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A Terry’s Chocolate Orange ice cream is coming to UK stores very soon

Chocolate orange fans, assemble...

Georgina Pellant Georgina Pellant - 6th March 2023

With its original round shape and fun personality, Terry’s Chocolate Orange has long been a Christmas stocking must-have.

Soon, though, it’ll be just as tempting in the height of summer as bosses reveal plans to release a new Terry’s Chocolate Orange ice cream in the UK.

Promising to deliver the chocolate orange flavour we all know and love ‘with a frozen twist’, the new ice creams will be available in both tub and ice cream stick form later this month.

Retailing exclusively in Iceland, both the tubs and lollies will be made up of chocolate orange ice cream swirled with a chocolate orange sauce with sticks sold in packets of four.

Sharing the news via its social media pages on Friday 3 March, the Terry’s Chocolate Orange brand wrote: “Clear out your freezer…introducing our brand new Terry’s Ice Cream range.

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“The chocolate orange flavour you know and love, but with a frozen twist.

“Our delicious tub and ice cream sticks are coming to selected Iceland stores later this month, so watch this space .”

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It’s not the first time that Terry’s Chocolate Orange has wowed fans by releasing an ice cream version of their favourite chocolate treat.

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In 2012, Fredericks Dairies released Terry’s Chocolate Orange ice cream sticks comprised of vanilla ice cream with a chocolate orange sauce, covered in milk chocolate with orange oil.

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In the four weeks leading up to Christmas 2012, the ice cream became the firm’s best-selling ice cream product.

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Feature image – Terry’s Chocolate Orange

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Sacha Lord slams ‘very bad advice’ from Gordon Ramsay about table reservations

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Sacha Lord slams 'very bad advice' from Gordon Ramsay about table reservations

Sacha Lord has fired back at Gordon Ramsay after the celebrity chef suggested a hack for people booking tables at this time of year.

Greater Manchester’s Nighttime Economy Advisor, and former Parklife and Warehouse Project boss, said that Gordon’s comments are ‘very bad advice’.

The renowned chef had reportedly said in an interview that couples should book a table for three, to give themselves more room.

But Sacha Lord has said this sort of loophole is ‘a real kick in the teeth for the business’.

He wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “Just read an interview with Gordon Ramsey advising couples to book a table for 3 to give them more space.

“COMPLETELY DISAGREE and very bad advice. If a restaurant is expecting 3 and only 2 turn up, that’s a real kick in the teeth for the business.

“Surprised from a chef I respect.”

His post has generated a fair bit of reaction already, with one person replying: “Ridiculous advice! Loss of a table for 4 ! Empty tables for 2! Over ordered and over staffed, this stupidly from someone who should know better must corrected. Every customer counts in this day and age.”

Former MasterChef winner Simon Wood, who recently closed his Manchester restaurant, said: “What an out of touch comment that is…”

Someone else wrote: “The amount of people booking 2 venues this year and cancelling is on the increase too!! We are now taking deposits for groups over 6 to try and eliminate this! When space is an issue booking more than you need is not fair on the venues!!”

Another commented: “A table of 3 is actually sat on a table for four. So you’re denying the business of 50% of its potential turnover. Do not do this.”

Sacha Lord slams 'very bad advice' from Gordon Ramsay
Sacha Lord – Night Time Economy Adviser to Greater Manchester. CREDIT – Darren Robinson Photography
Sacha Lord slams 'very bad advice' from Gordon Ramsay

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Gregg Wallace apologises after Downing Streets labels ‘middle-class women’ comments ‘misogynistic’

Danny Jones Danny Jones Gregg Wallace apologises for middle class women comments

Gregg Wallace has issued an official apology as he looks to be in increasing trouble not only over recent reports of his misconduct on set but his subsequent reaction to the allegations and now viral “middle-class women” comments.

The 60-year-old MasterChef presenter and well-known foodie face stepped down from the BBC cooking show last week after a total of 13 people came forward to complain about his ‘sexual’ behaviour over the course of a 17-year period.

Despite having denied an initial accusation from a former female colleague regarding an incident back in 2018, in which insists no comments or actions of a sexual nature were made, a dozen more individuals have now submitted historical complaints to the corporation and a full investigation is underway.

However, in an Instagram story shared on Sunday, Wallace was quick to dismiss the claims made by what he called “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” – a response which was quickly met with a severe backlash online.

Equally problematic was his suggestion that because he had worked with an estimated 2,000 people during his time on the show the words of “only 13” women were somehow less valid and/or believable.

Having also shared a video thanking all of those supporting him, as well as numerous other stories featuring personal messages from people both on and off the show defending him, he has continued to rebuke those who have put his conduct over the past two decades under a microscope.

That being said, it looks as though the now former TV personality and household name is doubling back after even Downing Street came out to condemn his comments, with a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer labelling the response video “completely inappropriate and misogynistic.”

Having since deleted a number of his IG stories and now shared a follow-up video to his initial reply, telling his followers: “I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people.”

He said that he was not in a “good head space” when he posted the response and has been dealing with a lot of stress since the story broke, adding, “I felt very alone.” You can see the clip down below.

As you see, the ex-green grocer and restaurant owner said he intends to step away from the story for now and let the in-house investigation move forward without interruption.

Both the BBC and production company, Banijay UK – who make MasterChef and the various spin-off series on which Gregg Wallace has served as a co-host – are currently conducting an internal review of those complaints made by former contestants and staff, including a BBC news anchor.

While none of the allegations are yet to be proved, one former male contestant reportedly told Sky News that the current allegations are just the “tip of the iceberg“, claiming he witnessed a “toxic environment” and was so “horrified” he considered quitting the show on his first day.

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