Breaking Into Tesco

This week sees the finale of the series that offers
the nation’s most ambitious cooks the chance to
turn their signature recipes into products fit for the
shelves of Tesco. Over the past weeks, 20 hopeful
amateur chefs have met with their mentors and
tested their new dishes on the public. The
products featured in the series have ranged from
left-field concepts like ‘soup in a bun’, to more
traditional fare such as meat pies and some hearty
British faggots. Now the winners of each round
face off in a gripping final to see which of their
products will win the competition.
Last year, Tesco broke the £46billion revenue
barrier, taking one pound in every seven spent on
UK high streets. This year, the supermarket giant is
giving a group of amateur cooks an unprecedented
opportunity – to share space with market-leading
brands on the shelves of Britain’s biggest retailer.
The item that will stake a claim in this multi-billion

This series offers the nation’s most ambitious
cooks the chance of a lifetime – to turn their
signature recipes into winning products fit for the
shelves of Tesco, the largest supermarket in
Britain. Every week, four hopefuls meet their
mentors and test their new dishes on the public.
The products featured in the series range from
left-field concepts like ‘soup in a bun’, to more
traditional fare such as meat pies and some hearty
British faggots.
Last year, Tesco broke the £46billion revenue
barrier, taking one pound in every seven spent on
UK high streets. This year, the supermarket giant
is giving a group of amateur cooks an
unprecedented opportunity – to share space with
market-leading brands on the shelves of Britain’s
biggest retailer. The item that will stake a claim in
this multi-billion pound industry could be a simple
homemade dish, but there is only one contract up
for grabs. As the 20 contestants battle it out over

This series offers the nation’s most ambitiouscooks the chance of a lifetime – to turn theirsignature recipes into winning products fit for theshelves of Tesco, the largest supermarket inBritain. Every week, four hopefuls meet theirmentors and test their new dishes on the public.The products featured in the series range fromleft-field concepts like ‘soup in a bun’, to moretraditional fare such as meat pies and some heartyBritish faggots.Last year, Tesco broke the £46billion revenuebarrier, taking one pound in every seven spent onUK high streets. This year, the supermarket giantis giving a group of amateur cooks anunprecedented opportunity – to share space withmarket-leading brands on the shelves of Britain’sbiggest retailer. The item that will stake a claim inthis multi-billion pound industry could be a simplehomemade dish, but there is only one contract upfor grabs.

This brand new series offers the nation’s most ambitious cooks the chance of a lifetime – to turn their signature recipes into winning products fit for the shelves of Tesco, the largest supermarket in Britain. Every week, four hopefuls meet their mentors and test their new dishes on the public. The products featured in the series range from left-field concepts like ‘soup in a bun’, to more traditional fare such as meat pies and some hearty British faggots.

This brand new series offers the nation’s most ambitious cooks the chance of a lifetime – to turn their signature recipes into winning products fit forthe shelves of Tesco, the largest supermarket in Britain. Every week, four hopefuls meet their mentors and test their new dishes on the public. The products featured in the series range from left-field concepts like ‘soup in a bun’, to more traditional fare such as meat pies and some heartyBritish faggots.

This brand new series offers the nation’s most ambitious cooks the chance of a lifetime – to turn their signature recipes into winning products fit for the shelves of Tesco, the largest supermarket in Britain. Every week, four hopefuls meet their mentors and test their new dishes on the public. The products featured in the series range from left-field concepts like ‘soup in a bun’, to more traditional fare such as meat pies and some hearty British faggots.

Chef and food writer Simon Rimmer is one of the mentors on Breaking into Tesco. Simon is the owner of Greens, an award-winning vegetarian restaurant in Manchester. He also presents ‘Grubs Up’ for ITV and is the in-house chef on BBC2’s ‘Something for the Weekend’.

How did you become involved with this project?
“Bizarrely I’m in the midst of doing a similar project myself with a food manufacturer. I was also in the midst of discussing television projects with Five, so when this came up, I thought it would be great idea to get involved.”

Do you think it important that the public develop an understanding of food production?