Gordon Ramsay breaks social media cover amid co-star Gino D’Acampo’s ‘inappropriate’ behaviour allegations
Gordon Ramsay has broken his silence on social media for the first time since celebrity chef and Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip co-star Gino D’Acampo faced multiple allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour and intimidating conduct.
Dozens of people have described experiences working with D’Acampo as “distressing,” “horrendous,” and “unacceptable” according to findings published on Thursday.
Evidence seen by ITV News shows at least one production company was aware of multiple complaints made by crew members about D’Acampo but continued to work with him on further TV programmes.
Those making the complaints against the Italian chef have requested their identities be protected, citing fears of professional consequences.
D’Acampo has “firmly denied” the allegations, describing them as “deeply upsetting” in his response to ITV News.
The 58-year-old Michelin star winning chef Ramsay had appeared alongside D’Acampo on the hugely successful Road Trip series alongside Fred Sirieix.
However, Ramsay has been absent from D’Acampo and Sirieix’s latest series ITV travel series, Emission Impossible.
In the time since ITV News published the allegations against D’Acampo, Ramsay has avoided commenting on claims.
However, he did make a comeback to Instagram to deliver a sweet message to another fellow chef.
Ramsay posted a picture on his story alongside chef Chris Bianco, his staff and a huge stone pizza oven.
“Great seeing you @pizzeriabianco at your original spot! Amazing pizza GX,” he captioned the post.
Bianco’s Pizzeria Bianco in Arizona featured on Netflix’s hugely popular Chef’s Table series and drew the attention of Ramsay.
Ahead of attending last year’s Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, Ramsay took a trip to the restaurant to sample the food.
“Chris’ pizzeria — they say it’s the best in America and one of the best pizzas in the world, and I can absolutely vouch for that,” Ramsay told Tasting Table at the time.
The food icon glowed: “It was brilliant. He was there, had a good catch-up with him. I loved his story on Netflix on ‘Chef’s Table.’ He is the real deal.”
Through his legal team, D’Acampo categorically denied all allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour.
“I have been told by ITN news that allegations have been made about me acting inappropriately, some dating back over ten years ago,” D’Acampo said in a statement to ITV News.
“I have never been made aware of these matters previously and the allegations are firmly denied. I would not do anything that I thought would upset or distress anyone.”
D’Acampo added: “I am a father, husband and have worked with well over 1,500 people on around 80 productions in my career, which I have been so proud of.”
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His legal team stated that some of the allegations were considered by D’Acampo to be “a fabricated work of fiction.”
They also noted that many of the claims had never been raised with D’Acampo until ITV News’ request for comment.
ITV has confirmed it has no current plans to work with D’Acampo, with his most recent series of Family Fortunes, filmed in 2023, not scheduled for broadcast.
The broadcaster said all the concerns raised “describe behaviour which is inappropriate and unacceptable” but noted most complaints were not reported to ITV at the time.
ITV emphasised that production companies hold “primary responsibility for the duty of care” of everyone involved in making shows.
The broadcaster has strengthened its policies in recent years, setting up a dedicated Complaints Handling Unit in 2024.
“We can only act where we know that concerns have been raised, and will now be following up on those that had not previously been reported to us,” ITV said in a statement.
The broadcaster encouraged anyone who has experienced inappropriate behaviour while working on an ITV show to raise concerns through their confidential speaking up hotline.