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5 days ago
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Madame Tussauds make a Greggs sausage roll waxwork
Madame Tussauds is best known for its lifelike waxwork figures of our favourite celebrities, but its most recent addition is a little bit take a bite out of this Greggs sausage roll because it's been expertly crafted out of wax to look just as flaky as the real sausage roll has been described as "iconic" by the museum and is the first food item to go on display in its own right. It'll be on show in the museum's culture zone throughout got us thinking - if you could see any snack or food item recreated in wax at Madame Tussauds, what would it be?Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! Jo Kinsey, studio manager at the museum, said the Greggs sausage roll was a symbol of "British culture" adding "we just had to put it in our culture zone".She went on to say: "We took the process very seriously, making this creation the same way we make all our figures at the attraction."We can't wait for guests to be stopped in their tracks at the lifelike sausage roll - just in time for National Sausage Roll Day."Don't forget to let us know what other snacks you'd want to see turned into a waxwork in the comments below...
BBC News
5 days ago
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Greggs sausage roll immortalised at Madame Tussauds wax museum
A sculpture of a Greggs sausage roll is to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds waxworks world-famous attraction has said the pastry-cloaked processed meat cylinder is the first food item to go on display in its own elevates the snack to the level of a British cultural icon, sitting along celebrities such as Shakespeare and David Attenborough. Greggs said the company sells one million of the rolls every day. Jo Kinsey is studio manager at the museum and oversees a team of artists responsible for creating and maintaining the lifelike said the Greggs sausage roll was "synonymous with British culture - we just had to put it in our culture zone". She added that the artists put in "numerous" hours to capture every detail of the popular menu item."We took the process very seriously, making this creation the same way we make all our figures at the attraction. "We can't wait for guests to be stopped in the tracks at the lifelike sausage roll - just in time for National Sausage Roll Day."It will go on public display on 5 June.
