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Pop superstar lands new food and wine show in major career transformation
It comes after the star managed to sell a million bottles of his own organic wines
AS a wine connoisseur with his own range in the shops, Gary Barlow couldn’t have chosen a better place to visit than South Africa for his new travelogue show.
While in the country, which is packed with vineyards, the Take That frontman will sample the local cuisine and indulge in the odd local safari.
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A TV insider said: “He’s a huge fan of South Africa and has been there on several occasions previously, so it was a natural choice as a destination for his first travelogue.
“And, of course, because it is one of the world’s biggest producers of fine wines, he will be in his absolute element delivering this show.”
The programme, which is made by the same production company that gave us Ainsley Harriott’s Taste Of Malta, is due to air on ITV later this year.
Let’s hope he has more luck on this trip than he did on one visit to South Africa in 2012.
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Flying there from London with British Airways, the pilot had to turn back three hours into the journey when all the cabin crew mysteriously started getting ill.
Gary launched his organic wines in 2021, with labels that are, appropriately, adorned with piano keys.
Although his launch got mixed reviews from the supposed experts, last year he celebrated selling more than a million bottles in stores ranging from Morrisons to Harvey Nichols.
Take that, critics.
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