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Be the best waiter

Task types:

Solo

Filmed

Physical

Objective

Single brief

Original

Locations:

Dukes Meadows Bandstand

Task brief

The task brief is laid on a table in the Dukes Meadows Bandstand. The brief for the task is as follows:

Be the best waiter.

You must serve Alex all his food, drink and cutlery as it is currently set.

If you drop or spill any items, you must clap for a full minute, or else you will be disqualified.

No running.

Fastest wins.

Your time starts now.

Task notes

Also on the table, there are: a plate with a pile of eggs on it (some real, and raw, and some rubber); a plate with a pile of chickpeas on it; a large, dark, stemmed glass containing milk; some oversized cutlery; a restaurant menu; a (2 minute) hourglass; and a chequered red tablecloth.
Alex leads the contestants, who are initially blindfolded, to a stool at the table. Before they remove their blindfolds and read the task brief, he then leaves them, in order to take up a concealed position, lying down on a recliner, with a lap table over his torso, immediately behind the wall of one of the two other structures in the park.
Taskmaster producer Andy Cartwright is seated in one of the nearby structures, wearing a suit like Alex’s, and a large floppy hat (possibly the exact same style of ‘special hat’ won by Sue Perkins, in series 16’s ‘Find the secret task‘ task) to hide his identity.
Another decoy Alex is played by Bernard Mannequin, who is dressed the same, and is wearing the same hat, in the other nearby structure.
The use of decoy Alexes in this task may have been inspired by the ‘Deliver the pizza to Tom‘ task from Taskmaster AU, and/or the ‘Get the most footage of Paul‘ task from Taskmaster NZ.