An Arnold couple were overjoyed after winning a massive contract to supply one of the UKs biggest supermarkets. Paulette Griffiths and Colin Harrison, of Harrison and Griffiths Cakes, appeared on Channel 4's Aldi's Next Big Thing, a show which gives small-scale food producers the chance to pitch their ideas for the chance of a lifetime.
Their winning Jamaican rum cakes are on sale as from today (Friday, October 28) just hours after the show was aired. The duo wowed the judges with their Jamaican rum cake on their way to winning the show and giving them a chance to get onto Aldi shelves. Colin and Paulette were selected after a Zoom meeting and invited to pitch in front of the cameras at Aldi's headquarters in Warwickshire.
Judges said they were "blown away" after biting into the couples' delicious treat. They will now have to create a minimum of 30,000 cakes for 970 Aldi stores. Director of buying Julie Ashfield said the cake was one of the best things she'd ever taste and described it as exceptional.
