Gino D’Acampo admits his marriage to wife Jessica works because they ‘have their own lives away from each other’ and often spend free time apart – despite him working six months a year

By his own admission, his working schedule encompasses just six months of the calendar year.  

But Gino D’Acampo admits he and wife Jessica have their own lives and often spend prolonged periods of time apart during their free time. 

The flamboyant Italian cook divides his time between homes in the United Kingdom and his native Italy with Jessica and their three children, Luciano, 22, Rocco, 19, and Mia, 12. 

But D’Acampo, 38, says his time away from work is carefully balanced so he can be alone – something he claims helps strengthen his 24-year marriage. 

He told heat: ‘I think it’s not only important to spend quality time with my family, but I also strongly believe in spending time alone. You discover new things about yourself and you have time to think, which is something that people don’t do often enough. 

Gino D’Acampo admits he and wife Jessica have their own lives and often spend prolonged periods of time apart during their free time

D’Acampo says his time away from work is carefully balanced so he can be alone – something he claims helps strengthen his 24-year marriage

‘Everybody’s always so busy and alone time is super-important for my marriage.’ 

He added: ‘Jessica and I have been together for 31 years, we have three children, and we never have problems, because we have our own lives away from one another.’ 

D’Acampo met his wife as a teenage, while working at Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King restaurant in Marbella – where he served as Head Chef. 

They married in 2002 and renewed their vows in 2021, but the Italian star refutes the idea that time spent apart could lead to affairs.

Speaking to OK! Magazine, he explained: ‘You need to balance your married life with your “single life”‘.

‘I can be away for a month and I will talk to my wife once a week for about 20 minutes. Then, when I come back, we can talk about it all.’

The TV chef confessed he doesn’t understand what some of his friends talk to their wives about when they are chatting on the phone for over an hour as he chooses to keep his phone calls with Jessica short and sweet.

D’Acampo also admitted he will go out for dinner and drinks with other women while he is on one of his solo holidays.

The flamboyant Italian cook divides his time between homes in the United Kingdom and his native Italy with Jessica and their three children, Luciano, 22, Rocco, 19, and Mia, 12

D’Acampo met his wife as a teenage, while working at Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King restaurant in Marbella – where he served as Head Chef

He said: ‘Do you think that if I wanted to be unfaithful to my wife, I’d need to organise a holiday? I can do it anytime and anywhere. So once you get that out of your head, going on holiday alone doesn’t matter.’

D’Acampo previously opened up about how he met his wife in an interview on Good Morning Britain in 2022.

He revealed: ‘When I met my wife, I never had any experience with any other women because I was only 17. She had amazing blonde hair and huge… personality. And after a few weeks she showed me something I had never had before.

‘So I got there and basically all I was thinking was “Am I going to get laid?”

‘Am I allowed to say that? Or I’ll say make love, is that better? But anyway, yeah she invited me over and cooked for me.’

Jessica flew to Australia to be with D’Acampo when he won the 2009 series of I’m A Celebrity… Get me Out Of Here!