The Apprentice is again! This Christmas, two Movie star Apprentice specials will air in help of BBC Kids in Want.
Lord Sugar shall be placing 12 celebrities via their paces with the assistance of Santa Clause. The 2-part Christmas particular will see the superstar candidates be break up into two teams and despatched to Lapland, the official house of Santa, to develop their very own gingerbread biscuits. Accompanying the groups and protecting a watchful eye in Lapland are Baroness Karren Brady and Mike Soutar.
Not solely will the celebrities need to create their very own biscuit, however they should market their product by creating an advert and a jingle – hold an eye fixed out for a shock sprinkle of stardust to assist the celebrities on their merry approach! Each groups will then need to face the dreaded job of pitching to retailers, to assist safe these all-important gross sales.
Crew one contains AJ Odudu, Charlie Hedges, Eddie Kadi, Jake Woods, Kadeena Cox and Rob Rinder who’ve created Jolly McTrouble, a gingerbread biscuit with a tasty butter toffee, vanilla and Christmas pudding flavoured festive icing. With the tagline “Be Naughty, Get Good” the biscuit is a portrait of Santa’s naughty brother – Jolly McTrouble.
Crew two is made up of Angela Scanlon, JB Gill, Matt Morsia, Sarah Hadland, Shazia Mirza and Tom Skinner, and their creation, Gary the Penguin. The biscuit combines gingerbread with a novel mix of lemon, bubble-gum and white pepper – unusual however apparently scrumptious! Coined with the tagline “A Cheeky Deal with for Your Little Insurgent”, the biscuit is within the form of a festive penguin – Gary.
Each biscuits shall be accessible from quite a lot of retailers throughout the UK from Friday November 14. Every buy will assist increase cash to assist youngsters and younger folks throughout the UK. The celebrities’ biscuits shall be accessible to buy within the following retailers: Asda, Tesco, Boots, Debenhams, One Cease, Ocado Retail, Amazon On-line, Amazon Recent shops (London), Lola’s Cupcakes, Knoops, Haven Holidays, Wenzel’s The Bakers and Greenhalgh’s bakeries.
Lord Sugar says: “It’s the primary ever time on The Movie star Apprentice that the general public should buy merchandise that had been created by the superstar candidates. It’s added some actual stress to the method. I feel the celebs thought they had been in for a simple trip, however they had been fallacious! Elevating cash for BBC Kids in Want is severe enterprise, so the candidates really want to ship in the event that they need to keep away from ending up on my naughty checklist.”
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Leisure Commissioning on the BBC says: “The superstar candidates shall be giving viewers a tasty deal with or two this Christmas that viewers can actually sink their enamel into, all whereas supporting the unimaginable work of BBC Kids in Want. Are viewers going to be Crew Gary the Penguin or Crew Jolly McTrouble? Let the festive boardroom battle start!”
Paul Broadbent, Director of Programmes at Bare, provides: “We now have taken The Apprentice out of the boardroom and straight onto the cabinets. These particular episodes bridge the hole between leisure and real-world influence. It’s a uncommon alternative for audiences to purchase, style and revel in one thing they’ve watched being created on display and it has been nice enjoyable seeing the celebs’ concepts come to life, all in help of a improbable charity.”
As a part of the particular, the superstar candidates visited the BBC Kids in Want-funded venture Chickenshed Theatre Belief to share their adverts and supply the kids a style of their biscuits – the place they acquired some trustworthy, no-nonsense suggestions. Chickenshed receives funding from BBC Kids in Must assist disabled youngsters and people with further must allow them to participate in constructive actions that develop their confidence, studying and create alternatives.
The Movie star Apprentice: Christmas Specials will air later this yr on BBC One and iPlayer and the biscuits shall be accessible to buy nationwide from Friday November 14.
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