations successful a connection to ITV News, saying they were “simply not successful my nature” and describing them arsenic “deeply upsetting”.

One pistillate alleged D’Acampo made sexualised comments towards her portion they were moving connected a mag sprout successful 2011.

Another pistillate interviewed by ITV News claimed she had witnessed him endanger a young workfellow successful 2019, with different 2 women accusing D’Acampo of making intersexual remarks portion moving connected Gordon, Gino And Fred’s Road Trip successful 2018.

The ITV News study said executives astatine Objective Media Group, which co-produced Gordon, Gino And Fred’s Road Trip successful 2018, were alert of the concerns, with an email seen by the broadcaster, sent past year, detailing “unacceptable and distressing” behaviour by D’Acampo.

Objective Media Group said it “takes the payment and wellbeing of each its accumulation unit and teams incredibly seriously” and includes “behavioural clauses successful endowment contracts” and provides “behavioural grooming for on-screen talent”.

MultiStory Media, which produced Gino’s Italian Express, said it would beryllium “inappropriate to spell into the item of idiosyncratic concerns” but that it was “reviewing the concerns which person been raised, what was known astatine the clip and what enactment was taken”.

It added: “We volition besides look astatine immoderate caller concerns that person travel to light.”

Multistory Media told the PA quality bureau it has not worked with D’Acampo for six years.

In a connection to ITV News, Studio Ramsay, which produced the amusement Gino’s Italian Family Adventure and co-produced Gordon, Gino And Fred’s Road Trip successful 2018, said it takes “all allegations of inappropriate behaviour and workplace misconduct seriously, promptly investigate, and instrumentality due remedial enactment erstwhile warranted”.

In effect to the claims, D’Acampo’s ineligible squad said successful a remark issued to ITV News: “I person been told by ITN quality that allegations person been made astir maine acting inappropriately, immoderate dating backmost implicit 10 years ago.

“I person ne'er been made alert of these matters antecedently and the allegations are firmly denied. I would not bash thing that I thought would upset oregon distress anyone. This is simply not successful my nature. I bash not recognise the mentation of events being enactment to me.

“Not lone person these allegations ne'er been raised with maine before, I person been repeatedly supported by executives astatine the highest level and was commissioned connected prime-time programmes during the play successful which it is present suggested I was acting inappropriately.

“I americium a father, hubby and person worked with good implicit 1,500 radical connected astir 80 productions successful my career, which I person been truthful arrogant of. I instrumentality specified matters highly earnestly and the proposition that I person acted successful an improper mode against is profoundly upsetting.”

His ineligible squad said: “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.”

An ITV spokesperson said it is “production companies who person the superior work for the work of attraction of everyone they enactment with, some connected and disconnected screen, erstwhile making shows”, describing the behaviour arsenic “inappropriate and unacceptable”.

The spokesperson added: “Most of them (the allegations) were not reported to ITV astatine the time. Where issues person been raised with ITV enactment has been taken.”

Studio Ramsay and D’Acampo’s representatives person been contacted for further comment.

D’Acampo began his TV vocation successful the aboriginal 2000s arsenic a justice connected ITV cookery contention Too Many Cooks, earlier achieving fame aft winning bid 9 of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! successful 2009, going connected to go a regular cook connected This Morning.

The cook has besides presented ITV gameshow Family Fortunes, and has hosted a fig of his ain cooking programmes.