Moment Gino D’Acampo takes drugs in front of Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix unearthed as star is caught with cannabis
GINO D’Acampo took drugs on camera while filming his TV show with Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix.
The resurfaced clip, taken from the 2020 series of Gordon, Gino and Fred’s American Road Trip, comes as Gino was caught with cannabis by Border Force sniffer dogs.
In the unearthed scene, Gino, Gordon and Fred head to a restaurant in San Francisco that infuses food with cannabis, which is legal in the state of California.
And while Gordon, who is strongly anti-drugs, doesn’t partake, Gino and Fred do sample the goods.
“I’m taking you to a friend of mine, called Holden, who creates a hippy high tea,” Gino tells Gordon, who immediately protests against the idea.
“Guys, I’m very excited,” Gino announces as they arrive at the restaurant, where they are greeted by a variety of finger foods and cakes that contain cannabis.
The culinary creations on offer feature both CBD, which is used medicinally, and THC, the component in cannabis that creates a high.
Holden gives Gino a tincture so he can add drops of the stuff to his food.
While Gino and Fred try the “hippy tea” which contains THC, Gordon opts simply for a regular PG Tips.
Gino then tries a cucumber sandwich infused with the drug, and tells Gordon: “To me this is exciting, it’s modern, it’s new, it’s fashion.”
“That’s for you,” Gordon argues. “I get high on perfection, you get high on leaves.”
At one point, Gordon also tells Gino: “Can you slow down, because you are going to be like a hot air balloon in a minute?”
He also accuses his pal of “slurring” his words, but Gino insists he is “fine”.
The clip aired three years ago, but The Sun revealed yesterday that Gino was recently caught with cannabis by Border Force sniffer dogs as he flew into Britain.
The Italian was given a warning after he landed with Gordon and Fred at Farnborough Airport, Hampshire.
D’Acampo, 46, had been in Spain filming Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip. A source said last night: “Fred and Gordon were pretty cross.”
Gino’s airport drug bust came just weeks before he quit his telly road show with Gordon and Fred.
Border Force pulled over the Italian chef after he touched down in Britain on Ramsay’s private jet following filming in Spain.
Sniffer dogs are said to have started circling him as he arrived with Gordon and Fred at the airport, a regular stop-off for the rich and famous.
Cannabis was then found in a small box inside the Family Fortunes presenter’s luggage.
Officers accepted it was for his own medicinal use — not intended for anybody else — and issued him with a warning.
The news comes after the dad-of-three blindsided ITV bosses last month by quitting Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip amid “stressful” contract talks.
Last night a source said: “Gino and the gang had been filming in Spain, and flew back home on Gordon’s private jet. When they landed, out of nowhere sniffer dogs suddenly started circling Gino.
“Gordon, Fred and Gino were all held for some time by Border Force, as Gino initially tried to laugh it off.
“Eventually, it was clear who the dogs were after, and Gino went away with uniformed police for questioning. It was Gino’s bags that were stopped and searched, and a small box with some weed inside was found.
“Neither Fred nor Gordon, nor anyone else on the jet, had a single trace of anything suspicious.”
The source went on: “The next day Gino called Gordon and Fred.
“He said he was smoking it to help his bad back, and he had been released by cops without issue.
“Both Fred and Gordon were obviously pretty cross at being caught up in the drama. Gordon, especially, has always been very vocal about his anti-drugs stance.”