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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