James Pellow – Nominated for Shop Assistant of the Year

Simon: And how long were you at The Coffee Bean for?

James: ‘Til I think it was 1988 and some customer, I don’t know who it was, nominated me for Shop Assistant of the Year for the Daily Mail in 1988 (laughs) so I have the badge …

Simon: Wow! Oh, you won.

James: No, I didn’t win, but I’ve got the badge as nominated.

Simon: Goodness!

James: And I never heard another thing, you know, but …

Simon: How lovely.

James: … yes, I was nominated.

James: And I’ve got a photograph of me, the very first Comic Relief year, which I forget when it was, but it was probably around about then, and I’ve got a picture of me in The Coffee Bean with the coffee jug in one hand and the milk in the other hand, and a red nose on, so that was as far as it went. All rather new then, Comic Relief.