

They took along their Jamaican rum cake, Caribbean fruit cake and chilli chocolate loaf - all baked in a professional set-up at their home.Ī Harrison & Griffiths rum cake (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post) This week it's the turn of bakers.Ĭolin and Paulette were selected after a Zoom meeting and invited to pitch in front of the cameras at Aldi's headquarters in Warwickshire. A chip shop chicken curry pie was declared the winner in the first episode. The finalists are then given four weeks weeks to address any feedback, before presenting improved products to Julie who decides which product will appear as a Specialbuy. Price, packaging, shopper demand, and the ability to scale up are considered before whittling contestants down to just two. Read more: £100k revamp planned after takeover at traditional pubĪldi's managing director of buying Julie Ashfield put ready meals, sauces and meal kits to the test with the help of award-winning grocer Chris Bavin and TV presenter Anita Rani, of Countryfile and The One Show. The series kicked off last week with the dinner-time category. Two are chosen as finalists with just one winning the opportunity to upscale production with a potentially life-changing level of investment. The duo will feature in the episode on Thursday October 27 in the hope of winning the massive contract to supply all Aldi stores in the UK.Įach week six producers pitch head-to-head. The Channel 4 TV series is giving small-scale food producers the chance to pitch their ideas for the chance of a lifetime. Now the couple behind the mouth-watering treats are hoping to take it up a level by getting them onto the shelves of one of the UK's biggest supermarkets.Īrnold couple Paulette Griffiths and Colin Harrison are bidding to become Aldi's Next Big Thing. including the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, and son George, who once visited their stall at a food and drink show. Anyone who has ever tasted one of Harrison & Griffiths' cakes knows how good they are.
