Gino D’Acampo didn’t hold back while slamming fellow This Morning chef James Martin as ‘filthy’ and compared their cooking methods.
Gino joined co-hosts Holly Willoughby and Dermot O’Leary in the kitchen on Tuesday’s episode of the ITV show to produce an alternate version of a tiramisu for them, without the dessert’s customary component of coffee.
While cooking the meal, the 46-year-old showed Holly, 42, and Dermot, 50, how to fold egg whites, adding that his approach guaranteed he wouldn’t lose “volume.”
‘When you do the egg whites, you keep folding it like this, okay, because you don’t want to lose the volume on the egg whites,’ the Italian chef added, folding the egg whites with a tool.
Holly, on the other hand, pointed out that James, 50, had a distinct way that he was enthusiastic about.
‘James Martin said it was better to fold with your hands,’ she said, as Dermot added: ‘Yes, he was adamant about it!’
Holly continued: ‘He said just dunk your fists in it,’ but Gino wasn’t convinced by his peer’s point of view.
‘He’s a filthy chef. Why would you want to fold it with your hands?’ he questioned.
Dermot commented that James has “beautiful large hands,” while Holly added that James thought his hands-on approach provided him greater “control.”
Despite his scepticism, Gino then decided to give it a go… and admitted that he found it ‘quite satisfying’.
‘Now you like it, don’t you?’ Holly asked, as the chef remarked: ‘Oh wow, oh it’s quite satisfying, it’s like putting your finger into a bubbly candle.’
Nonetheless, he didn’t appear convinced, muttering to himself: ‘James Martin, please.’
At another point during the show, Gino cracked a very uncomfortable joke that looked to be directed at Phillip Schofield, who left the show last month after confessing to lying about having an affair with a runner.
Addressing his own hiatus from This Morning, Gino said: ‘I was in Italy for a month. I came back two days ago … any news? Anything from the last month that I should know?’
Dermot looked awkward, while Holly chirpily responded: ‘No!’
While Holly continued to insist that there was ‘no news’, Gino stirred the pot even more when he stated: ‘Why is Dermot not talking anymore?’
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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