Kick-start your seasonal celebrations with Jessie and Lennie Ware as they host the ultimate festive celebration and Christmas crafting experience

●      Hosted by Table Manners duo Jessie and Lennie Ware, the Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner is live for one day only on 1st December 2022 at 180 The Strand

●      Guests can choose from three bespoke experiences, from bauble decorating and creating personalised gingerbread creations, to becoming the ultimate festive tablescaper

London, 24th November 2022 – Holidays Are Coming! Coca‑Cola is teaming up with the much-loved mother-daughter duo behind podcast sensation Table Manners - Jessie and Lennie Ware - for a festive cooking, crafts and conversation celebration at the Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner.

For one day only, on 1st December at 180 The Strand, Jessie and Lennie will be putting on their festive best and serving up some of their favourite Christmas secrets throughout the day, from their go-to lunch nibbles, to teatime winners. Plus, with friends of theirs popping in throughout the day, lucky guests will have the opportunity to enjoy Christmas craft workshops, helping everyone to create stylish goodies for the big day. Tickets are free, on a first-come, first-served basis and available via Eventbrite.

Guests will be able to sign up to decorate gorgeous glass Christmas baubles with Hello Marilu who will transform everyone’s Christmas tree from just ordinary to festively fabulous, create personalised gingerbread creations with legendary baker Ruby Bhogal or My Lady Garden will take their stylish decorating skills from 0-100 as guests learn how to elevate their Christmas table spread with stunning tablescaping.

The experience offers a unique opportunity to get close to two of the nation’s most popular podcasters and kick-start their seasonal celebrations. Plus, it wouldn’t be a Coca‑Cola Christmas without a touch of magic, so guests should be prepared to fill their Santa sacks with a signed Christmas gift from the Table Manners pair when they leave.

Jessie & Lennie Ware of Table Manners, commented: “As lovers of food and parties, the festive period is our favourite time of year – obviously food plays a huge part in this, but mum especially loves to host and dress up the house. Any excuse to get people over for a feast & a dance. This year, we’re excited to partner with Coca‑Cola to launch their Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner where we’ll be hosting a whole day of Christmas hosting & activity sessions  from decorating baubles to making gingerbread creations with a handful of gorgeous experts. Come along and join us.. we’ll see you there!”

Laura Moon, Senior Brand Manager, The Coca‑Cola Company, added: “Christmas is a time to celebrate special moments with friends and family, whether that’s gathered round the table over festive food or crafting a little gift for a loved one, and there is no two people who know this better than Jessie and Lennie Ware. This year we are so excited to team up with the iconic duo and bring the magic of Christmas to life at our Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner.”

With the theme for those attending of “Your Presence is Your Present”, Coca‑Cola Great Britain will donate the equivalent of up to 100,000 meals to those in need throughout the festive season. For every person that attends the Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner, Coca‑Cola will fund the equivalent of one meal for a person in need. Kickstarting the ambition, the equivalent of 100,000 meals have already been donated to FareShare by Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners, with the ambition of funding the total equivalent of 200,000 meals.

A very limited run of tickets to the Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner, in partnership with Table Manners, are available via Eventbrite from 26th November at 9am.

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Notes to Editors

For further information about the Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner, or wider Christmas campaign, please contact cokechristmas@thisismission.com.

Date: 1st December

Location: 180 Corner, 180 The Strand, Temple, London WC2R 1EA

Christmas Corner workshops:

●      Session 1: 12:30pm - 2pm - Personalised gingerbread creations with Ruby Bhogal

●      Session 2: 5:30pm - 7pm - Bauble decorating with Hello Marilu

●      Session 3: 7:30pm - 9pm - Tablescaping with My Lady Garden

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ABOUT THE COCA‑COLA COMPANY

The Coca‑Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. In addition to the company’s Coca‑Cola brand, our portfolio includes AdeS, Ayataka, Costa, Dasani, Del Valle, Fanta, Georgia, Gold Peak, Honest, innocent, Minute Maid, Powerade, Simply, smartwater, Sprite and vitaminwater. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. We’re also working to reduce our environmental impact by replenishing water and promoting recycling. With our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide. Learn more at www.coca-colacompany.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Coca‑Cola Great Britain

Coca‑Cola Great Britain is responsible for marketing 20 brands and over 80 products to consumers across Great Britain. Led by Coca‑Cola, one of the world’s most valuable and recognisable brands, their company portfolio includes Fanta, Sprite, Dr Pepper, Oasis, glaceau smartwater, Schweppes, Appletiser and Diet Coke. All packaging across Coca‑Cola Great Britain’s portfolio of drinks is 100% recyclable and in 2020, the core range doubled the recycled plastic in its bottle to 50%.

For more information, visit www.coca-cola.co.uk.

About FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s biggest charity fighting hunger and food waste. We take good-to-eat surplus food from across the food industry, sort it in our regional warehouses across the UK, and pass it onto a network of nearly 9,500 charities and community groups. These include food banks and pantries, hostels, refuges, community centres, older people’s lunch clubs, school clubs and hospices. Three quarters of the organisations we provide food to, support children and families. During the last financial year, 2021-22, FareShare redistributed the equivalent of nearly 130 million meals - that’s 4 meals every second.

For every person that visits the Coca‑Cola Christmas Truck Tour and Coca‑Cola Christmas Corner - one visit equals one donation of 25p, limited to one unique visit per person. Maximum donation is 100, 000 meals (£25, 000). FareShare is a registered charity in England, charity number 1100051.