Reality TV
D'Acampo wins special dinner for camp
Published Friday, Dec 4 2009, 22:30 GMT | By Oli Simpson

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First up was Gino D'Acampo, who had to work his way through three courses in order to win the camp's main dinner. He also chose the two additional platters to win two personal treats.
Dec explained that he had the choice of either a traditional course or bushtucker. First up was a fermented egg or anti-pasta. "I'm trembling because I've not eaten anti-pasta for a long time," he said as he smelled the selection of olives, artichokes, tomatoes and dips, before choosing the egg.
He cracked the shell to reveal a completely black, rotten egg and started gagging as he forced it down, struggling to swallow. "That was disgusting, you people are crazy," he told Ant and Dec.
Next up was rhino beetles or profiteroles with cream. Said Ant: "You just have to pull off the legs, head and wings - the hairs make this dish, apparently." D'Acampo tried to pretend it was a prawn as he popped it in his mouth and started crunching while retching involuntarily.
A jungle bento box of cockroaches, witchetty grubs and meal worms were next up on the menu, or he could choose the soft option of sushi. Dec asked: "Surely you don't want any more rice? You have to eat one live cockroach, a small handful of meal worms and a witchetty grub."
D'Acampo met the challenge, gagging and squirming throughout, but never faltering. "It tasted 'orrible, like mucus, like something that was off."
The chef was congratulated on winning the three main courses for camp, before being offered the personal treats.
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