Iceland takes turkey crown with £26 bird
HOT COMPETITION Turkey BUDGET chain Iceland’s £26 frozen turkey beat a luxury bird costing £95.70 in a blind taste test.
The Easy Carve Turkey with Streaky Bacon topped the Eversfield Organic Bronze Turkey by one point, on 85 out of 100.
Good Housekeeping’s review of 401 festive foods praised its “gamey flavour and honey sweetness”.
Iceland’s £2 Luxury British Blue Stilton also beat a £10 type by Booths, hailed for its “tangy taste”.
And Lidl’s £2.39 Deluxe Apricot and White Stilton won the stuffing category.
Caroline Bloor, Good Housekeeping’s consumer affairs director, said: “We know how busy Christmas can be, so we aim to make it that bit less stressful.”
See the December issue, out Thursday, for results. Cricketer helped England win the Ashes in 2005 and is now a captain on Sky’s A League of Their Own MYSTERY Sarah, 46 Shot to fame in Phoenix Nights with Peter Kay and now hosts popular ITV dating show Take Me Out Runs popular YouTube channel Chris Harris on Cars and joined the Top Gear hosting team in 2016 Chris, left, Matt & Rory
TOP Gear fans are not impressed after Paddy McGuinness and Andrew Flintoff were put in the driving seat as main presenters.
Take Me Out host McGuinness and ex-cricketer Flintoff, nicknamed Freddie, will take the wheel after Matt LeBlanc leaves next year.
They will make up a trio with motoring journalist Chris Harris.
Rory Reid, the BBC2 show’s previous co-presenter, will now front companion show Extra Gear.
McGuinness, 45, said: “To host a show I’ve loved from being a small boy is beyond exciting.”
Flintoff, 40, said: “It’s not often you have the chance to do both your dream jobs, but I’m now lucky enough to say I will have.”
But fan Gareth Reynolds said the news was “proof the BBC don’t have a clue about their audience”.
Mark Amies said: “It used to be a programme about motoring. Now it appears to be a pure entertainment show. Strictly Come Driving.”
Bookie William Hill offered odds of just 2-1 that the pair will only host one series. They take over after LeBlanc’s final series which will air early next year.