Gino's Italy: Like Mamma Used to Make

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Starting in his place of birth, Torre Del Greco in Napoli, where he learnt to cook in the kitchens of his Nonna Flora and Mamma Alba, Gino is going back to his roots to celebrate all the women whose kitchens have fuelled Italy through their incredible food. I visit Procida [an island in the Bay of Naples] which I enjoyed as I grew up near the ocean, so I love anything to do with the sea.

It will always be the most special dish in the world to me because it’s the last dish that my mother cooked for me before she passed away.

From the first meatballs I rolled with my aunty Clara to the Spaghetti Vongole that I make for my own family. Is it true you’ve also invited a film crew for ITV’s This Morning into ‘Villa D’Acampo’ in Sardinia, where you live for half the year? Because it’s one of the only places where my family is all together [Gino and his wife, Jessica, share three children together, sons Luciano and Rocco and daughter Mia]. In the clip below, Gino is in his hometown of Torre Del Greco and is reunited with some of the women who helped to raise him and inspired him to cook. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Gino’s Italy: Like Mamma Used To Make is a six-part series that starts on ITV on Sunday September 4 at 7. Gino said, “From learning to make pizza at the fingertips of my Nonna Flora, to stirring simmering pots of ragu in my mamma’s kitchen.The six-part series sees Gino travel from Naples to Bologna, learning to cool local dishes from families and their matriarchs. My journey as a chef is all thanks to two generations of women, who without their passion for the food that they fed their families, I would not be where I am. Biography: Born into a large family in Napoli, Gino's love of cooking developed from a young age when he was taught to cook by his mother and, at the age of 11, started working at his grandfather's restaurant. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It's widely thought that recipes in Italian families are passed from generation to generation and it's absolutely true - much to the envy of the rest of us.