Always buy dry pasta, not fresh. 90 percent of Italians use dried pasta as it keeps its al dente shape more perfectly when cooked. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
My mother would never say anything I cooked for her was great. She was always a ‘Yeah, but’ person. When she tasted my food, I used to say to her ‘Don’t tell me too straight, lie to me!’ She couldn’t even understand why I was on television. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
I am still around too many Italian people to start speaking like a guy from London. I live in Italy for six months of the year, all the people in my restaurants are Italian and it means that when I speak, it is always with an Italian accent in my head. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
I do what I want, I say what I want and I do it when I want. I live my life the way I want to live it, which I think people appreciate it. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
People should always have a good bottle of extra virgin olive oil, a packet of pasta, tinned tomatoes and a good cheese somewhere in their fridge. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
Only the French people say French food is the finest cuisine in the world. If you ask anyone else, they will tell you the best food in the world is Italian. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
I tell everybody that you haven’t lived a good life if you haven’t made a mistake. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
I’m the king of napping. I can nap and I snore. Then I wake up, go to the toilet, wash my face, have a coffee and it’s like a brand new day. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
The problem many people have with Italian food is they over-complicate it. Italian food is extremely simple. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
A lot of people believe Italian food is tasty because there are a lot of ingredients. But they don’t understand that the reason why it’s tasty is because there are less ingredients than in any other cuisine. Gino D'Acampo Read Quote
