By Jim Symcox on Jun 23, 2008 in Alex Wotherspoon, Claire Young, Helene Speight, Jennifer Celerier, Jennifer Maguire, Kevin Shaw, Lee McQueen, Michael Sophocles, Raef Bjayal, Series 4, Simon Smith, The Apprentice | 0 Comments
So now we’ve got the result we wanted from the Apprentice. A winner! Was it the one we wanted… And was the hiring fair? See what you think.
By Jim Symcox on May 15, 2008 in Claire Young, Jennifer Celerier, Jennifer Maguire, Michael Sophocles, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | 0 Comments
Sir Alan Sugar’s Apprentice Candidates demonstrate how not to negotiate in Marrakesh. Was the firing fair? It’s easy to decide with the benefit of hindsight – that doesn’t mean it’s less fun though!
By Jim Symcox on May 7, 2008 in Helene Speight, Jennifer Maguire, Lucinda Ledgerwood, Michael Sophocles, Raef Bjayal, Series 4, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | 0 Comments
In my previous post on the Greeting Card task I described how Kevin (I Eat Italian I Do) Shaw and his team created the disaster that was the environmental warning card theme. Let’s move onto the slightly less silly card theme – Singledom, or Singles Day. Raef Wants To Celebrate Singledom Michael Sophocles had his [...]
By Jim Symcox on Apr 25, 2008 in Claire Young, Jennifer Maguire, Lindi Mngaza, Lucinda Ledgerwood, Series 4, The Apprentice | 1 Comment
The Apprentice became a Hollywood blockbuster last night as The Apprentices tried to outdo each other and sell vast quantities of ice cream to businesses in London. In my house we were on our seat edges as Alpha and Renaissance negotiated to sell ice cream by the same independent small cinema chain. The task? Simplicity [...]
By Jim Symcox on Apr 10, 2008 in Claire Young, Jennifer Celerier, Jennifer Maguire, Lindi Mngaza, Raef Bjayal, Series 4, Simon Smith, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | 1 Comment
Food and the Apprentice clowns (sorry candidates) should never be mixed. That is unless you want broad entertainment. And that’s what we got with tonight’s episode. First of all Ian Stringer was chosen by Sir Alan as lead entertainer for the boys and quickly chose his scapegoat (oh sorry, I meant head chef). The top [...]