Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge

Drinks (1x6)

Air date: May 02, 2018

In the penultimate heat, four food producers with fledgling businesses come to test out their products on the locals in Malhamdale, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. They have two days in the shop to promote and sell their wares. This time it is producers of drinks competing against each other for one place in the final. Amy and Dan from Kingston are coffee aficionados and make cold brew coffee. But trying to sell a trendy, cold coffee to locals who prefer their coffee hot may be a challenge. Barbara is a solicitor from Lancashire who makes cordial in her spare time. She is bringing raspberry and rose geranium to trial in the shop, but whether the locals take to an unusual cordial remains to be seen. Elizabeth and Shirley from London brew and sell kombucha - an effervescent fermented tea drink. However they must prove they can market this unknown drink to tea-loving Yorkshire customers. Finally, Isatou and Haddy from east London have drawn on their Ghanaian heritage to create a baobab smoothie. But when the judges don't think they make enough of their story can they turn it around and succeed? Tom Kerridge meets members of the community as they try the range of drinks - including a group of bell ringers. Meanwhile judges Alison Swan Parente and Nisha Katona visit the drinks producers at home to see how well their product is made, and decide how well they promote and sell their item to the Yorkshire locals in the shop. The winner will be the fledgling business that is most viable and deserving of the title best up-and-coming artisan.