Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo has spoken out about his 22-year marriage and made the shocking admission that he sometimes lives ‘the single life’.

The Italian, 47, revealed the secret to longevity in a relationship is actually having time apart and confessed he only speaks to his wife Jessica for ’20 mins a day’ while he’s away.

Gino and his wife Jessica Morrison first met when he was 17-year-old and working at Sylvester Stallone‘s Mambo King restaurant in Marbella where she was a waitress. 

The pair tied the knot in 2002 and recently renewed their vows in 2021, but outside of the marriage Gino enjoys plenty of time to himself, refuting the idea that time spent apart could lead to affairs. 

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

Gino D'Acampo, 47, has revealed the surprising secret to his 22 year marriage is time apart as he admitted he lives the 'single life' and meets with 'other women' in an interview with OK!

Gino D'Acampo, 47, has revealed the surprising secret to his 22 year marriage is time apart as he admitted he lives the 'single life' and meets with 'other women' in an interview with OK!

Gino D’Acampo, 47, has revealed the surprising secret to his 22 year marriage is time apart as he admitted he lives the ‘single life’ and meets with ‘other women’ in an interview with OK! 

Gino and his wife Jessica Morrison first met when he was 17-year-old and working at Sylvester Stallone 's Mambo King restaurant in Marbella where she was a waitress (pictured 2009)

Gino and his wife Jessica Morrison first met when he was 17-year-old and working at Sylvester Stallone 's Mambo King restaurant in Marbella where she was a waitress (pictured 2009)

Gino and his wife Jessica Morrison first met when he was 17-year-old and working at Sylvester Stallone ‘s Mambo King restaurant in Marbella where she was a waitress (pictured 2009)

Confirming that he enjoys spending time as a family with his wife and children, Luciano, 21, Rocco, 19, and Mia, 11 he also stressed that he and Jessica also need time away from each other. 

‘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. 

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

He added: ‘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.’

Gino previously opened up about how he met his wife in an interview on Good Morning Britain back 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.’ 

The Italian confessed he only speaks to his wife Jessica for '20 mins a day' while he's away will go out for dinner and drinks with other women while he is on one of his solo holidays

The Italian confessed he only speaks to his wife Jessica for '20 mins a day' while he's away will go out for dinner and drinks with other women while he is on one of his solo holidays

The Italian confessed he only speaks to his wife Jessica for ’20 mins a day’ while he’s away will go out for dinner and drinks with other women while he is on one of his solo holidays

He added: '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'

He added: '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'

He added: ‘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’ 

Gino and Jessica married in 2002 and they share three children: sons Luciano, 21, and Rocco, 19 and daughter Mia, 11

Gino and Jessica married in 2002 and they share three children: sons Luciano, 21, and Rocco, 19 and daughter Mia, 11

Gino and Jessica married in 2002 and they share three children: sons Luciano, 21, and Rocco, 19 and daughter Mia, 11

Hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid began laughing at his anecdote and tried to keep the conversation on cooking by asking what meal she made.

It comes after Gino was forced to defend his record as a businessman after being accused of failing to hand over millions of pounds to staff and the taxman when his pasta chain collapsed.

The star has spoken out for the first time after suggestions he was unable to pay £5million to his former employees and in tax after liquidating My Pasta Bar in 2022.

Accounts said 49 creditors were not paid, with £4.8million owed to trade creditors, £113,975 to HMRC and £53,304 to staff, according to reports.

Three London restaurants on Fleet Street, Leadenhall Market and Bishopsgate were forced to close two years ago.

But Gino has now hit back, insisting his philosophy was to ‘make sure your wins are greater than what you lose’. 

In a final account to creditors and members, the company had : ‘Overall, I can confirm that the realisations in the liquidation are insufficient to declare a dividend to the unsecured creditors after defraying the expenses of the proceedings.’

Major stakeholders included Gino, owning ten per cent, and IRG, who had an 85 per cent stake in the company – with the other five per cent belonging to Vernon Lord. 

IRG is owned by Iceland founder Malcolm Walker and CEO Tarsem Dhaliwal, after Gino previously had a food range with the supermarket giant

But now speaking about the apparent company collapse for the first time, Gino has defended himself on the podcast Off Air.

It comes after Gino was forced to defend his record as a businessman after being accused of failing to hand over millions of pounds to staff and the taxman when his pasta chain collapsed

It comes after Gino was forced to defend his record as a businessman after being accused of failing to hand over millions of pounds to staff and the taxman when his pasta chain collapsed

It comes after Gino was forced to defend his record as a businessman after being accused of failing to hand over millions of pounds to staff and the taxman when his pasta chain collapsed 

My Pasta Bar, which opened in 2012, went under two years with three London venues closing

My Pasta Bar, which opened in 2012, went under two years with three London venues closing

My Pasta Bar, which opened in 2012, went under two years with three London venues closing

 He said of this week’s reports: ‘That is an old story – it is something that happened before Covid and I always say to people, I don’t really answer to stuff like that or I don’t really get upset about stuff like that.

‘I get upset only in a way where you kind of go, ‘Wait a second, do you understand that to be a business person, what I do, unless you have some failures you will never be successful?’

‘The secret to what it is, is to make sure that your wins are greater than what you lose.

‘Because nobody ever talks about me opening another restaurant again in Manchester – nobody ever talks about I’m going to open four new restaurants by the end of this year.

‘Nobody ever talks about that I employ over 1,000 people currently today.

‘Everybody’s very quick to point the finger and to say, ‘Ah, but, but, you closed this, you closed that’.

How Gino’s My Pasta Bar lost hundreds of thousands every year

The celebrity chef’s chain owes £4,939,332 to 49 creditors, in addition to £113,975 to HMRC and £37,887 in staff wages, according to paperwork lodged with Companies House.

Accounts from the parent company show it has £1.65m in investments, which includes £821,494 in property.

The documents show the Pasta Bar Specialists Ltd had shareholder funds of -£139,992 in 2013, which rose to more than £5 million by 2020.

2013: -£139,992

2014: -£147,090

2015: -£1,688,799

2016: -£2,398,951

2017: -£3,179,965

2018: -£3,705,575

2019: -£4,370,932

2020: -£5,053,225

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‘Guys, in life, unless you try to do something new, you will never be anyone and you will never employ other people – you try some business, they go well, and some business, they don’t go well.

‘As I said, the secret, what is it? It’s to make sure the ones that go well is greater than the ones that don’t go well.’

Gino was asked about whether people had been left behind like former staff who hadn’t been paid.

He replied: ‘On that point you need to be careful not to believe everything that you read.’

He claimed again that it was an old story and when asked why then were there fresh headlines across the media, he added: ‘I have no idea why they ran today.

‘Considering that I’ve just, as I’ve said, I’ve just opened a restaurant in Manchester last week, employed 45 new people in my new restaurant, you would think they should encourage me to say, ‘Gino, come on man, keep going, keep going. Don’t worry about the failing one, just keep going’.

‘Because the more you’re going, the more this economy is gonna get better – you employ people, you open a new restaurant.

‘But instead of, they always choose the negative thing – why they do it, that is a question that you need to ask whoever wrote the article.

‘I think life is really full of negative things. We should celebrate positivity, we should celebrate people’s achievements.

‘We should acknowledge people failing but not pointing the finger like that, that is not a very nice way to do it and I don’t buy into stuff like that anyway.’ 

Gino has told the Off Air podcast: 'Unless you have some failures you will never be successful'

Gino has told the Off Air podcast: 'Unless you have some failures you will never be successful'

Gino has told the Off Air podcast: ‘Unless you have some failures you will never be successful’

He described his aims as 'to make sure that your wins are greater than what you lose

He described his aims as 'to make sure that your wins are greater than what you lose

He described his aims as ‘to make sure that your wins are greater than what you lose

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