Gogglebox star Sophie Sandiford makes career announcement as fans rush to support her
Blackpool Gogglebox star Sophie Sandiford has made an exciting announcement about her future career as fans rush to support her.
The 26-year-old began working on the popular Friday night Channel 4 show with brother Pete back in 2018.
Despite landing the sought-after TV gig, Sophie continued to work her day job at Debenhams in the seaside town until 2020.
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The store window dresser lost her job as the iconic high street firm collapsed after falling into administration.
Last year Sophie announced she was looking at embarking on a new career as a florist, but the exact details have been kept under wraps until now.
Sophie told her younger brother on Gogglebox that she had passed her floristry exams – seven months after the initial announcement.
She has now taken to social media to unveil her new business that will open on Wednesday (January 12).
Sophie shared a picture of ‘Petali Floristry’ on her Instagram stories with the caption ‘coming soon’.
A separate post on the Petali Floristry page said: “LAUNCH DATE 12-01-2022.
“We are pleased to announce the start of our new florist service, we are excited to create beautiful fresh floral designs for any occasion.
“Please dm to order hand-tied bouquets, hatbox and bag arrangements, or any other floristry enquiries.
“These will be available in white and green, pink and white and florists choice of colour
“Lots of love, Team Petali.”
Fans have begun flooding the page with messages of support and now has more than 500 followers.
One said: “Wishing you the best of luck on your new venture!”
Another wrote: “Exciting!” followed by flower emojis.
A third person added two raised hand emojis with others left love heart comments.
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