The Apprentice is again! This Christmas, two Superstar Apprentice specials will air in help of BBC Youngsters in Want.
Lord Sugar can be placing 12 celebrities by way of their paces with the assistance of Santa Clause. The 2-part Christmas particular will see the movie star 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 must 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 method! Each groups will then must face the dreaded process of pitching to retailers, to assist safe these all-important gross sales.
Crew one consists of 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 can be out there from plenty of retailers throughout the UK from Friday November 14. Every buy will assist increase cash to help kids and younger individuals throughout the UK. The celebrities’ biscuits can be out there 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 Superstar Apprentice that the general public should buy merchandise that had been created by the movie star candidates. It’s added some actual strain to the method. I believe the celebs thought they had been in for a straightforward trip, however they had been improper! Elevating cash for BBC Youngsters in Want is critical enterprise, so the candidates really want to ship in the event that they wish to keep away from ending up on my naughty record.”
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Leisure Commissioning on the BBC says: “The movie star candidates can 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 Youngsters 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 affect. It’s a uncommon alternative for audiences to purchase, style and luxuriate 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 unbelievable charity.”
As a part of the particular, the movie star candidates visited the BBC Youngsters in Want-funded mission Chickenshed Theatre Belief to share their adverts and supply the kids a style of their biscuits – the place they acquired some sincere, no-nonsense suggestions. Chickenshed receives funding from BBC Youngsters in Must help disabled kids and people with extra must allow them to participate in optimistic actions that develop their confidence, studying and create alternatives.
The Superstar Apprentice: Christmas Specials will air later this yr on BBC One and iPlayer and the biscuits can be out there to buy nationwide from Friday November 14.
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