Honda Made in Britain Style Competition

A few months ago I entered my Custard Cream Cushions into Honda's facebook based Made in Britain: Style Competition. Aiming to promote homespun British design, the competition highlighted the fact that despite overseas manufacture has become commonplace for so many companies- that a lot of excellent British design (including various models of Honda Cars) are made right here in the UK- which is definitely a good thing!


Anyhoo- after the deadline of the competition was moved back due to the volume of entrants, I was really excited to find out last night that my cushions had been shortlisted as finalists! There are 28 other shortlisted entries including the work of two other Dundee locals: 2011 DJCAD Jewellery graduate Roisin Connolly and vintage-inspired maker Cissyface Vintage. What an abundance of talent Dundee holds!


In other news- thank you to everyone who left me a nice comment, tweeted or blogged about my "Sugared Alan" biscuits inspired by this week's challenge on The Apprentice. I thoroughly enjoyed last nights show (mainly as it was all about biscuits)- however I'm still waiting for ASDA to get in touch with their six-figure offer for exclusivity on my biscuit idea!

"You're Fired!"

I didn't watch the previous series of The Apprentice- but I've found myself totally addicted to the current one. Most of all- the thing that intruiges me about it- is how they've managed to choose a group of hopefuls which despite their supposed business accumen are practically devoid of any creative flair. The episode about creating the pet food brand and the "freemium" magazine had me shouting at the telly.

So that's why when they announced at the end of last week's show that this week's challenge would be to create a new biscuit- I was excited. Biscuits: now that's my area of expertise! I doodled a few ideas before popping my shortbread creation in the oven this afternoon.

Ladies and gentlemen- I give you: Sugared Alans! Packed with extra sugary energy for high-flying young go-getters and the recently fired alike, Sugared Alans are a perfect everyday treat.


I'm looking forward to seeing what Team Logic and Venture are going to come up with to rival my Alan Sugar inspired munchies.