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A CASE STUDY IN BRAND CREDIBILITY

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Celebrity chefs will say and do just about anything for enough money. A case study in brand credibility. Find out the facts and full references in our blog post http://www.technoledge.com.au/b2b-blog/celecrity-chefs-brands-for-hire-when-the-price-is-right

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A CASE STUDY IN BRAND CREDIBILITY

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*‘Please don’t fall for the hype or the association to a celebrity

… Jamie – hold your head in shame!’

‘These pans are hopeless’

‘Hugely disappointing’

‘An utter waste of money’

‘Don't even think about buying it!’

‘Tefal pans are rubbish’

‘Never again!’

‘Useless Guarantee’

User feedback Amazon

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Marco Pierre White is the brand ambassador for Knorr ‘Homestyle’ stocks in the US.

‘He is no stranger to Knorr (a division of

Unilever), as he’s promoted the company’s bouillion cubes in the UK since 2006.’

White claims to have used Knorr stock in his

restaurant kitchens for 30 years: ‘It is my secret ingredient.’ Eater

…really?

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‘There’s no

freshness like

Coles

freshness’

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Coles was found guilty of selling bakery goods as ‘freshly baked’ even though they were made up to 6 months earlier in Europe.

‘Croissants, danishes and muffins are being shipped frozen from

Germany, Belgium and Denmark.’

Sydney Morning Herald

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‘We are excited to once again be supplying the MasterChef Australia pantry with the same great

food customers will find in our stores.’

Simon McDowell , Coles

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Not to be outdone, Woolworths signed guess who

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?

…is reality the first casualty of Reality TV?

Why are these celebrity chefs so keen

to be part of the deception?

Or to sell out their carefully built brands?

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Maybe. There’s a lot of it involved.

Jamie Oliver’s salary is £90 million (not bad for ‘an employee’) but Woolies isn’t paying for everything…

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That he’s ‘an employee of Woolworths and has

no sway regarding the commercial direction or

negotiations the business takes’

The Guardian

‘Part of what I’m doing with Woolies is looking at

standards, and ethics, of where our sort of food

comes from.’

Brisbane Times

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‘Jamie Oliver in hypocrisy row

over feeding the poor rant

as comparison finds his

supermarket meals cost 7 times as much

as own-brand equivalents.’ Daily Mail

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‘These chefs aren’t doing it because they

love making food, they’re doing it

because it’s commercially viable for them

to be the face of a supermarket.

It’s all about the dollar.’ Matt Brand, NSW Farmers Association

The Sydney Morning Herald

…get the full Celebrity Chef story on our blog