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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 8: Selling Products to the French Market
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 23-06-2011
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 team leader for Venture. Venture win. Leon Doyle, Tom Pellereau and Melody Hossaini end up in the boardroom. Leon Doyle is fired. Eight weeks in and I have become both bored and frustrated with the consistent inconsistency in the boardroom. The candidates may be better off playing the lottery...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 7: Lord Sugar Has Not Heard of Bill Gates?
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 16-06-2011
Episode 7. Coming up with a new free premium magazine and pre-sell the advertising to some of the biggest media buyers in the country. The team with the highest amount of advertising revenue will win. Jim Eastwood was team leader for Venture. Natasha Scribbins was team leader for Logic. Logic Win. Jim Eastwood, Susan Ma and Glen Ward end up in the boardroom. Glen is fired. Given Lord Sugar’s previous misconceived stereotype of technically able people, it came as little surprise that...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 6: What a Load of Rubbish (pun intended!)
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 09-06-2011
Episode 6 and another reference to “waffles” in the boardroom. Thankfully on this occasion, unlike Lord Sugar on the last, Nick was not making a joke at the expense of someone’s origin. This week’s task. Setting up a junk removal business. Collecting rubbish. Disposing of it and making as much money as possible. Helen Louise Milligan was team leader for Logic. Zoe Beresford was team leader for Venture. Logic win by £6. Zoe Beresford, Edna Agbarha and Susan Ma end up as the final...
The Apprentice 2011, Episode 5: Making and Branding Pet Food
By Raj Dhonota | Posted on 02-06-2011
Episode 5. Making and branding pet food. Pitching to an expert panel. The team with the best pitch and advert wins. Glen Ward was the team leader for Venture. Vincent Disneur was team leader for Logic. Venture win. Vincent Disneur, Natasha Scribbins and Ellie Reed end up as the final three in the boardroom. Ellie Reed is Fired. Then Vincent Disneur is fired. It was only last week at the beginning of the Beauty Treatment task that Lord Sugar stated all firing decisions will be based...
