Gino D’Acampo promoted his newest present with Fred Sirieix amid claims he’s being ‘eased out’ by ITV.
The Italian chef, 48, has been accused of harassment by a lady who labored with him at ITV for 5 years and allegedly claimed: ‘He mentioned and did no matter he wished’.
However Gino was making an attempt to remain optimistic amid the allegations as he shared a sequence of playful photographs with Fred whereas selling Emission Unattainable.
The TV character posted a photograph of the pair in wrestling gear as they flexed their biceps together with different snaps of them on a bridge and on the airport.
Alongside the photographs, Gino wrote: ‘I am unable to wait to return on the highway with my French brother @fred_sirieix… Emission Unattainable begins on sixteenth and seventeenth of December at 9pm on ITV and ITVX…’
The chef made no touch upon the claims in opposition to him.
Gino D’Acampo promoted his newest present with Fred Sirieix amid claims he’s being ‘eased out’ by ITV
The Italian chef, 48, has been accused of harassment by a lady who labored with him at ITV for 5 years and allegedly claimed: ‘He mentioned and did no matter he wished’
Gino has been damned for inappropriate behaviour by the alleged sufferer when he was on This Morning and on Saturday Cooks between 2006 and 2011.
The TV chef is but to touch upon his future. However an insider has claimed that Gino sees himself as a ‘cheeky Italian chappy’ and there’s no malice in his jokes or playful behaviour.
An ITV supply with data of the D’Acampo row advised MailOnline that the Gregg Wallace scandal has left Britain’s greatest business broadcaster afraid of contagion to their reveals. Gino’s new sequence of Household Fortunes is filmed and due for broadcast in early 2025
‘That is all in regards to the MasterChef impact. ITV has checked out what is going on over on the BBC and is apprehensive one thing comparable may occur to them’, they mentioned.
‘If they’re easing Gino out, it does cut back the possibilities of them having commissioned a present that they might must can or cancel mid-way by means of a sequence. MasterChef has needed to cancel two costly Christmas specials and there’s now an enormous gap in its festive schedule. The Beeb will likely be regretting not performing sooner.
‘Gino has a status for his on-set antics, and whereas many viewers actually love him and his presenting type, he has additionally clearly upset folks he has labored with alongside the best way.
‘The girl [who has complained to ITV] may have seen the complaints about Gregg and thought ‘really, what occurred to me at work will not be proper both’.’ Wallace noticed his behaviour as banter, and whereas Gino might really feel the identical, the world has moved on’.
The TV employee mentioned to have complained about him, who hasn’t been named, is claimed to have been impressed to talk out after Gregg Wallace was compelled to step away from MasterChef after complaints about his behaviour.
However Gino was making an attempt to remain optimistic amid the allegations as he shared a sequence of playful photographs with Fred whereas selling Emission Unattainable
The TV character posted a photograph of the pair in wrestling gear as they flexed their biceps together with different snaps of them on a bridge and on the airport
In a single snap, Gino performed a guitar as he and Fred loved a sea view
Alongside the photographs, Gino wrote: ‘I am unable to wait to return on the highway with my French brother @fred_sirieix… Emission Unattainable begins on sixteenth and seventeenth of December at 9pm on ITV and ITVX’
She is claimed to have complained to ITV final week, simply as Mr Wallace apologised for claiming ‘center class girls of a sure age’ had been accountable for his fall from grace.
One other TV supply added: ‘That is all about mitigating danger.
‘I believe ITV will likely be making an attempt to be sure that they have no extra scandal, particularly after the yr they’ve had with Phillip Schofield. They may solely need to have expertise that does not have skeletons within the cabinet’.
It got here after experiences over the weekend that Gino refused to signal a ‘morality clause’ for his most up-to-date ITV sequence together with his good friend Fred Sirieix.
He was additionally quietly dropped from foodie journey present Gordon [Ramsay], Gino and Fred final yr. In a single episode he bared his backside in lewd chaps whereas visiting cowboy-country in Texas.
Gino, whose new sequence of Household Fortunes, which has already been filmed and is due for broadcast subsequent yr, additionally has a sporran, which he calls Justin Beaver, and often flashes on location.
A supply mentioned of the brand new criticism: ‘She labored [with Gino] for 5 years. She has come ahead after being spurred on by the Gregg Wallace scandal and the remark he made about his accusers being middle-class girls of a sure age’.
The insider advised The Solar: ‘Her view is she is the middle-aged girl who believes younger girls should not must put up with this type of behaviour any extra.
Gino bared all in a current go to to Texas together with his mates Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix for his or her journey sequence
Gino was seen taking part in the guitar bare within the new Gino and Fred: Emission Unattainable trailer
‘Gino was youthful and never as well-known then. He used to say he did not need to grow to be well-known as he must curtail his behaviour.
‘He mentioned and did no matter he wished. Everybody was conscious and she or he was subjected to stunning behaviour which she advised ITV about final week.’
Whereas father-of-three D’Acampo didn’t reply to a possibility to remark over the weekend, a supply on set did admit that the accusations could possibly be a ‘generational situation’ and that the 48-year-old thinks of himself as a ‘cheeky Italian chappy’.
It got here because it emerged that Gino was ordered to finish a language and behavioural course by ITV.
The flamboyant chef was positioned on the programme amid issues about the best way he handled feminine colleagues on his new present Emission Unattainable.
Sources mentioned filming of the programme was halted after crew complained he made inappropriate jokes behind the scenes.
Some had been allegedly provided counselling after filming of the present, co-hosted by Fred Sirieix, was full.
ITV sources mentioned it comes 4 years after channel bosses had ‘a critical phrase’ with D’Acampo, 48, about his off-screen exploits on foodie journey present Gordon, Gino And Fred: Street Journey.
It was claimed he had acted inappropriately in direction of girls and made off-colour jokes. He was additionally caught with hashish in his baggage by sniffer canines.
D’Acampo was quietly dropped from the programme final yr after he refused to signal a morality clause in his contract.
Yesterday, sources claimed that he’s being sidelined by ITV amid issues he might flip into ‘one other Gregg Wallace’.
Gino was quietly dropped from foodie journey present Gordon, Gino and Fred, on which he appeared alongside Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix. Pictured: The trio in Galicia, Spain in 2023
Father-of-three D’Acampo didn’t reply to a request for remark final evening.
ITV mentioned: ‘We made our place clear following the result of our KC Assessment final yr after which we mentioned, ‘We’re utterly dedicated to creating an surroundings the place everyone seems to be handled with respect and feels capable of give of their finest’.
‘Our promise to these we work with is that the place a criticism is made, or critical issues raised, we’ll all the time examine and if we discover that one thing inappropriate has occurred, we’ll take motion.
‘We are going to proceed to develop our efforts to offer junior colleagues the boldness to talk up if they’ve one thing to lift.
‘Following the overview we reiterated our expectations and launched Conduct and Requirements Tips for On Display screen Personalities which outlines our expectations when it comes to behaviour, and have additionally beforehand provided coaching in language and behavior, both instantly or by means of our third social gathering producers, the place acceptable.’
On Saturday it was reported that D’Acampo is being slowly sidelined by ITV amid a string of inappropriate behaviour claims.
It’s understood the Italian chef was secretly ditched from Gordon, Gino and Fred: Street Journey after refusing to signal a morality clause in his contract.
A morality clause, also referred to as a morals clause, is a provision inside a contract that requires a person or social gathering to stick to sure behavioural requirements. The clause provides the opposite social gathering the suitable to terminate the contract if the primary social gathering behaves in a approach that negatively impacts the opposite social gathering’s status or picture.
A supply advised The Solar: ‘While Gino may be very popular with some, he has fallen out with many. He loves a celebration and, in the end, refused to signal the morality clause in his contract which might preserve him on the straight and slim. This was the ultimate straw and the choice was made to half methods.
‘He was fairly stroppy on the set of Emission Unattainable and, following an accident on set, the crew had been provided remedy as a result of they discovered the ensuing fall-out very laborious.
‘Filming was halted and Gino was placed on a coaching course.’
The supply defined Gino has a sporran, the pocket on a Scottish kilt, which he calls Justin Beaver and often flashes.
Gino is due on air subsequent yr for a sequence of Household Fortunes which has already been filmed.
Final November Gino was caught with hashish in his baggage by sniffer canines as he flew into the UK after filming with Gordon and Fred.
Gino was allegedly given a warning and a supply reported that he referred to as Gordon and Fred the next day to clarify he had been smoking it to assist his dangerous again, as they added that he was launched by police ‘with out situation’.
It’s claimed Gordon and Fred had been each offended in regards to the state of affairs, notably as Gordon has all the time been vocal about his anti-drugs stance.
In the meantime the star discovered himself on the centre of complaints from workers left feeling ‘uncomfortable’ by his behaviour in direction of them again in March 2023.
The Mail on Sunday understands that workers engaged on Gordon, Gino & Fred: Street Journey had made their issues recognized to producers.
Gino is due on air subsequent yr for a sequence of Household Fortunes which has already been filmed
One supply mentioned that ‘some folks’ who work with him don’t like how he operates each on set and at extra-curricular occasions akin to wrap events.
The information adopted Gino admitting that he has determined to stop the present, saying he does not need ‘irritating’ contract talks to break his friendship together with his co-stars.
Though the complaints aren’t regarded as a contributing issue to his choice to go away after 4 sequence, they’ve been famous by bosses at Studio Ramsay – the corporate based by Gordon Ramsay that makes the programme.
A present insider mentioned: ‘Crews, contributors and tv executives see how Gino behaves. It’s a lot mentioned across the trade, which is not ultimate.’
Whereas father-of-three D’Acampo didn’t reply to a possibility to touch upon the complaints yesterday, a supply on set did admit that the accusations could possibly be a ‘generational situation’ and that the 46-year-old thinks of himself as a ‘cheeky Italian chappy’.
They mentioned: ‘Gino has an old-school angle and sometimes thinks he’s being humorous when maybe those that are considerably youthful than him would take a special view.
‘There are occasions that he has made folks really feel uncomfortable however there’s at the moment the entire millennial versus older technology factor occurring in tv in the meanwhile.’
