Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
SNACKMASTERS: GLOW UP: BRITAIN’S NEXT
SHREDDIES Channel 4, 9pm
Shreddies aren’t technically a snack – and there’s an element of pointlessness to this show that asks top chefs to replicate popular snacks.
However, as the chefs set about the challenge of trying to reproduce something that’s simply churned out in a factory, it’s all strangely compelling.
Host Fred Sirieix introduces this “cereal thriller”, which will see Michelin-starred chefs Daniel
Clifford and Claude Bosi go head to head for a Snackmasters trophy.
They’ve both been on before and failed – one made a bad Burger King Whopper and one trashed a Kitkat – so they’re feeling the pressure.
“You ask me to make a piece of cardboard with some holes in it!” exclaims Claude, examining a single Shreddie.
Their work is cut out to make the iconic breakfast cereal, made in the UK since 1953, that Fred describes as engineering genius.
Meanwhile, Jayde Adams gets to take a tour of the Shreddies factory in Welwyn Garden City.
MAKE-UP STAR
BBC1, 10.45pm
After watching a history of make-up (see above), tune in to the new series of this thoroughly modern make-up contest.
Maya Jama is the brand-new host as 10 make-up artists (MUAS) try to impress heavyweight judges Val Garland and Dominic Skinner.
“Don’t go bringing me mediocrity,” says Val, known for exclaiming “ding dong” whenever she likes something. “I want something extraordinary.”
The battle of the brushes begins with the first professional assignment, a beauty look for Superdrug that reflects diversity.
The winner’s look will be splashed across the windows of 800 stores.
Then for the Creative Brief, the MUAS must show the judges what makes them unique – their own faces must tell their story.
From tribal markings to otherworldly beings, the results – even at this early stage – are astonishing.
One MUA is even told they have “make-up mastery”.
Whoever remains will be one step closer to a contract assisting some of the world’s top industry experts.