CALLING CELEBRITY INVESTORS (AGAIN)
So Robert Pattinson was a no go (though I still have the
megaphone on standby). However, my next plan was closer to home (R Patz may be
British, but he is also a Hollywood A Lister).
For some unknown reason, I’ll be honest they are not really
my type of music*, I was taken to a McFly concert. I had just watched
Countryfile’s feature on former boy band member, JB Gill, who has moved into
farming, having purchased an estate in Kent and this was the inspiration to
thinking about a possible tie up with McFly.
So why McFly?
Well, they had shown that they were willing to try something
new –ballroom dancing, opera or even eating the private parts of some jungle
animals.
It would be a great hook for a TV series to follow the story
of setting the enterprise up and most importantly for me; it would be a way to
inspire their fans about sustainability, growing and making your own produce,
along with promoting the idea of eating more locally and seasonally.
It all made perfect sense to me, so it was just a case of
making first contact…
As luck would have it McFly were set to play at the
Newmarket Racecourse that summer and I had the perfect way to attract their
attention – bake some McFly cakes!
I have to say there were awesome – beetroot & Guinness, carrot and courgette cupcakes, yes really and there is a recipe on a previous blog http://auntieallieproduce.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-courgette-conundrum.html with the
band members’ symbols carefully iced on top.
My long-suffering friend and I grabbed a place near to the
front of the stage and waited. It was certainly a new experience. I have never
been an obsessed fan of anyone, even as a teenager and we were surrounded by them. Boy-o-boy did they know how to scream. I worked in motor racing for a number of years and these girls and boys could have given the F1 grid a run for its money - it is the oldest
I've felt for a long time.
In reality, the only chance I had of attracting the band's attention with the cakes was to throw them at them – tempting, but not a great
way to start a business relationship…
When the 'cake at concert' failed to work, I found out the contact information for their manager and sent him
the proposal. This time I did get a response, but it was a regretful ‘no thank
you’.
On the plus side, I can certainly add ‘McFly Cakes’ to my
growing Auntie Allie Produce repertoire.
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