Gino was invited to shoot a VT series for Great Food Live called Essential Ingredients, which examined traditional Italian foods and recipes. BBC TV soon took notice of his natural ability and regular appearances on BBC Ready Steady Cook starting with three straight wins quickly followed.  He also became a favourite regular guest on The Terry and Gaby Show for Channel 5.

2005 was even a bigger year when Gino joined ITV and starred in his own series with Claire Sweeney called 'Chef v Britain' as well as appearing regularly on 'This Morning', 'Too Many Cooks' and 'Taste' .  He also starred in his own shows for UK TV Food traveling and cooking in Mexico called 'An Italian in Mexico'.

Every year growing stronger, 2006 and 2007 brought Gino another series of 'An Italian Returns to Mexico’ and a regular guest on ‘Saturday Cooks’ for ITV.  Following on from this show, Gino also appears repeatedly on ‘Daily Cooks’ and ‘Soap Star Super Chefs’.  Gino is also flying back and forth to Rome to film the Italian version of Ready Steady Cook.  At the end of 2007 brought 'Fantastico', Gino's first book to hit our shelves, being a huge success and winning Gourmet Italian Book of the Year ! 

2008-2009 - As well as all the regular appearances on all the shows mentioned, Gino has been working on two new shows for the BBC called 'Step Up To The Plate' and 'Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is'.   His second book 'Buonissimo' was released in October 2008.   

In September 2009 Gino launched his unique set of pots, pans, crockery, knife blocks etc in the Argos Catalogue and exclusively for Matalan under the 'Gino Influence' brand.    2009 proved to be an amazing year as Gino was crowned King of the Jungle by 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here' in November 2009.   His third book released January 2010,  'The Italian Diet', is currently a number one best seller in the charts. 

Gino still devises his own recipes and regularly visits La Cucina Caldesi in London (www.caldesi.com) to update on latest trends in Italy and give talks to some of the students about his experiences. Using only the simplest and freshest ingredients there is nothing Gino likes better than to present live demonstrations.

Gino is a member of both the Federazione Italiana Cuochi (Federation of Italian Chefs) and Associazione Professionale Cuochi Italiani (Association of professional Italian chefs).  He has been involved in some exclusive events including the Gala Dinner for Luciano Pavarotti at his last concert in London in January 2002 and a private party for the Italian Ambassador in 2003.

Gino lives in north London with his wife Jessie and two sons Luciano and Rocco who are his favourite food critics. "If the food is not up to standard my boys simply spit it out and I have to find a tastier recipe combination - it's a really rewarding challenge!"