Meet the nine-year-old Leeds schoolgirl with a banging idea for new sausage
She’s the nine-year-old Leeds schoolgirl who has set taste buds tingling with her creative culinary invention.
Little Olivia Molyneux’s Baked Bean Banger has become a nationwide hit after winning a competition to design a sausage of your dreams.
The youngster’s invention has almost completely sold out since it was launched last week.
She won the competition as part of the summer holiday challenge set by Yorkshire food firm HECK! invited children across the UK to design their own sausage, complete with drawings, names and wacky ingredient ideas.
From spaghetti swirls to rainbow veggie creations, the fun new competition received thousands of imaginative recipes, but it was the banging idea of a Baked Bean Banger from Olivia that wowed the judges with its simple brilliance and nostalgic appeal – rolling two of the nation’s best-loved comfort foods into one tasty tea-time treat.
The winning recipe was brought to life at HECK! HQ, alongside company ‘sausage scientist’ Calum Smith, and the response to the special packs proudly featuring Olivia’s name has been so sizzling, that the firm is now in talks with major supermarkets to roll out the new flavour nationwide.
Olivia said: “I really liked doing this competition.
“I love sausages and I love beans, so I thought they’d taste good together.
“It’s exciting seeing my idea turned into a real sausage, so I hope people like them.”
As part of her prize this year, winner Olivia will also be making a trip to HECK!’s North Yorkshire headquarters to spend a day honing her sausage making skills and she’ll also receive a bumper bundle of sausages and burgers.
HECK! co-founder Jamie Keeble said, “We were blown away by the imagination on display.
“Kids think about food in such a fun, fearless way and the Baked Bean Banger is a real winner.
“Olivia’s idea of a sausage featuring ‘raining beans’ is clever, nostalgic and mixes two of Britain’s best-loved dinners to put a smile on everyone’s face.”