The Apprentice is again! This Christmas, two Celeb Apprentice specials will air in assist of BBC Youngsters in Want.
Lord Sugar might be placing 12 celebrities by 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 residence of Santa, to develop their very own gingerbread biscuits. Accompanying the groups and preserving 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 must market their product by creating an advert and a jingle – preserve an eye fixed out for a shock sprinkle of stardust to assist the celebrities on their merry method! Each groups will then need to face the dreaded job of pitching to retailers, to assist safe these all-important gross sales.
Group 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.
Group 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 singular 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 might be out there from plenty 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 might be out there to buy within the following retailers: Asda, Tesco, Boots, Debenhams, One Cease, Ocado Retail, Amazon On-line, Amazon Contemporary 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 Celeb Apprentice that the general public should buy merchandise that had been created by the superstar candidates. It’s added some actual strain to the method. I feel the celebs thought they had been in for a straightforward experience, however they had been improper! Elevating cash for BBC Youngsters in Want is severe enterprise, so the candidates actually need 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 might be giving viewers a tasty deal with or two this Christmas that viewers can actually sink their tooth into, all whereas supporting the unimaginable work of BBC Youngsters in Want. Are viewers going to be Group Gary the Penguin or Group 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 affect. 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 assist of a incredible charity.”
As a part of the particular, the superstar candidates visited the BBC Youngsters in Want-funded undertaking Chickenshed Theatre Belief to share their adverts and supply the kids a style of their biscuits – the place they obtained some trustworthy, no-nonsense suggestions. Chickenshed receives funding from BBC Youngsters in Have to assist disabled youngsters and people with further must allow them to participate in optimistic actions that develop their confidence, studying and create alternatives.
The Celeb Apprentice: Christmas Specials will air later this yr on BBC One and iPlayer and the biscuits might be out there to buy nationwide from Friday November 14.
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