Gino's Italian Escape

Gino starts his journey on the Amalfi coast, visiting the picture-postcard village of Positano and uncovering food traditions that are being kept alive by the locals.

Gino sails to beautiful Capri to sample 'la dolce vita' and meet a man who made his name photographing the iconic US first lady Jackie Kennedy.

Gino D'Acampo takes a culinary journey along the Italian coast - he visits some of Tuscany's hidden gems before heading to the town of Gaeta in Lazio.

Gino D'Acampo visits the island of Elba - which is famous in Italy for its honey and iron production - and makes a melt-in-the-mouth honey chicken dish and an easy risotto.

Gino continues his journey at the home of water buffalo mozzarella, visits ancient ruins in Paestum, and learns how to make handmade fusilli pasta the traditional way.

Gino continues his journey along the Mediterranean coast in the Bay of Naples, the region where he grew up and the home of the pizza, street food, and fantastic seafood.

Gino D'Acampo continues his journey in the rugged and wild region that is Calabria, where the landscape is as breath-taking as the powerhouse ingredients that it produces.

Gino is on the Aeolian islands of Salina and Panarea to discover what they contribute to the Italian kitchen and what keeps Robert De Niro coming back to the area.