After nearly three hours negotiation in the den we sealed the deal with Nick Jenkins, founder of Moonpig.com, for a £50,000 investment for 20% equity in the company.

Our time in the Den ended up as the longest session of the series and saw Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Peter Jones and Nick Jenkins all battling it out to get in on the beans action! The hotly contested pitch saw multiple offers from each of the four Dragons with BBC production staff saying it was the most different types of offers they’d ever seen in the Den.

Nick Jenkins, said: “Ben gave by far and away the best entrepreneur performance of the season and I’m excited to help him achieve his vision.”

We’re delighted to have you on board Nick!

Catch the full episode on iPlayer here

Our new range of baked beans are ready to go! Masons Beans are found fresh in the chiller and come in three delicious flavours and retail from only £2.20.

Real Tomato – Our take on tinned beans but much improved with fresh, chunky tomatoes instead of powdered tomato; fresh herbs; and absolutely no sugar at all.

Smoked Chilli – Haricot beans, chunky tomatoes and a pinch of smoked chilli for a little kick. Again, no sugar, no powdered tomato.

Bacon &  Mustard –  Chunky tomatoes and bacon mixed with aromatic herbs and a dollop of English mustard. No sugar, no powdered tomato.

The recipes owe much to the traditional soaking and cooking of dried beans seen in other parts of the world and bear little resemblance to the canned beans Britons still rely on today. Rather than cooking from dried inside a can, the beans are soaked overnight and simmered gently.

Rather than using powdered tomato for the sauce, we use plum tomatoes, which are cooked down with herbs, spices or bacon, creating a hearty, healthy meal in a pot. And, most importantly, we use absolutely no sugar at all, in stark contrast to the tinned variety.

Get em while they’re hot!

Masons Beans on Dragons’ Den

Yes! I only bloody went and pitched to the Dragons!

And no I can’t tell you what happened – suffice to say that I ended up in front of them for nearly 3 hours of negotiation, the longest session this season.

It’s on BBC2 at 8pm on Sunday. Watch, cheer and tweet from the sidelines please!