LOLA Come Dine With Me 2012

IT’S ALL OVER!

Last night, after more than six months of intense competition we finally concluded ‘LOLA – Come Dine With Me 2012.’

Never before has a workplace competition seen such ferocity from the combatants and never again will we see such a closely fought tussle. Adding to the drama throughout were lost receipts, over-spends, accusations of foul play, low and high balling, lost scores and re-scores and a litany of twists and turns.

In the end only 1.22 points separated first and last place, and only 0.13 points separated our gold and silver medallists. Such tiny margins illustrated the very high level of cooking, hosting and fun-making that each of our competitors from all around the globe brought to the table.

I will take away memories of real Polish vodka, torturous gardens, Beyonce, Arabian nights and many more inventive and exciting concepts that I never thought possible in a small, bland boardroom. But my favourite lasting memory must surely be John-Michael in Eve’s leopard print onesie! Spectacular!  

Everyone was a winner, but more accurately, only one person was a winner and all the rest were the losers. So here are our top 3 – congratulations to:

1^st Place GOLD – Diana Sanni and her glittering, glamorous LOLA Awards Dinner

2^nd Place SILVER – Madre Visser bringing us back to our earthy roots with her English Pub theme

3^rd Place BRONZE – John-Michael Robinson who whisked us off on an Arabian adventure

Special mention must also go to Paula who had the unenviable task of going first and subsequently was lumped with this year’s Booby Prize. Well done Paula!

Thank you to all the team for the wonderful effort you made in what I suspect was both our inaugural and only LOLA Come Dine With Me. Now the question remains – what next….?

Duncan

 

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LOLA promotional staff for vInspired 'Do Something' campaign

August 2012 marks the year anniversary of the riots the public saw spread throughout the streets of London. Since then vInspired (‘an independent charity dedicated to helping young people volunteer in ways that matter to them’) has developed the ‘Do Something’ campaign which is aiming to reverse the negative perceptions of young people in the UK after the London Riots last year.

LOLA, once again, was right in on the action working alongside vInspired to promote the ‘Do Something’ campaign. LOLA’s beautiful promotional staff worked throughout central London getting the youth of today involved by capturing images of girls and guys holding up messages of their positive contributions they have made to society.

This campaign has had amazing involvement from youths of London and Celebs alike leading to the unveiling of the House of Reeves in Croydon which had every square inch covered in the pictures which LOLA’s promo staff helped collect in the months prior to the unveiling of the House of Reeves.

LOLA is very proud to have taken part in such a worthwhile cause. Our promo girls and guys have loved every moment of it.

If you want to know more about vInspired and their ‘Do Something’ campaign have a look at their website: http://vinspired.com/dosomething