It’s a rum do, but a former Royal Navy captain has launched a new career with a drink that promises a taste of Japan. The beloved wintertime event will see visitors embark on the incredible light trail around the 128-acre premises this November right up until the end of the year and it really is promising to be the most special year to date. Credit: Chester Zoo

So, given the success of last year’s celebrations, the legendary local zoo had quite the job on their hands topping themselves, but with talk of not only a huge light show with more colourful illuminated animal lanterns than ever but plenty of exciting new additions, we think they just might have done it. It wasn’t the first time the Tory MP was interrogated by members of the cast and ex-army members, having also been grilled over his handling of the pandemic. However, Deb’s extensive abuse didn’t stop there, not even close — the so-called ‘Liz Truss lookalike’ dished out plenty of other memorable lines. After the news broke that his appearance on the latest season of Channel 4’s hit military boot camp show was actually filmed before his I’m a Celeb series late last year, millions were collectively rubbing their hands waiting to see what kind of physical and mental toll he was put through. Lanterns and Light‘, or previous incarnations of the annual Christmas event, has been running at Chester Zoo for over a decade now, with the family-friendly entertainment delivering a bigger and more enchanting spectacle year in, year out.Steph and the team have done a brilliant job of getting the brand to where it is, and I can’t wait to see it take over the soft drinks industry here and overseas."

The now legendary clip is taken from season five, episode six of Celebrity: SAS Who Dares Wins. And the BAFTA goes too… These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. But Steph’s success doesn’t stop there. Most recently, she joined the ensemble of business owners for the first series ofGordonRamsay’s latest TV show endeavour, GordonRamsay’s Future Food Stars.

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Other sparkly new features include an ultraviolet walkway with luminous animal faces and colour-changing rainforests; illuminated dolphins that appear to leap from moats and waterways, a huge fire garden, as well as a variety of fairground rides and Christmas market stalls. Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars: when Manchester entrepreneur Steph Buttery is on TV with BBC show However, undoubtedly the best of this year’s offerings are the brand-new soundscapes designed in collaboration with Sony Music as part of the groundbreaking festive installations, which include a giant, four-metre-tall, interactive 3D woolly mammoth hologram. Yes, seriously. It says a lot about Steph, who was a finalist in this year’s EVAs and who appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, that the business not only survived, but thrived. Steph Buttery was on deployment in the Far East in 2018 when she first tried the drink that would change her life.

The former Royal Navy Lieutenant founded Japanese-inspired premium soft drink brand Chu Lo in 2019. The former Health Secretary and adviser to ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the nightmare year that was 2020 (remember that) already caused a stir by taking part in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!— for which received a healthy amount of grilling — but that was just the start of his reality career. If you haven’t seen Steph battle her way through the programme against a field of other determined up-and-coming businesspeople, you can watch all eight episodes of the show on BBC iPlayer here. Read More Greater Manchester Metrolink lines to be closed as engineering works planned- replacement bus service details Steph joined the series to step out of her comfort zone and challenge herself against other keen business minds.Tell us how you really feel — to be fair, we have a feeling there are more than a few who agree with you… A brand new primetime show from everyone’s favourite sweary TV chef is due to hit our screens this week, merging the worlds of cooking shows with the competitive, on-screen world of business TV. The alcoholic drink market is saturated but the soft drink market has been largely unchanged for years; there’s cola, lemonade, orangeade and not much else, so I decided to make a sour fruit soft drink,’ said Steph. Steph Buttery made it all the way to the final of Gordon Ramsey’s Future Food Stars which aired earlier this year on BBC One.

At Chulo we believe in building lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and suppliers, and our longstanding partnership with Cisco Refresh lets us offerthe best products with the shortest lead times. Coca Cola throw money at beating the little guys but because I have a good product, things are still going well. The business is growing well and I think the sky is the limit. Our story is very similar to that of Red Bull and they are now one of the biggest drinks companies in the world,’ Steph said. News Chester Zoo set for groundbreaking festive light trial with giant holograms, fire gardens, fairground rides and more this Christmas Danny Jones The loan received from GCBF helped us as we waited for our first funding round, but it was the support from Andy and the team that made all the difference. The response to my appearance on TV has been overwhelming, not just in the UK but across the world, and I’m so excited to see how Chu Lo continues to grow in the coming years." Contestants on the show come from all across the UK. Worcestershire chef Amithas created a range of bottled Indian sauces from his family recipes and Londoner Leah creates free-from brownies for those with allergies and inolerances.The big companies have the majority of the market but I just need to keep chipping away at them and we could be unstoppable. The UK is great, but it is a very small percentage of the world – the opportunities out there are humungous, but whatever happens, Manchester will remain our base.’ The Manchester-based entrepreneur has been named as one of the first contestants to appear on the first-ever BBC series ofGordonRamsey’s Future Food Stars. Steph Buttery is a former Navy staffer and the founder of the Japanese-inspired sour soft drinks brand, Chu Lo. / Image: Supplied Steph is the founder of the Japanese-inspired sour soft drinks brand, Chu Lo, which she launched in 2019 after serving twelve years in the Royal navy. In fact, she’s been hailed as somewhat of a hero online, with people remarking everything from, “Thank you, madam, you speak for a nation” and “couldn’t have put it better myself, to comments like: “Give Debs a damehood, what an absolute queen”.