Gino D'Acampo

French food is too poncy.

— Gino D'Acampo

Italy is a hot country. Wherever you feel heat, your excitement and passion come out. We're hot-blooded, and where there's passion there's…

— Gino D'Acampo

The best place to go in Italy for a summer holiday is the island of Sardinia.

— Gino D'Acampo

I get asked for cooking tips all the time.

— Gino D'Acampo

I always remember my mum and dad arguing a lot and one main reason was lack of money. I realized very young…

— Gino D'Acampo

My wife is a very clever woman. She knows when to say something and when to bite her tongue.

— Gino D'Acampo

Venice is incredible. Although you may have seen it in pictures, you can't grasp how beautiful it is until you visit.

— Gino D'Acampo

I understood food from a very early age. I understood the combination of ingredients very early.

— Gino D'Acampo

Hearing other celebrities moaning about the bad things about being famous - there is no worst thing. If you don't want to…

— Gino D'Acampo

My father always encouraged me to do whatever I wanted, providing I was happy. He wanted me to go to school, but…

— Gino D'Acampo

I spent a week of my honeymoon on a cruise ship and it was a nightmare. Never again.

— Gino D'Acampo

I was a boy, so I decided to get married and then I will be a man.

— Gino D'Acampo

My kids are not allowed to be fussy eaters. The problem with fussy children is their stupid parents. I run a family…

— Gino D'Acampo

Generally, Italians just eat better. They're not doing that thing where they're eating two or three hundred grams of pasta. They're never…

— Gino D'Acampo

A key rule for every cook should be not to buy food when it's out of season because it's expensive and tastes…

— Gino D'Acampo

The secret of making a mistake is not to regret it, or regret it until a certain point, but to learn from…

— Gino D'Acampo

Italian wines don't have to be expensive to be good. It is absolutely ridiculous that people feel that have to spend a…

— Gino D'Acampo

Between my brain and my mouth there should be a filter where common sense kicks in before I deliver a word, but…

— Gino D'Acampo

Every summer I sail to a small island called Cavallo, which lies between Sardinia and Corsica.

— Gino D'Acampo

My mum and dad weren't wealthy people. We used to have pasta every day, meat once a week, fish was once every…

— Gino D'Acampo

When I was eight years old, my mum and dad took me skiing in Valle d'Aosta in northern Italy. I'm not usually…

— Gino D'Acampo

Italian people are so proud to show off. A little bit too much, I have to say. Wherever you go, they prepare…

— Gino D'Acampo

We don't do spaghetti and Bolognese sauce together in Italy. That is technically wrong because when you lift up the spaghetti the…

— Gino D'Acampo

I thought, 'This is not going to drag me down, this is going to make me a better man.' So I came…

— Gino D'Acampo

I'm the type of person who doesn't do television just for the sake of it.

— Gino D'Acampo