A new documentary series looking at how some of the nation’s favourite foods and snacks are made starts this week.
And the first episode is stepping inside the jaffa cake factory in Manchester.
Airing on BBC Two, Inside The Factory is back for a new six-part series presented by Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, and Ruth Goodman, and is setting out to reveal even more “fascinating secrets” behind the production of some of our favourite foods.
Gregg will be visiting sites right across the UK – with everything from a crumpet factory in Burnley, to a factory making vegan sausages in Thirsk, also set to be uncovered too.
Already being billed as “an Inside the Factory classic”, the jaffa cakes episode airing this week, however, will see Gregg get to grips with the machines and processes that churn out six million of these beloved chocolate orange treats every single day.
Viewers will get to watch the intricate process of the iconic layer of orange jam being placed onto 31,000 perfectly-baked sponges, before they travel down the production line at over 2,500 cakes a minute towards a chocolate enrober so that all-important milk chocolate topping can be applied.
BBC to air documentary revealing ‘fascinating secrets’ of Manchester jaffa cake factory / Credit: Flickr
Before they can be coated though, the jaffa cakes first need to complete a precisely-calculated drop to a conveyor below, which makes the sponges rotate just enough to land face down into a river of liquid chocolate, so a turnover roller can then flip them one more time to “create the distinctive crosshatch finish”.
Apparently, the factory uses a whopping 13 tons of chocolate every single day – which is said to be enough to fill 200 bathtubs.
Aside from Gregg’s visit to the Manchester factory though, elsewhere on the episode, viewers will get to see Cherry harvest oranges near the ancient port of Jaffa in Israel, and attend the World Marmalade Awards in Cumbria.
Inside The Factory is back on BBC Two tomorrow at 8pm.
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Single Mancs wanted to take part in next series of Married At First Sight UK
Emily Sergeant
Okay, bold question time – would you marry a complete stranger?
If you (somehow) answered yes to that, then you’ll probably be keen to hear that hit Channel 4 reality show, Married at First Sight UK, is currently on the lookout for brave contestants to take part in the next series.
And you’ll probably be even keener to hear that casting directors are urging single Mancs to stick an application in… if they fancy it.
If you haven’t seen Married at First Sight yet, well then firstly, where have you been? And secondly, it’s a dating show like no other that sees singletons marry complete strangers in a social experiment – and it’s undoubtedly binge-worthy and extremely entertaining.
Married at First Sight UK has opened its casting for the next series / Credit: Channel 4
Contestants – who will not have met or had contact with each other until the wedding day – are matched up with their supposed ‘perfect match’, determined by a group of experts who use “scientific matchmaking methods”.
Once the contestants are married off, the camera follows them for five weeks to see whether the new relationship is a success or not.
Calling on singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service, Channel 4 wrote in the casting announcement on the ‘Take Part’ section of its website: “If you are ready to swipe left to the dating apps and say ‘I do’ at the altar, then our experts are here to help you find the one.”
Channel 4 wants singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service / Credit: Channel 4
Casting directors say singles of all ages, backgrounds, gender identities, and sexualities are ‘welcome to apply’ for the new series.
Fancy it then?
Applications are currently open for the next series, and to apply to the show, you just need to be over 18 years of age, live in the UK, and feel ready for marriage.
BBC is looking for messy Mancs who need to ‘sort their life out’ to take part in new series
Emily Sergeant
Do you need to sort your life out?
We get that this may sound like a pretty brutal and upfront question to ask, but don’t shoot the messenger, it’s technically the BBC asking it, as producers are currently on the hunt for messy people who could do with ‘sorting their life out’ to take part in the new series of one of its hit TV shows – and they’re encouraging Greater Manchester residents to apply.
While the title of the show may, quite literally, be Sort Your Life Out, we promise it’s not as harsh as it seems, as in reality, it’s just offering you a helping hand to tidy up.
That’s right, if you would you like your home to be totally transformed by none other than Stacey Solomon and her expert team, then through a life-changing declutter, supersize spring clean, and some ingenious carpentry solutions to top things off, you could bring some job back to where you live.
The BBC is looking for messy Mancs who need to ‘sort their life out’ to take part in new series / Credit: BBC | FreerangeStock
Stacey and her expert team of organising fanatics can help you let go of the things you don’t need, and streamline what you do.
Plus they’ll also help to create space-saving storage and put systems in place to save you time and money in the future.
“Whether you have a new baby on the way, want to run a business from home, find it hard to let go of sentimental items or just want to create calm in the chaos, we’d love to hear from you,” producers said in a casting call on the BBC website.
Does this process sounds like something you could benefit from then? Producers of the hit show are looking for families or shared households to take part in a potential future series.
Emily Sergeant -
3rd April 2023 
