Emotional Gino D’Acampo reveals final photo of his ‘rock star’ dad saying ‘he made me who I am’ on Emission Impossible
CHEF Gino D’Acampo candidly revealed the final photograph he took of his father before his death in an emotional moment on his new TV show.
The Italian foodie, 48 – a regular on ITV shows including This Morning – shared the snap with Emission Impossible co-star Fred Sirieix, 52, in a tender segment.
The duo were exploring the eco-credentials of Austria when Gino asked the former I’m A Celeb star: “Would you like to see a picture of my dad?”
He continued: “My dad was proper rebel, proper rockstar, yeah.
“I blame him, he made me what I am today, it’s in the DNA.
“Look I’ll show you a picture, it will tell you everything you need to know…”
Gino then pulled his phone out of his pocket and zoomed in to the treasured image of Ciro, as he confessed: “This is the last picture of my dad before he passed away.”
The snap showed his parent in blue denim jeans and a leather jacket, donning a bandana.
He was seen pretending to play a guitar in the sassy snap.
Fred was quick to tell his pal: “Oh wow well you definitely are your father’s son.
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
OPENING UP
It came after Gino recently admitted he turned down a huge telly role after both his parents passed.
The telly chef was then prompted to make a major life decision.
The dad-of-three admitted he turned down one of television’s biggest shows – all because it clashes with his holidays each year.
He explained: “I will not budge on working on my holidays. From the 15th June until the 15th September, I do not care who you are, how much money you have got, how big the show is, I do not care.
“And, I’ve said no to the biggest show that you can think of, nationally and internationally.”
The star stopped short of revealing just what show he turned down, leaving fans guessing.
Gino added to the White Wine Question Time podcast that he made this decision due to his parents dying when he was young.
He continued: “I lost my parents when they were very young, both of them in their 60s, so I didn’t have a mum and dad when I was about 35 or 36-years-old.
“What happened at that point Kate, I started to think, could life be shorter than what I think or what we believe? I really started to believe that life is not as long as we think, and that was the moment that I thought, okay, I have the money, I made a few money in the bank, so I don’t have to worry about it.
“Now what is it that I want to do with my life?
“Do I want to bank more money or do I want to bank more memories?”