Huski Home director Lisa Scott presented a trio of products to the panel of customer critics in the BBC TV show The Customer is Always Right in an episode that aired yesterday (April 30). Lisa’s sustainable products were the customers’ favourite on the show, having been tested and scored by the panel.
The sets of customers were sent the Huski Home travel cup and lunch box – made from rice husks – as well as a box of natural straws made out of grass. Comments were overwhelmingly positive, with consumers appreciating design factors such as the carry handles of the lunchbox as well as its divider (doubling as plate). It was ‘tried and tested’ for packed lunches and as a ‘doggy bag’ for restaurant leftovers! The panel also appreciated Huski Home’s eco-friendly straws, proving far more durable than paper straws.
Talking on the show, Lisa said he was “really pleased with the feedback” from the panel, that gave a total score of 39.5 for her products. However she noted that: “People don’t know what rice husk is.” Hence Huski Home will be making efforts to explain how the use of rice husks tackles a major waste problem, and will aim to “make people feel good about using it.”
Lisa – whose co-director is husband Luke – recognised that creating the products has been a “whole family journey.” Eldest son Leo’s concerns about the environment prompted the founding of Huski Home.
The same episode of The Customer is Always Right also featured The Scoof – a cafetiere cleaner created by coffee lover Joe Partridge. The Archimedes’ screw provided an inspiration for Joe’s design, which addresses the annoyance of coffee dregs, as well as providing a stirrer to maximise coffee flavour.
“I really liked how they saw and understood the product,” said Joe after seeing reactions from the panel. Two of the consumers said The Scoof would be an ideal addition to their work’s communal kitchens.
Incidentally, guests at The Excellence in Housewares Awards 2019 will be familiar with Huski Home’s travel cup and The Scoof – both were gifted in the event’s fabulous Goody Bags.
Top: Huski Home’s Lisa Scott (far right) and The Scoof’s Joe Partridge (left) along with the presenter of BBC’s The Customer is Always Right, Lucy Alexander (second right) – the episode first aired on BBC One on Thursday April 30.
