Hazel End Care Home takes on the popular tv show, watched by millions every single night

14.3 Million of viewers have been tuning in every night, to watch their favourite celebrities take on horrendous challenges, tasked by the nations favourite Ant and Dec. At Hazel End Care Home staff wanted to take on their own spin off from the show and decided to take on their own challenges for the residents to watch and also join in themselves.

The first round of gruesome bush tucker trials consisted of eating crickets, mealworms, locusts, chilli chocolate, chilli challenge and jellybean challenge. Staff were then faced with drinking a cockroach smoothie and fish gut juice (tuna and milk smoothie) disgusting!!

The challenges continued with “What’s in the box trial” and “Face your fears” where staff had to put their faces in gross jelly mix to retrieve the stars.

Finally, the morning finished with a “Hellish hand dive” a race to see who can get the most stars whilst staff put their hands in, as you can probably guess gruesome stuff.

Our seriously brave residents even got involved and tried the creepy crawlies plus chilli challenges to win stars.

Congratulations to our amazing Care Assistant Andreia who was the winner, collecting the most stars.  

One resident commented “The crickets were nice and crunchy and would go well with a nice glass of wine.”

Francesca care assistant at Hazel End said “I needed to go and hunt down a toothbrush to get rid of the dog food, jellybean taste”

All the best bits from the day’s events can be seen on Hazel End’s TikTok.

The happiness, safety and needs of our residents are at the heart of everything that we do at Halcyon Care Homes. By providing the right level of support and quality care that each resident needs, while at the same time respecting their dignity and independence, we make sure that our care homes facilitate a better standard of life.

Our personalised high-quality care plans, five-star environment and fulfilling activities programme are all designed to enhance each and every day spent at our care homes.

Hazel End Care Home is a luxurious, 66-bedroom facility on Kitchener Road, St Michael’s Hurst development. It is like walking into a top-class hotel with a welcoming reception and a homely environment. The facilities are amazing. There are three lounges, a sky bar with views over the surrounding area, a garden room which opens onto the garden, there is a quiet room, cinema, a library and seating areas in the corridors as well.

To book a socially distanced visit please call 01279 925388 or email info@halcyoncarehomes.co.uk