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The Apprentice 2011, Episode 12: Tom Pellereau Wins... First of all, congratulations to Tom Pellereau for winning The Apprentice. Regardless of all my criticisms of the show, none of it relates to any candidate. Anyone who appears on The Apprentice is on...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 11: Is Karen Brady Psychic? Episode 11. Developing and opening a new fast food outlet and pitching it to industry experts. Jim Eastwood was team leader for Venture. Helen Louise Milligan was project leader for Logic. Logic Win....
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 10. Lord Sugar Supplying... Episode 10. Buying merchandise at wholesale prices. Selling it. Reinvesting in further stock. As lord Sugar put it, smell what you can sell. The team with highest combined value of sales and surplus...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 9. A Historic Moment... Episode 9. Creating a new brand of biscuit. Pitching it to three major supermarkets. The team with the most orders wins. Helen Louise Milligan was project manager for Venture, Zoe Beresford project...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 8: Selling Products to... Episode 8. Selling unique business products to French retailers. Each candidate is given a sales book in which they must record their sales. Tom Pellereau was team leader for Logic. Susan Ma was...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 12: Tom Pellereau Wins
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 18-07-2011
First of all, congratulations to Tom Pellereau for winning The Apprentice. Regardless of all my criticisms of the show, none of it relates to any candidate. Anyone who appears on The Apprentice is on the show to win it, and when someone achieves what they set out to achieve, it is right that they are applauded for doing so. I wish him all the success in the world. With Tom winning, does it mean the others have failed? Not at all. We have seen before that some candidates who have not won The...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 11: Is Karen Brady Psychic?
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 14-07-2011
Episode 11. Developing and opening a new fast food outlet and pitching it to industry experts. Jim Eastwood was team leader for Venture. Helen Louise Milligan was project leader for Logic. Logic Win. Natasha Scribbins is fired. I hate to say I told you do but…I did! A few blogs ago I predicted that the first chance Lord Sugar gets, he is going to fire Natasha. Low and behold, he got his chance to day and took it. Clearly Lord Sugar can justify his decision anyway he likes because there...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 10. Lord Sugar Supplying Tut?
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 07-07-2011
Episode 10. Buying merchandise at wholesale prices. Selling it. Reinvesting in further stock. As lord Sugar put it, smell what you can sell. The team with highest combined value of sales and surplus stock win. Melody Hossaini was project manager for Logic, Natasha Scribbins project manager for Venture. Venture win. Melody Hossaini, Helen Milligan and Tom Pellereau end up in the boardroom. Melody Hossaini is fired. To start with, it did make me laugh when Lord Sugar confronted Susan about her...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 9. A Historic Moment on The Apprentice?
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 30-06-2011
Episode 9. Creating a new brand of biscuit. Pitching it to three major supermarkets. The team with the most orders wins. Helen Louise Milligan was project manager for Venture, Zoe Beresford project manager for Logic. Venture win. Zoe Beresford, Susan Ma and Melody Hossaini end up in the boardroom. Zoe Beresford is fired. In this episode we saw how difficult it is to pitch to major retailers. These major retailers source products from across the world to ensure that they purchase products...
