Our video shows Sir Ian Botham being appointed as Beefeater's new Boss of Beef. He celebrates his new role by paying tribute to iconic bosses in a lighthearted photo-shoot before putting on his chef whites at the Whitbread Skills Academy.

As England prepare to smash the Aussies for the sixth time in this year's Ashes series, cricket legend Sir Ian Botham is swapping his cricket whites for chef whites to become Beefeater's new Boss of Beef this summer. To celebrate his tenure as the official Boss of Beef and bowl Brits over, Sir Ian Botham - known affectionately to millions as 'Beefy' – pays tribute to iconic bosses in a series of tongue-in-cheek pictures. Watch our video to see the exclusive behind the scenes footage.

Our video shows Beefy as he dons a mobster suit to recreate the classic shot of Marlon Brando's character in The Godfather; pointing the 'You're Fired' finger at a quivering Apprentice, dressed in a classy suit as no-nonsense entrepreneur Lord Alan Sugar and fina