Gino's Italian Escape
Gino's Italian Escape is a TV show on ITV1. Chef Gino D'Acampo undertakes a culinary journey around his native Italy. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 41 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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30:00Gino's Italian Escape
In the final episode of this series, Gino climbs Mount Etna and cooks on the terrace of the world-famous Bar Vitelli in Savoca.
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30:00Passing the temples of Agrigento, Gino makes his way up Mount Etna to Sicily's lemon riviera, where he makes a risotto in a grove.
30:00Gino visits Palermo - the capital of Sicily - meets a man who stood up to the Mafia, and cooks chicken in marsala sauce in a vineyard.
30:00Gino takes a fishing trip, visits the bustling capital city of Cagliari, and cooks a succulent tuna dish as the sun sets over Nora.
30:00Gino visits Orgosolo in Sardinia, which is famous for its murals, and a distillery before whipping up a rustic pasta dish.
30:00Gino D'Acampo learns about the local speciality of Sardinia - roasted suckling pig - and hosts a traditional Italian festa for his friends.
Series 2
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30:00Gino D'Acampo's final destination is Bologna, where he samples its famous bolognese sauce and uses his grandfather's recipe to prepare tagliatelle alla bolognese.
30:00Gino D'Acampo travels through Tuscany, visiting Siena - where he creates chocolate panforte - and a Benedictine abbey where he cooks beef with the brothers' local red wine.
30:00Gino D'Acampo is in the region of Liguria in northwestern Italy, where he visits the pretty fishing port of Camogli and Recco, a town famed for its focaccia flatbread.
30:00Gino D'Acampo explores the region of Emilia-Romagna, which is famous for parmesan that he uses to enhance a dish of fried aubergine, juicy tomato and soft mozzarella.
30:00Gino D'Acampo takes a trip in a gondola with a countess to discover a Venetian tapas called cicchetti and rustles up a risotto with red radicchio, peas and Italian sausage.
30:00Gino D'Acampo travels to Florence, where he prepares tagliata with courgette and goat's cheese salad and a dessert of apple poached in red wine with amaretti biscuit cream.
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30:00Chef Gino D'Acampo completes his culinary journey around Italy by starting in Puglia and then travelling on to Basilicata, where he samples traditional cucina povera.
30:00Chef Gino D'Acampo continues his culinary journey around his native Italy - in this episode, he returns to Campania, the region where he grew up and where his family still live.
30:00Gino D'Acampo's culinary journey around Italy continues - this episode finds him in Rome, where he shops at one of the city's finest delis for pancetta and guanciale.
30:00Gino D'Acampo makes a culinary journey around his native Italy - in this episode, Gino explores the intriguing region of Puglia, which is famous for its olive oil.
30:00Gino D'Acampo continues his culinary journey around his native Italy in Naples - the region where he was born - and creates a chicken dish invented by his mother.
30:00Chef Gino D'Acampo undertakes a culinary journey around his native Italy - in this first episode of the show he visits the stunning Amalfi Coast, an area famous for its lemons.
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30:00Gino takes to the skies to visit the remote islands of Tremiti - one of Italy's best-kept secrets, this stunning archipelago lies in the middle of the Adriatic.
30:00The next stage of Gino's journey along the Adriatic Coast brings him to the hidden gem of the Conero Riviera and the world's largest accordion in Castelfidardo.