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backstage at biscuiteers
Back in October this year we welcomed some extra special guests at Biscuiteers HQ! A film crew from BBC2 and presenter Cherry Healey came to visit our South London biscuit production units to film for the Christmas special of Inside The Factory. ![]()
Just as things were beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Cherry and the Inside The Factory team stepped in to take a closer look at our biscuit baking and hand-icing in the lead up to the festive season, focussing on a Biscuiteers favourite, The Jolly Ginger. There is a Biscuiteers Jolly Ginger for everyone and our popular Christmas range comprises of the Elf Jolly, Christmas Jumper Jolly, Secret Santa Jolly, Christmas Onesie Jolly and the Santa Jolly Ginger. When Inside the Factory came to visit we were in full swing for the Christmas production where we bake and hand-ice up to 2,000 Jolly Gingers each week! ![]()
First stop for Cherry was a catch up with our Head of Production, Caroline, at our biscuit bakery. Cherry and Caroline mixed, rolled and cut out the dough for 1500 Jolly Gingers which included 40 packs of butter, 10 kilos of caster sugar, 100 eggs, 40 kilos of plain flour and our secret all-spice mix featuring, of course, ginger! After seeing how our biscuits are made and cut mostly by hand, Cherry and Caroline put a rack of Jolly Gingers into the oven to bake before sending them over to our Grand Icing Hall.
At the Grand Icing Hall, Cherry was met by Head Icer Lucy who showed her how we mix the magical colours for the Biscuiteers icing which is so iconic. After marvelling at the bowls of colourful icing, Lucy showed Cherry some basic icing principles for creating our Jolly Ginger designs before they tackled their own Santa Jolly Gingers. There were definitely a few giggles between Lucy and Cherry as they iced their Santas, with Cherry trying to get the hang of holding the icing bag whilst creating the intricate design! Our talented icers are mostly from creative and fine art background and Cherry gave credit to their skills as she tackled her own Jolly Ginger. Every biscuit we make is iced by hand and created from hours of craftmanship from our talented team! ![]()
The piece de resistance came in the form of the final scene where Cherry added the finishing touches to a Inside the Factory Gingerbread House masterpiece created by the Lucy and the Biscuiteers bakery and icing teams. The Gingerbread Factory came complete with Jolly Ginger presenters Cherry, Ruth and Gregg!
Thank you Cherry and Inside the Factory for coming to see our hand-iced Jolly Ginger this Christmas!
Inside the Factory Christmas special
15 September 2021
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5 minutes
At the Grand Icing Hall, Cherry was met by Head Icer Lucy who showed her how we mix the magical colours for the Biscuiteers icing which is so iconic. After marvelling at the bowls of colourful icing, Lucy showed Cherry some basic icing principles for creating our Jolly Ginger designs before they tackled their own Santa Jolly Gingers. There were definitely a few giggles between Lucy and Cherry as they iced their Santas, with Cherry trying to get the hang of holding the icing bag whilst creating the intricate design! Our talented icers are mostly from creative and fine art background and Cherry gave credit to their skills as she tackled her own Jolly Ginger. Every biscuit we make is iced by hand and created from hours of craftmanship from our talented team!
Thank you Cherry and Inside the Factory for coming to see our hand-iced Jolly Ginger this Christmas!