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00:00This is not a game. This is a 12-week job interview. It's a dog-eat-dog situation.
00:13Fourteen people have come to London in search of a job.
00:18There is no phone-in here. There is no text number. There is no panel of judges.
00:24I'm the one that decides who gets fired, and I'm going to be the one, ultimately, who decides who gets hired.
00:33They've come to battle it out for a job with Sir Alan Sugar.
00:37I am the most belligerent person that you could ever come across.
00:41Tough and straight-talking, Sir Alan's built a business empire worth £800 million.
00:48Business is not about coming, piss my money up the wall.
00:51He's offering one job with a six-figure salary.
00:56To get it, they're going to have to live and work together.
01:00Don't fucking dick me around. I'm getting pissed off with it.
01:03Quite frankly, I'd like to get rid of the bleeding free of you.
01:06This is the ultimate job interview.
01:09You're fired. You're fired. You're a lightweight. You're fired.
01:12Previously on The Apprentice.
01:21Joe survived her first showdown with Sir Alan, to everyone's surprise.
01:27Sir Alan set their next task.
01:31Buying is one of the most important things.
01:33The teams had to negotiate the best price for the same ten items.
01:38If you do it for a ten or I'll take it then.
01:40Done.
01:42As leader, I'm going to be watching.
01:44Joe took charge of her team.
01:46There's going to be no game playing, there's going to be no messing about,
01:48because I've got eyes and ears in the back of my head.
01:50But her abrasive style put everyone's backs up.
01:53We can. We can't do.
01:54Why?
01:55Give me the phone.
01:57On the boys team, Paul used every trick in the book to drive down prices.
02:03I'm getting married. I'm getting married. Yeah, I'm getting married.
02:06But Manny found the haggling hard to take.
02:09What the guys are telling me to do now is beg.
02:12We are completely out of cash.
02:15It's a bit annoying.
02:17It was a narrow victory.
02:19Boys win by eight pounds.
02:20In the boardroom, Karen and Alexa were quick to point the finger.
02:27Who should get fired then?
02:29I have to say Joe then.
02:31Who do you think should be fired?
02:32I have to say Joe.
02:34You're looking good.
02:36Then it was Alexa's turn to come under attack.
02:38I'm very concerned about you being a bit weak.
02:41I do not believe that I'm weak. Quite the contrary.
02:44And I really need to be given that opportunity, I believe, to show myself in project manager role.
02:48All right, you got it, okay?
02:51You're staying. You've spoken up for yourself. That's what it's all about.
02:56I've heard nothing from you, Karen. You're fired.
03:00Karen became the third casualty of the boardroom.
03:03Now, eleven remain to fight for the chance to become The Apprentice.
03:16At the house, the candidates wait to see who survived the boardroom.
03:20I think Karen will go to be nice to me.
03:23I hope not.
03:25I think Karen will go.
03:27Joe, without a shadow of the doubt.
03:29Joe's very strong at defending herself.
03:30Joe, for three reasons.
03:32Number one, poor planning.
03:33Number two, the fact that she didn't impair the other team.
03:36Number three, she took no accountability for the task.
03:38She didn't fulfil the roles.
03:40We didn't do the basic things you should do when you're leading.
03:42She didn't manage. End of.
03:43I bet Joe and Alexa come back.
03:49Karen will be gone.
03:50Anyone who doesn't agree with me, bet you 50 quid.
03:52I think it's Karen and Joe.
03:54Who comes back?
03:56Yes!
03:57Oh!
03:59Oh!
04:02Alexa, Alexa.
04:04Alexa.
04:06Alexa.
04:08Alexa.
04:09That's what happened.
04:11So why Karen?
04:12At the end of the day, Sir Alan is a fair bloke.
04:14Like he said, he don't do bullshit.
04:15He don't do waffling.
04:16He knows what the deal is.
04:18You know what I mean?
04:19And he makes the decision.
04:20And he made that today.
04:22None of us knew what was going to happen.
04:24And, you know, in the end, I ended up saying,
04:29I think I really need the chance here to show myself
04:32and what I can really do.
04:34Does that mean you're PM for the next task?
04:36I would hate to now get fired without having had the chance to be PM.
04:40Nobody wants to leave without proving, you know, who you are.
04:43Sorry.
04:48I just want to know what it is.
04:51Good evening, Dunn speaking.
04:52Hi, this is Jenny Corning from Sir Alan's office.
04:55He wants you to meet him at the Oxo Tower restaurant.
04:57Oxo Tower restaurant?
04:58The cars will be there to pick you up at 6.45 tomorrow morning.
05:01Lovely.
05:02Thank you, Jenny.
05:03Cheers.
05:04Bye.
05:05Guys, phone call.
05:06Can you get everybody in?
05:07Yeah, OK.
05:08We've got to meet at the Oxo Towers restaurant.
05:09Oxo Tower, yeah?
05:10OK, done.
05:11That's about it.
05:12Done.
05:136.45.
05:14The candidates head off for the briefing.
05:33Having won the previous two tasks, the boys seem to have bonded.
05:36We've had a lot of fun together recently.
05:39The girls haven't.
05:40Not for a while.
05:41We bonded.
05:42I think that really makes sense.
05:43Man time.
05:44Bonded.
05:45Yeah.
05:51I think it's a crucial part of the team functioning to bond.
05:55What does bonding mean to you, though?
05:56Bonding means to me that you're actually...
05:58OK, let me answer that.
06:00Bonding means to me that we're all on the same wavelength.
06:03We're all working to the same goal.
06:08Sir Alan has called the teams to one of London's top restaurants
06:11overlooking the Thames.
06:13And he's got a surprise for them.
06:20Good morning.
06:21What I'm going to do is I'm going to try something very, very different.
06:25Ladies, I want one of you to put themselves forward to run the boys' team.
06:32Gentlemen, I want one of you to put yourself forward to run the girls' team.
06:38Alexa, move over to the boys' team.
06:40Manny, move over to the girls' team.
06:47Right, Alexa.
06:48You said you wanted to prove to me that you could be a team leader.
06:51You've got your chance now, OK?
06:53You've got a big task on your hands coming up.
06:55On top of that, you've got five men you've got to organise.
06:58Manny, we're going to see your skills, not only in business,
07:03but how you're going to manage a bunch of women also.
07:07This week, there is the Thames Festival.
07:10What it is, is a great festival that stretches from Tower Bridge right up to Westminster.
07:16Now, I've arranged for you two marquees in pole position.
07:21And you are going to turn those marquees into a themed restaurant.
07:26The team that makes the most amount of profit is going to win.
07:30The team that doesn't is going to lose.
07:32And in that losing team, one of you will get fired.
07:35The Thames Festival attracts half a million people to London's South Bank.
07:47The teams must transform these marquees into fully functioning restaurants.
07:52Manny's first meeting leading the girls.
07:57He's keen to assert his authority.
08:00Can I say something?
08:01Go ahead, yeah.
08:02Harrods, when we were there the other day, they've got a truly British thing going on.
08:05They've got a British thing.
08:06OK.
08:07No discussion in a brainstorm.
08:09I want quick fire.
08:10OK, it's a British thing.
08:12What else?
08:13OK, just give me words.
08:15Anything.
08:16Families.
08:17What else?
08:18Energy.
08:19It's an experience for them.
08:20OK.
08:21Put multicultural down here.
08:22Unique.
08:23Multicultural.
08:24You know, it's like the city.
08:25Portable.
08:26The whole world in one city.
08:27The whole world.
08:28Whatever we produce has got to be easy to eat.
08:29Easy to eat.
08:30What I mean is easy that you can take it and eat it out.
08:33Other ideas.
08:34It was a big decision this morning when I decided to go across to the girls team.
08:39My decision was based really on their previous performance.
08:43I think they've underperformed.
08:45I think they are capable of performing much higher.
08:48Other ideas.
08:49Come on.
08:50In the hot and the cold.
08:51Maybe it's a leadership issue.
08:52I don't know.
08:53If I can get them working as a team, I think we're going to be a high performing team.
08:56What we need to do also is now split up into two teams.
08:59One of us is going to go and meet with the caterer and see what they can provide us.
09:04And one of us will go to the...
09:06The themes.
09:07The theme.
09:08Yeah, we can do that.
09:09Cambridge graduate Alexa has to control the boys and their ideas.
09:14We need to decide...
09:15Said, sorry, do you mind if I just kick this off?
09:17Yes, of course.
09:18We need to decide what sort of food genre we're going for and what sort of theme we want.
09:24The key is simplicity.
09:25You know, it's just volume.
09:27It's just getting the food out.
09:29Yeah.
09:30Five minutes, guys.
09:31Honestly, it's too long.
09:32For me, it's about the family and children as well.
09:35So it's got to be a very simple food that we get the whole family in.
09:37The chips are good because you can have chips on their own.
09:39You can take them away in a cone.
09:40You can have fish for the mums and dads.
09:42Any kids who don't want them in a battered sausage and chips.
09:44The problem...
09:45Not the problem.
09:46That's my idea.
09:47Let's move on.
09:48No, no, no.
09:49It's fine.
09:50It's cool.
09:51It's just that what I was going to suggest is, with fish and chips, you can't leave it
09:52out.
09:53Where do you store it?
09:54What I was going to suggest is, pizza is brilliant because there is no other...
09:57You know, there are no other pizza stands.
09:59And again, that's going for a niche.
10:00It's going for a specialist area.
10:02And in my experience, running businesses, that is the way forward.
10:06It's flexible.
10:07Vegetarian.
10:08Carnivores.
10:09It covers the lot.
10:10We can go for an Indian pizza.
10:12You can have an Italian pizza.
10:13That's the point.
10:14So you can have lots of varieties of pizzas.
10:16That will mix well with the multicultural feel of the festival.
10:20I think Alexa, you know, bless her socks, a big task with five guys.
10:24She was prepared to go with any suggestions.
10:27I could have turned around and said, shall I dye my hair blonde?
10:30And she would have said, yes, let's all dye our hair blonde.
10:32Ha, ha, ha.
10:38Both teams have been allocated caterers.
10:41Manny has dispatched Michelle and Ruth to develop a menu.
10:45What about, like, barbecue?
10:49Quite high-risk, quite dangerous.
10:51It's a very public space.
10:52And you are going for quite a big catchment.
10:54I think if you've got barbecues and children, they're not a good mix.
10:56So you've got to bear in mind, the time you've got to prep all this,
10:59you've got one day to do it.
11:01You weren't saying that it's going to be quick to produce.
11:03Yeah.
11:04Low-skilled labour, I think.
11:05Yeah.
11:06What about crepes?
11:07It's cheap, isn't it?
11:08Yeah, it is.
11:09Feral water and eggs.
11:10Yeah, it is cheap, yeah.
11:11You're going to be cooking, aren't you?
11:12I'm not doing the whole service now.
11:13I believe you're actually going to be cooking.
11:15The girls call Manny to discuss menu options.
11:27Hello.
11:28We're considering at the moment noodles.
11:30Yeah.
11:31Crepes.
11:32Me.
11:33Crepes is the one that stands out.
11:35Because there's the whole Brittany sort of theme,
11:39and I think we can build in a theme with crepes.
11:42With noodles, there is only one theme, which is an oriental theme,
11:46and we're stuck with that, aren't we?
11:49Sir Alan wants the restaurants themed.
11:52We need to be as quick as we can, because our prop...
11:54Manny takes Sharon and Joe to a prop house for inspiration for his crepe idea.
11:59Western-y kind of...
12:01Yeah.
12:02Western themes, OK.
12:03Kind of seafood-y, that kind of thing.
12:05OK, seafood.
12:06You've got kind of food service bars or...
12:08OK.
12:09A better bar kind of thing.
12:10So you've got an Egyptian theme here.
12:12Egypt, yeah.
12:13OK.
12:14Egypt's good because it's large scale.
12:16Yeah.
12:17What do they eat in Egypt?
12:19Michelle and Ruth call Manny again to find out what theme he's come up with,
12:24so they can tailor the menu and order ingredients.
12:27I think I'm going to make a decision because you need a decision.
12:30We're going to go for a sea-faring theme.
12:33Sea-faring theme?
12:35Nets.
12:36Rivers.
12:37Rivers.
12:38Kits.
12:39Kits.
12:40Kits.
12:41Doesn't matter.
12:42And how does that actually link into the product that we're selling?
12:44It doesn't at all.
12:46With crepes, there is no particular link.
12:49The only link that we can come up with is Paris, and this is the Thames festival.
12:56Somehow we can make the link from the crepes to the Thames, somehow.
12:59Yeah.
13:00I cannot see crepes in the Thames.
13:01Well, it can't be Paris.
13:02It can't be Paris, but maybe bring...
13:04Make the decision on the majority, but I cannot see that going to be...
13:11Hello?
13:12Is that a united decision, yeah?
13:14It's as united as we're going to get it.
13:17Okay, speak to you soon.
13:18Bye-bye.
13:19Manning's management currently, and I hope it changes quickly, is pretty poor.
13:24He's not listening to the advice that he's been given.
13:27I'm not saying that I know it all, but I have been here and done it before,
13:31and he should be really pulling out my strength.
13:34The girls have gone ahead with their order for crepe ingredients,
13:38but Manny has had a rethink.
13:40I think we missed a trick.
13:42I think we should have pitched noodles first.
13:45Hello?
13:47I didn't want to be dictatorial, but if you want me to, I will be.
13:51Okay, do the oriental theme with noodles.
13:54You're talking about the classic oriental, yeah?
13:56Classic oriental, we'll have, you know, maybe a Buddha sitting in the corner.
14:00I don't know.
14:01Okay, cheers.
14:02They've completely changed.
14:03They want us to go for the oriental and then push the crepes.
14:06And we're going for the classic oriental theme.
14:09Well, that's for Manny.
14:11I'll lock it here.
14:13I think we can do a really great job there, can't we?
14:16I don't know how we're bringing in the learning.
14:18It's not the edge for me.
14:19Well, we'd have to make an edge on top of it.
14:21Do you understand what I'm saying?
14:23So we'd have to find something on top of that.
14:25Can you talk to me as well?
14:26I'm sorry, sorry, Sharon.
14:27Yeah, sorry.
14:35Alexa's pizza team have also split in two.
14:38Hi.
14:39How are you doing?
14:40She's taken her boys with restaurant experience to meet their caterers.
14:44Thanks very much.
14:45Go straight through on the right-hand side door and then the second door on the right.
14:49I mean, to be honest, just to give you a bit of background around the group here today.
14:52I mean, myself personally, I've got eight years previous experience managing and actually working and doing service, you know, waiting as a waiter.
15:01Again, Tom has 14 to 15 years experience, family business, so that's hands-on experience.
15:06So, you know, you have got some professionals here.
15:08It's crucial, with my experience, that you and I, we get along like music.
15:12That's the most important thing.
15:13Communication has to flow.
15:16Dan, from your experience, how many people do you think you'd look to be selling to in an hour?
15:20I haven't got a bloody clue.
15:22I need for you to commit yourself to say, okay, so many thousands of people.
15:25Then we know we have to order X amount of fish, X amount of this.
15:28The only other way we could look at it is how many pizzas we want to make.
15:31Yeah, so basically, if we turn around and say, well, based on the budget we've got, we want to make 500 pizzas.
15:37Now, 500 pizzas generates six slices per pizza.
15:40Well, at least I've got a figure now that can work.
15:43Can you do that between nine and five if we get you all of the ingredients?
15:46If you've got a minimum of three other people.
15:49Well, the question is not whether I, it's whether you can be.
15:53You're not professionals.
15:55I actually used to work on a pizza counter in a supermarket, believe it or not.
16:00Personally, it's pushing it.
16:03Okay.
16:08The other half of Alexa's team are at the prop house.
16:11We've got everything that you'd want for British or for Italian.
16:14They're looking for costumes for their Italian pizza restaurant.
16:17Hey, you messed with me, I carve you up.
16:22Look at this.
16:24We are...
16:25Excuse me.
16:28The food in the apprentice house is...
16:30Fantastic.
16:31...taking its toll.
16:32Awesome.
16:33I'm in favour.
16:34Absolutely excellent, Sam.
16:35Good stuff.
16:36Right, that's it.
16:37That'll do us.
16:39No comment.
16:40Manny's girls want to know how many people, or covers, they're catering for.
16:51Okay.
16:52Let's go out, you know, whole hog and let's aim for a thousand covers.
16:57Are you sure?
16:58I'm sure.
16:59So that's 25 every 15 minutes.
17:0025 covers we're going to sell every 15 minutes.
17:01Yep.
17:02Are you sure about that?
17:03Yep.
17:04Two minutes.
17:05Um, Ruth, Michelle?
17:06Yeah?
17:07Go for a thousand covers.
17:08That's what we're going to aim to sell on Saturday, yeah?
17:10You must be very confident of your theme then, I can't wait to see it.
17:12I'm not confident of the theme, I'm more confident in my team.
17:36After spending most of the day discussing pizza ingredients, Alexa and her team arrive
17:41at the wholesalers to place orders.
17:48But they didn't check the opening hours.
17:51Well, I think the way forward today is to make sure that we get the orders in.
17:55Yeah.
17:56These guys are not, you know, they haven't disappeared, they're not dead.
17:59They'll definitely pick up the messages and they'll call us back.
18:03Unable to meet face to face, Said has to leave orders on the wholesaler's answer phone.
18:10So there's no one to haggle with.
18:13We need 100 chickens.
18:15We need 30 kilos of minced beef.
18:18And we need 45 kilos of gammon, which is boned and rolled gammon off the bone.
18:23Okay, so I'll repeat that again.
18:2545 kilos of gammon, minced beef 30 kilos, chicken 100 chickens.
18:33After a 15 hour day, the teams are back at the house.
18:43Manny gets his girls together for a meeting.
18:45I just felt that my opinion has not been recognised at all today.
18:50That quite a lot of the things and the advice that I have given and the experience I have
18:54has been ignored.
18:56It's the way I work.
18:57All the options.
18:58I did ask you continually to communicate to me what was going on.
19:01You go from a divergent phase to a convergent phase, which is where we are now.
19:06We're through the divergent phase, okay?
19:08We're not going to go off on tangents.
19:09That's what we were doing quite...
19:11It was planned.
19:12We were going through a divergent, brainstorming phase.
19:15I was encouraging any ideas that people had, purposely.
19:19You just said now, you weren't happy with what we've ordered.
19:22You tell me what you're not happy with.
19:23No, no, I'm not getting into this argument.
19:25Sharon, I'm PM and I'm asking you a question.
19:27I want an answer.
19:28You're PM, so you do it.
19:29I want an answer.
19:30I thought we've got a mismatch in my opinion.
19:32Of what?
19:33Tell me what the mismatch is.
19:34Of everything.
19:35There's nothing being asked.
19:36You're just being vague.
19:37I don't understand a word you're saying.
19:38You're so vague.
19:39You're saying you're not happy with what we've chosen.
19:40Listen, I'm not having this conversation.
19:41There's a mismatch.
19:42Tell me.
19:43Sharon, don't disappear because we've not finished the conversation.
19:45Give me some...
19:46Sharon!
19:49Sharon!
19:51I'll tell all of you.
19:52I haven't got time for this.
19:53And I'm not interested.
19:55In, you know, spoon-feeding people.
19:58We're...
19:59I think that comment is actually out of order.
20:01We're professionals.
20:02We know what we're doing.
20:03You are!
20:04If somebody's got an individual issue with you,
20:06you need to sort it out.
20:07I mean, she just feels like she's raised and raised and raised and raised.
20:10You know, this isn't working, this isn't working, this isn't working,
20:12and you've just kind of gone,
20:13Shut up.
20:14This is just fucking stupid.
20:16It's only a loser to pass, you know.
20:18We're all in separate.
20:19We're all in separate.
20:20We're all in separate.
20:21So what you can do is make your views in a constructive way.
20:23He has been derogative.
20:25He has made decisions without the consent of everybody.
20:28And I'm totally and utterly pissed off.
20:318.30 a.m.
20:45A big day for both teams.
20:48They must get their food ready for tomorrow's Thames Festival.
20:52Unfazed by last night's row, Manny's turned the girls into a production line,
20:58working on a thousand portions of noodles.
21:01With his team slaving in the kitchen, Manny slips away to order drinks.
21:07Hi.
21:08Are you going to be helping me?
21:10I need to buy a drink.
21:11It's okay.
21:12What's the difference between 7up and Sprite?
21:13The boys' project manager, Alexa, takes Sam to her printers.
21:25She's set aside a whopping £500 for leaflets.
21:28We went through on the phone, didn't we, the leaflets that we need.
21:32The A5 size, two colours, single sided.
21:35So that sounds great.
21:37So Samuel has knocked up an idea for the design.
21:40This isn't going to knock your socks off, mate, so don't...
21:43Essentially, what we're talking about is a kind of Italian flag.
21:48Yeah.
21:49So you guys could be green.
21:50White, red.
21:51Is it red?
21:52I think it's green, white and red.
21:53I think it is.
21:54It was when I was at school.
21:55Yeah.
21:58The rest of the boys are at their kitchen.
22:00They plan to produce 500 pizzas from scratch.
22:05So now, like I said, we need to decide who's going to be in charge today,
22:08from your group.
22:09Yeah.
22:10And who's that going to be?
22:11I'll be in charge.
22:12Okay.
22:13So what can we...
22:15The chicken order arrives.
22:17But there's a problem.
22:18When Saeed left the message with the butcher,
22:21he didn't specify the weight.
22:23The chickens are bigger than normal, basically.
22:25So there's a slight difference in price.
22:27Now, yesterday, what we did the costing.
22:29Okay.
22:30100 chickens.
22:31We costed it for £1.88 per kilo.
22:34Okay.
22:35Today, it's £3 per kilo.
22:37How much does that affect that cost by...
22:39When you're ordering, you have to be specific.
22:42So things like this, not just cost them money,
22:44because it's in time as well.
22:45They vary.
22:46Quality cheese.
22:47You've got 100 kilos.
22:48Ginger.
22:49Saeed's expensive cheese order has also cost the team more than they planned.
22:54Well, that mozzarella has just completely blown our budget.
22:57£300 worth of cheese.
22:59What?
23:00As a worst case scenario, do not spend any more than £100
23:04until we call you otherwise.
23:06£100?
23:08You're saying we've got £100 left for our marketing.
23:14Okay.
23:15Hey, listen mate, that's going to blow all of our marketing out of the water.
23:20We don't know what we're doing at the moment.
23:22We've got to fix...
23:23The dairy has come in a lot more than was expected.
23:26Okay.
23:27It's just, you know, shit happens on a project, so we just need to fix it.
23:32Yeah.
23:33Guys, just a quick update.
23:36With the budget, we made the wrong assumption, which has put us slightly in the shit.
23:42The main responsibility now is to get the pizzas done.
23:46There's a discrepancy with the chicken, no one's taking responsibility for it.
23:49There's a discrepancy with the mozzarella and no one's really taking responsibility for it.
23:52I mean, yes, we are in the shit, we need to find a solution.
23:55So I think to be honest...
23:56It's like seeing when you're winning and when shit the fan, none of them want to know.
24:00We are running behind schedule.
24:02The good news is that we're all working very, very hard.
24:05Yes.
24:06And, you know, all we can do now is really just go all out and see if we can hit the target of 500.
24:12Between you and me, we'll get close to that.
24:15Right.
24:17I think we will solve this.
24:19I mean, there's no way we're going to get defeated by it, that's for sure.
24:22Hi, can you put me through to Natalie, please?
24:29Project manager Manny is sorting out his restaurant design, well away from the kitchen.
24:35How can I just let you walk away?
24:39Let you leave it out of place.
24:42His girls have spent four hours cutting vegetables.
24:46Next, 50 chickens to shred.
24:49I can do it, I can do it, it's only a chicken.
24:51What do you want to do?
24:53The smell is disgusting.
24:55I'll take it and a half, that's fine.
24:58I'll do whatever the project manager wants, but his management style, in my opinion, is very closed.
25:04He doesn't build rapport with people, and I've noticed that since he's come in the house.
25:10Not one for getting his hands dirty, Manny has more pressing business matters.
25:16I'm looking at serviettes, now I'm looking at at least a minimum of a thousand of course.
25:22A colour scheme within the marquee?
25:24Black, quite oriental would go.
25:26OK.
25:27But they are more expensive than white.
25:28Are they?
25:29Mm.
25:30All right.
25:31Alexa and Sam returned to help her team turn ingredients into pizzas.
25:38The final split that we agreed on these, it was 150 margarita.
25:42Yeah.
25:43100 bolognese.
25:44Yeah.
25:45100 kandori chicken.
25:47150.
25:48150.
25:49And we will be making these on a pro rata basis.
25:54And the chicken, the chickens only find themselves in the chicken tikka?
25:58In the chicken tikka, correct.
26:01It was 100 chickens and 100 chicken tikka pizzas.
26:05Chicken per pizza.
26:06That is...
26:07Sounds quite big.
26:08That sounds like a lot of chicken.
26:09It's too many chickens.
26:10It went on volume.
26:11OK.
26:12So what's the deal?
26:13So best value...
26:14OK.
26:15What we might find on the day is that more people want chicken pizzas than margaritas say,
26:18and we'll have the chicken to put on.
26:20But, yeah, that's...
26:21Interesting.
26:22...too many chickens.
26:23Right.
26:24Not only are they making toppings, they also aim to produce pizza bases by hand.
26:29Having over-ordered on ingredients, it's the best value.
26:32It's the best value.
26:33So best value...
26:34OK.
26:35What we might find on the day is that more people want chicken pizzas than margaritas say,
26:38and we'll have the chicken to put on.
26:39But, yeah, that's...
26:40Interesting.
26:41Too many chickens.
26:42Right.
26:43Not only are they making toppings, they also aim to produce pizza bases by hand.
26:48Having over-ordered on ingredients, the pressure's on to make their target of 500 bases.
27:04Manny's back to oversee operations.
27:07His girls have been shredding chicken for most of the day.
27:12You're gonna start shredding the chicken with us.
27:15There's shit loads of chicken to shred it.
27:17And it is a nightmare.
27:19We've been going for 13 and a half hours, and we're shredding chicken.
27:27I'd be more than willing to help, but there were other things that needed to be done,
27:30and someone had to do them.
27:32It just happened to be me, so...
27:34I think Manny hasn't got his hands dirty enough, that's my opinion.
27:37He said, come on, girls, the thinner you shred the chicken, the further it goes.
27:42Well, don't tell me, mate, I've been standing here 10 hours doing it.
27:45Do you know what I mean?
27:47The team finally come together for one last push.
27:51Come on, everybody, get on out
28:14Mucking in, they finally finish.
28:27Alexa's team are attempting to prepare four times as much food as Manny's.
28:34Obviously, I have got concerns at this stage because today has not gone as planned.
28:40It's nine o'clock at night now.
28:41Some of the guys have been here since nine o'clock in the morning.
28:45So it's been a very long day and we're still not there yet.
28:50They've made a vast amount of topping for their pizzas.
28:58The chef checks progress towards their target of 500 bases.
29:02They keep coming to me and saying, how many have we got?
29:05They think I'm going to say a magic number, like, oh, 150, 100 or something.
29:0863.
29:0963.
29:11I think somebody at Ian, the project manager, needs to now look at it and say, let's be realistic, guys.
29:18We're not going to get these done.
29:20I think the project manager is out of a death, definitely.
29:23With no obvious leader in the kitchen, no one seems sure who should be doing what.
29:32Because at the end of the day, what you're doing is a bit of a luxury for that, but the ham does need to be shredded at some point.
29:40I can't make your mind up.
29:41Sorry, mate.
29:41I'm just saying...
29:42For fuck's sake.
29:42I mean, I'm getting pissed off.
29:44Do you know what I mean?
29:45Just fucking tell me what needs to be done and I'll do it.
29:48Don't fucking dick me around, because I'm getting pissed off with it.
29:51You know what I mean?
29:52Don't fucking order Ian out.
29:54What I'm trying to do is understand where the bottleneck is and do it.
29:57And then you're just saying, don't fucking do that.
29:58Don't fucking do that.
29:59I want someone here to take control and understand where the bottlenecks are and deal with it, okay?
30:05Now, what needs to be done?
30:06Someone make a fucking decision.
30:08Samuel, I'm not kitchen manager.
30:10So, just can someone tell me what to fucking do and I'll do it.
30:13Guys, let's just...
30:14Any swearing or shouts to be done, I will do it, okay?
30:17So, let's just calm down and finish chopping the fucking pineapples.
30:19No problem.
30:19No problem, too.
30:20No problem.
30:21All right, if you lot want me to help you, listen to me.
30:25I know I shouldn't be laughing now, but I just think this is hilarious.
30:28It was a luxury for me.
30:31I'm sorry, it's not the way it came across.
30:33So, you've got to look the way you talk to me.
30:34Okay.
30:35I just can't...
30:35Don't fucking talk to me like that again, all right?
30:39Don't ever fucking talk to me.
30:40I know, I don't...
30:40I don't let anyone talk to me like that.
30:42Just don't do it again.
30:45They're realised that they're in this year and they're not going to achieve what they set out to do.
30:53Welcome to the catering world.
30:58Two in the morning.
31:00Alexa's team finally call it a day.
31:04They've got toppings for 500 pizzas.
31:09At only 90 bases.
31:116.30am, the day of the festival.
31:26After just four hours' sleep, Alexa's team are back on the road.
31:31Calm before the storm.
31:33Over half a million people are expected to descend on London's South Bank.
31:45The teams have prime sights near Tower Bridge.
31:51Manny's team have gone for an Oriental theme.
31:56While Alexa's go Italian.
31:58With the 12 noon opening time fast approaching,
32:09Sales Director Ruth gets a crash course in cooking noodles.
32:13How about the food sauce?
32:16There you go.
32:24Absolutely amazing!
32:25The festival gets underway.
32:38With 43 other food stalls on site, competition is tough.
32:43So Alexa pulls out her secret weapon.
32:48Fancy some Italian pizza?
32:50If you do, just keep on walking.
32:51Follow the balloons, follow the smell, follow your dreams.
32:56Basically, they do fresh pieces.
32:58Okay, handmade.
33:00Beef bolognese.
33:02The first slice sells for three pounds.
33:04Let's try the cheese.
33:05Unfortunately, it's terribly soggy, quite stodgy.
33:10And I think they've perhaps put a bit too much on the top.
33:15I'll leave it there for you.
33:16I can't because it's big.
33:21Too big.
33:22I'll just do yours now, so...
33:24Economics graduate Alexa takes charge of the till.
33:28That's nine pounds change.
33:31Eleven pounds change.
33:33Eleven pounds change?
33:34Oh, sorry.
33:35So I gave you six, didn't I?
33:38Six.
33:39You gave me nine pounds.
33:40I gave you nine pounds, sorry, so you want three.
33:42Two.
33:44Sorry, thank you very much.
33:46That's all right, you're welcome, thank you.
33:48Bye.
33:50At the noodle bar, Manny's come up with a crowd-pulling incentive.
33:54What we've done is we realise that we've got a lot of stock,
33:59we want to get rid of it,
34:00so we've done just a special,
34:02reduced our prices from five pounds to three pounds,
34:05and all of a sudden it's just gone out of proportion.
34:08That's one pound change.
34:09If you want to take a seat, I'll...
34:10It's healthy enough.
34:11It's a half a little.
34:14It's absolutely delicious.
34:18Sweet and sour, black bean...
34:19Manny's team are rushed off their feet,
34:22but Alexa's marquee is empty.
34:26Yeah, we've sold 29 pizzas.
34:28Yeah, so we've got...
34:30We're basically not in danger of running out of dough at the moment.
34:33No.
34:33OK.
34:34Don't worry about running out of dough.
34:35It's the last thing you need to worry about for the moment.
34:39Alexa goes over to the other team's tent.
34:42She snoops on Manny's packed noodle bar
34:45and nicks his idea.
34:50Do you mind shouting it out, Saeed?
34:52What's a special early bird deal?
34:55Two pounds a slice?
34:56Yeah, I'll do what I'm doing and I'll hover around and ask people.
34:59I'm not going to go and shout for two pounds, no.
35:01Go to the periphery of the marquee.
35:03It just seems that we're very desperate shouting.
35:05Get some enthusiasm into it.
35:06If you show me, why don't you start off shouting and I'll pick up from it.
35:09What do you mean?
35:10Example, go and leave from the front.
35:11I'll do it, I'll do it.
35:12OK.
35:12OK.
35:13Hello, everyone.
35:16We're doing two pounds a slice pizza here.
35:19Early bird deal, sir.
35:21Two pounds a slice pizza.
35:22We've slashed our prices.
35:24Would you be interested?
35:26OK.
35:26Two pounds a slice, special early bird deal in here.
35:29Two pounds a slice.
35:30She hasn't got a clue about what the budget is, how much we're underspending, what we're overspending, the price of the pizzas.
35:36Anyone interested in pizza for this evening?
35:39No, thank you.
35:39OK.
35:42The sun casting a warm glow over the city skyline.
35:46Then the slate great ends running under Tower Bridge.
35:50Later on, Saeed's hovering outside the noodle bar.
35:53As the evening draws on, the noodle bar stays busy.
35:57Should be sweet and sour mushroom.
35:58I'm surprised how they get all the colour coordination is just spot on, really.
36:03They've actually got a good set up.
36:07Good menu, good price.
36:11Good costumes.
36:15Very impressed.
36:17He looks at his own tent.
36:21How many slices have we got left?
36:23We've got loads, maybe.
36:24Pound a slice?
36:25No, it's not half.
36:26Pound a slice?
36:28Pound a slice.
36:29Last push for two hours.
36:31Pound a slice, here we go.
36:33Come on, guys.
36:34Time to take pizza to the people.
36:36Ladies, can I buy you dinner tonight?
36:38You give me two pounds, I'll give you pizza for nothing.
36:40Pound a slice of pizza.
36:41A pound for a slice of pizza.
36:44Come on, ladies.
36:44Come on, look.
36:45We've also got drinks as well.
36:46Come on, have a look.
36:47You can tell us what you're like.
36:48You can dine in tonight.
36:49Please run in the slice.
36:51A little girl laughs at Paul's chef's costume.
36:55Sweet and sour chicken noodles.
36:57Jewel's wearing an oriental outfit.
37:00Pound a slice.
37:01You want a drink with that?
37:02It's for sexy women.
37:03You might just scrape it through.
37:04Right, would you like to drink?
37:06Don't buy that pizza.
37:08Come and buy some noodles.
37:09Do not have the noodles, ladies and gentlemen.
37:11They go straight through you.
37:12Awful.
37:13Pound a slice.
37:13The noodle is actually made with noodles.
37:15You're going to help me out loads if you buy some noodles.
37:18They look horrible.
37:18Two pounds.
37:19They're beautiful.
37:20How's it going?
37:21Not great.
37:21Okay.
37:22Because people are not going to buy things in boxes.
37:24They can't see it.
37:25Yeah, sure.
37:26Okay, don't worry about it.
37:26Noodle is not the sort of thing.
37:27I mean, pizza, it's all open.
37:28They can see it.
37:29Even if it's open?
37:30Well, if you leave the box over, it's going to get cold.
37:32Yeah.
37:33So their pizza must be freezing.
37:35Look, people do cold pizza, don't they?
37:38Guys, excuse me.
37:39This is the last of the pizzas, guys.
37:40Alexa's pizzas are selling fast, but at rock-bottom prices.
37:49And your drink.
37:50Can I get your pizza slices and your drink?
37:52Just one.
37:53Fifty-pence a slice of pizza.
37:55Margarita, who wants margarita?
37:57Fifty-pence.
37:58Let's get someone's drink.
37:59More bolognese.
38:01Margarita, who wants margarita?
38:02Okay, final piece.
38:03Final piece on the train.
38:06Oh, well, enjoy it.
38:07Let's enjoy it.
38:08Go for it.
38:1110pm.
38:12The festival has finished.
38:14The pizza has sold out.
38:16But there are masses of unused ingredients.
38:20Okay, well, well done, everybody.
38:22I think that was a really good effort at the end.
38:25And I know it was just really tiring,
38:28but I think we did our best with it, really, didn't we?
38:31Manny's girls call it a day.
38:36Time to read some leftover fortune cookies.
38:39You will always be successful in your professional career.
38:44Mine says you will soon discover your hidden talent.
38:47Mine says you are the apprentice of Sir Alan.
38:50It's morning, and the candidates leave their luxury house with their packed bags.
38:59Next day, the 11 candidates have packed
39:02and are heading for their appointment in Sir Alan Sugar's boardroom.
39:06All have left well-paid jobs for a chance to work for him.
39:13But one is about to find out if the gamble was in vain.
39:18Sir Alan's classic car is on the road,
39:20with the man himself wearing a frown on the back seat.
39:23The glass facades of high-rises in the city.
39:34The candidates are all waiting anxiously outside the boardroom.
39:42Joe sits with her arms folded.
39:44Sam scratches his head,
39:46while Ruth flicks her hair and looks about her.
39:49The team leaders, Manny and Alexa, are standing side by side,
39:52each lost in their own thoughts.
40:01You can go through to the boardroom now.
40:04Alexa and Manny lead the way into the boardroom,
40:07where Nick and Margaret are already seated at the large table.
40:14As they take their seats and wait for Sir Alan,
40:17the tension is palpable.
40:22Sir Alan comes through the door
40:27and takes a seat between his aides opposite the candidates.
40:31Alexa averts her gaze.
40:32Do you think you've done a good job?
40:39I did the best job I could.
40:40How did we get on here?
40:42How do you like having a lady operating here?
40:44Any good?
40:47Don't all rush.
40:48Could be better.
40:51What do you feel?
40:52I enjoyed it.
40:53I think we worked all right together as a team.
40:59Anything else you've got to say, chaps?
41:00I'd be very surprised if we won.
41:05Perceptive, sorry.
41:08Margaret, how about letting us know what Velocity got up to?
41:12Well, Velocity is a float of £2,000.
41:15They spent £1,097.
41:19They took £1,423.
41:23So they made a profit of £326.
41:26Right, OK.
41:28Nick?
41:29Well, then Victor also, given a budget of £2,000,
41:32they spent it, pretty much all of it, bar £6.
41:35They spent all of it?
41:36Yeah, bar £6.
41:38Took only £1,186,
41:41which resulted, I'm afraid, in a thumping loss of £807.
41:43Loss!
41:45That's a first, chaps.
41:47That's a first.
41:48We'll be dealing with that later.
41:51Ladies, well done.
41:53You've had a good day.
41:54You obviously worked very, very hard.
41:56Tell you what we're going to do.
41:56You remember the restaurant that we were in the other day?
41:59There's going to be a big firework display there tonight.
42:01I've booked two tables.
42:02I'm going there with my family.
42:04I've booked a table for you.
42:06I'll see you later there for dinner, OK?
42:08You'd best reflect on what went wrong,
42:11because you'll be coming back into this boardroom.
42:14As you know, one of you is going to get fired.
42:17Off you go.
42:20The candidates get up and leave the boardroom.
42:24Later, Alexa's team are sitting in silence in a cafe.
42:30For the losers, a post-mortem.
42:34Paul Tulip, headhunter.
42:37If I'm chosen to go in the boardroom, I'm going to laugh my head off
42:40and I'm going to absolutely annihilate Alexa.
42:42If she uses her head, she's going to take Dunn and Saeed into the boardroom with her,
42:50because it was clearly the catering part where we underperformed.
42:54From a project manager point of view, it's just been a disaster.
42:58It's been a rollercoaster of disasters.
43:00Obviously, you can blame everything on a project manager at the end of the day,
43:05but I delegated the responsibility of the budget to Dunn
43:10and really let him run with it.
43:14It's an embarrassing result,
43:15but I am by far and away no way the weakest member of the team.
43:18Evening time over the city.
43:23In the upmarket Riverside restaurant,
43:25the winning team are tucking into some food and wine.
43:28Sir Alan comes over and takes a seat at their table.
43:35Good evening.
43:36Hello.
43:37Hello.
43:38Well, well done again.
43:41How was it, this fellow here?
43:42Is he any good?
43:44He was brave to take this.
43:45I'd say, brave.
43:46Very brave.
43:48Later, as fireworks send bursts of colour into the night-time sky,
43:53the winning team stand watching them with wonder.
43:56They raise their glasses for a toast.
44:03Daytime.
44:05Moving high above the skyscrapers in the city
44:07and the distinctive pyramid-topped tower as Canary Wharf.
44:11The world reflected in the glass facades.
44:14Alexa and her team are waiting outside the boardroom,
44:21anxious but composed.
44:27Saeed looks about him,
44:29while Dun moves his neck from side to side to relieve tension.
44:32Okay, Jenny, will you send them all back in, please?
44:38You can go through to the boardroom now.
44:41The men enter the boardroom first,
44:43leaving Alexa to follow on behind.
44:45As usual, Sir Alan sits between his aides
44:51with his expression deadly serious.
44:54The candidates take their seats.
44:57You put yourself forward for this task.
45:00When I asked these gentlemen here what they thought about you,
45:02I didn't get a kind of an immediate glowing report.
45:06Ansel, tell me about Gretel.
45:08Go on.
45:08Very much a consultative approach,
45:10but didn't make decisions at key times
45:13and also was quite easily led, in my opinion.
45:19If I've understood this correctly,
45:20what Nick has been telling me,
45:22there's a figure of 500 pizzas has been bandied around.
45:26This is what you as the team decided that you were going to make.
45:29Is that right?
45:29Or target to make.
45:30Is that right?
45:31I had to take my lead from Dun and Saeed
45:35because I don't have restaurant experience.
45:38Well, you did work in a pizza partner, you told me.
45:41Yes, I sold pizzas at Asda,
45:43but I don't really have experience of quantities
45:47that would go into producing that number of pizzas.
45:52Isn't that a good answer?
45:54Let's get to the calculations then.
45:57Dun, what was the theory behind 500 pizzas?
46:00How did we get to 500?
46:01The 500 pizzas, I suggested as a starting point,
46:05and that's where...
46:06But you just plucked it out of mid-air from the...
46:08We needed to start somewhere.
46:09It was an error on our part.
46:11Our part? Your part?
46:13I don't know.
46:14Who condoned it at the end of the day?
46:16All of you? One of you? Him? Her? You?
46:19There were three people in the room,
46:20and I put forward a suggestion,
46:22and there was not one person that said,
46:24actually, I've got another suggestion over and above that.
46:27When did the penny drop?
46:28It seems it still hasn't bloody dropped.
46:29When did the penny drop that this was a flawed project?
46:34I raised the issue that 4,000 slices,
46:37now, what does that translate to?
46:39How many pizzas do we need to sell?
46:41And in actual fact, you know,
46:42I was obviously worried about that,
46:44and it calculated to one pizza every nine seconds,
46:47which I felt was unreasonable.
46:48I'll tell you what, Sunshine,
46:49you do that, you don't need a job with me.
46:51You'll get a job with McDonald's.
46:53Yeah.
46:54What about you?
46:55You're being very quiet at the moment.
46:56What I would have expected at this point
46:58is the project manager to step in
47:00and say, guys, well, listen,
47:02I really do think this is unrealistic.
47:04Let's look at different options now.
47:05Hold on one second.
47:08Very, very simple, yes or no answer.
47:10Was you the one that was masterminding
47:13the production, for want of a better word,
47:15in the kitchen?
47:16Yes or no?
47:17Yes, Sir Alan.
47:18How many pizzas did you end up making?
47:20Ninety pizzas, Sir Alan.
47:21Ninety.
47:22I heard you bought a hundred chickens.
47:23Yes.
47:24One chicken per pizza, is that right?
47:26That was, it was dictated to me by the chef.
47:28Dictated by who?
47:29By the chef.
47:30What, the chef said buy a hundred chickens?
47:31You sure?
47:32Sir Alan, no.
47:33I took down a hundred as a quantity,
47:34and that was it.
47:35You know, like people,
47:36there's little chickens and big chickens.
47:38And I heard that they'd lumbered you.
47:40They were very big.
47:40You messed it up, didn't you?
47:42You messed it up.
47:42I've learned some lessons, Sir Alan, definitely.
47:44I'm glad you're sure you've learned a lesson.
47:46And there's no question of that.
47:47It's a wonder why the lesson came so late.
47:49Because from what I can understand,
47:51you've been in the restaurant business before, haven't you?
47:53I have.
47:53I've managed restaurants.
47:54You've managed.
47:54You've managed under Marco Pierwhite or something.
47:57Yes.
47:57The Titanic.
47:57There's another bloody disaster you're in now.
48:01Any of you here should have recognised
48:03you ain't going to make this 500.
48:06The whole of your business plan is flawed.
48:09Now, I'm so disappointed with a lot of you.
48:11It all boils down to pricing.
48:12And honestly, yes, we didn't do enough research.
48:14It all boils down to the, what, you dropped them in, Sunshine.
48:18Alexa, you realise this is the third time you're on a losing team.
48:22You put yourself forward.
48:24You said you want to do it.
48:25You said you wanted to show me.
48:26So, now you're going to tell me which two of these people
48:30you're going to bring back in this ballroom
48:31because one of you will get fired.
48:34I'm going to have to bring back in with me
48:38Dunn and Saeed, Sir Alan.
48:41Dunn and Saeed.
48:42But you three other gentlemen,
48:44you go back off to the house
48:46and you three, I'll see you back in here shortly.
48:50The candidates get up and leave the boardroom.
48:55Sir Alan watches them and shakes his head.
48:59What a shower.
49:00What a mess.
49:01What a bloody shower.
49:04Outside, Paul Ansell and Sam say their goodbyes.
49:08Take easy.
49:08Alexa's sitting with her hands tightly clasped in front of her.
49:16The first thing this morning,
49:18you could see that none of them thought she was a good team leader.
49:20But then again, I'm just trying to extract out of them
49:23who is responsible for what.
49:27Dunn is budget man.
49:29His job was to make bloody sure
49:30that whatever was spent, it didn't exceed the budget.
49:34It was not his responsibility to decide what it was spent on.
49:39This thing is very disappointing
49:41because any one of them could have spotted
49:44during the course of the day
49:45that they're not going to make 500.
49:47We've heard enough, let's call them back.
49:48We'll call them back in and get this over with.
49:51The silence ready for you in the boardroom now.
49:55Saeed, Dunn and Alexa go back in and take their seats.
50:06Right, this is it.
50:07Alexa, I want to know why you, as the project manager,
50:13why shouldn't I fire you?
50:15You shouldn't fire me due to this task, Sir Alan,
50:19because I gave my all to it.
50:21I believe that I can go on from this
50:24and learn very much from the experience.
50:26I can just go from strength to strength
50:28if you allow me to do that.
50:29This is not holiday camp here
50:30or some college of further education
50:32where, you know, doom cops come to
50:35to learn where to make mistakes, you know.
50:37You're supposed to be the brightest lot of entrepreneurs
50:41in the country.
50:42One of the other things I'm struggling with is,
50:46is that I've listened to his tale of woe,
50:48I've listened to him also, I've listened to the others.
50:50I don't know what you were doing.
50:53Can you tell me what you were physically actually doing
50:55other than being a strategist?
50:58I was working throughout the whole thing.
51:01I tried to split myself between the kitchen and marketing
51:04because I wanted to have an overview of the whole picture.
51:07But when things went wrong,
51:08when he bought too many chickens,
51:10what did you do then?
51:11What did you say to him?
51:12Didn't you say to him,
51:13you've bought too many chickens
51:14or you've bought too fatter chickens?
51:17Did you say to him,
51:18my God, we've only got 90 pizzas?
51:21Mathematics said that the 720 potential bits of pizza
51:25that you had were costing £4.37 each.
51:29And you must have agreed to sell them for three quid.
51:33Yeah, we sold...
51:34Brain surgeons, I've got here.
51:35We sold them for three pounds, Sir Alan,
51:37because that was the price we thought the market could bear.
51:40You went any higher...
51:40So you knew you were losing money?
51:42Basically, we knew at that point
51:44that we would only just about break even at about...
51:48Doomed. Doomed. You were doomed.
51:50I mean, I didn't acknowledge with the team that...
51:52So who do you think's responsible then,
51:55as team leader,
51:56who do you think's responsible?
51:58I think all three of us were in that meeting at the start.
52:01I want to know which individual is responsible.
52:03Who should I fire here today for this?
52:06Who's responsible for this disaster?
52:09Well, I have to accept partial responsibility
52:12because I was...
52:13Are you saying I should fire you then?
52:14Is that what you're saying?
52:15No, I'm not saying that you should fire me, no.
52:17Dunn was there to manage the budget
52:18and made numerous assumptions
52:21that didn't do us, you know, a lot of good in the long run.
52:25So you want him to go instead of you?
52:28I think, basically, it's a hard call.
52:33It's a hard call, but...
52:34You're indecisive.
52:35I wonder if that's one of the reasons
52:37why this total project went pear-shaped.
52:44Dunn, why should I keep you here?
52:48So, Alan, the failure of the project
52:50is purely on the fact that we bought...
52:53You were in charge of the budget, right?
52:55Correct.
52:56Which we didn't exceed.
52:58The failure of the project was the fact that we...
52:59Don't make me didn't exceed.
53:00I gave you the money with the intention of,
53:02yes, go and spend the whole £2,000.
53:04Make me £10,000.
53:06I have not worked it out yet.
53:08I'm not seeing where you've contributed.
53:11I said we need to shift dead stock.
53:13I then made a suggestion
53:14that we need to keep making pizza.
53:15Keep making suggestions.
53:17So what do you do?
53:17You make suggestions and then you look,
53:19you know, po-faced at people
53:21and you see no reaction.
53:23So what do you do?
53:23Do you give up?
53:24No, I keep going
53:25but ultimately I am not the team leader
53:27and hence the reason why...
53:28So what did you bring you back in this room for?
53:30Because Dunn was involved
53:31in the initial discussion with the chef
53:33and it was all about those assumptions that we made
53:36that did...
53:37The 500 pizzas was not realistic.
53:39You think that's the main flaw in the project, do you?
53:42Yeah, I think once the 500 figure was there
53:45then it was a downward spiral after that.
53:48Well, only if you fail to make anywhere near 500.
53:54You're sitting here
53:55and you are that much away from walking out that door, okay?
53:59So I'm asking you, who is responsible?
54:02With regards to success or failure of this task,
54:05Alexa's responsible.
54:06With regards to making only 90 pizzas,
54:09Saeed is.
54:10You think Saeed should be fired, right?
54:12And Saeed, what's your opinion about this?
54:14Sir Alan, I strongly disagree.
54:16I'm a born...
54:17But I didn't expect you to agree.
54:18Exactly.
54:19I'm a born fighter.
54:19I put in 150%.
54:22You're not a born manufacturer, that's for sure.
54:24You put me into any situation, I'll give you 150%.
54:26I put you in the kitchen, mate.
54:28I put you in the kitchen.
54:29I gave 150%.
54:29You know, I put you in the kitchen and what did you do?
54:31You made 20% of what you were supposed to make.
54:34Is that much from going out the door?
54:36You're that much from going out the door.
54:38You tell me why you should stay here.
54:40Because I'm a fighter and I will fight.
54:41I'm not interested in bloody fighting.
54:43You tell me about this task.
54:46I think, with all respect, I'm not having a go at you.
54:48There was no milestones, there was no contingency plan.
54:50It was a free fall.
54:51We could do what we want.
54:53When you were buying on this telephone,
54:55I'll have 100 chickens, I'll have 2 kilos of mozzarella.
54:57I wasn't buying.
54:58Didn't you...
54:59Were you placing the order then, buying, call it what you want, okay?
55:02We ran out of time, that's why I could...
55:04When you're considering at the time you were bunnying away there,
55:06how much money was clocking up?
55:08You didn't give it any thought to how much it was costing?
55:10Absolutely.
55:11Just a second, sir.
55:12Absolutely, you agree with me.
55:13I couldn't negotiate with anybody.
55:14I like taking on challenges,
55:16and I...
55:17Because, you know, I think it's part of my make-up.
55:20I set you lot a task the other day, right?
55:23And I have got to fire somebody here.
55:25Quite frankly, I'd like to get rid of the bleeding free of you.
55:28Now, tell me why I shouldn't get rid of you, now.
55:32Because I'm a winner, sir, and that's why.
55:34You're not a bloody winner, you're lost.
55:36Sir, I've learned from my mistakes, and I have learned from this, definitely.
55:39And this will never happen again.
55:40Business is not about coming, piss my money up the wall,
55:43oh, never mind, sorry you lost it, now you learned you won't do it again.
55:47I've learned life the hard way, from a young age.
55:49I hold you 100% responsible.
55:50And I gave 150%.
55:52I stepped up to the mark.
55:53I've learned you 100% responsible.
55:55I stepped up to the mark, okay, and I delivered...
55:57I'm sorry, Saeed, I hold you 100% responsible.
56:01But, I warned you, I warned you severely about this.
56:05You have not come to the table today.
56:07You have not told me what you did.
56:09I still don't understand what you did.
56:11He should be going with you also.
56:13You're a very, very bad manager.
56:16You didn't manage this thing properly.
56:18You are lightweight.
56:19You're fired.
56:22I'm really angry with this situation.
56:25Clear off.
56:27The three of them head towards the boardroom door,
56:30leaving Sir Alan looking seriously displeased.
56:34Saeed hangs back for a moment.
56:36Thanks, Sir Alan.
56:37Thanks for the opportunity.
56:40Cheeky bastard.
56:41Thank you for the opportunity.
56:42Saeed punches the ear,
56:46then goes and gives Alexa a hug.
56:52What a bloody mess, eh?
56:54A complete mess.
56:54What a bloody mess.
56:57Just like all the other fired candidates,
57:00Alexa carries her suitcase out of the office block
57:03and walks towards the waiting taxi.
57:07It's not very good to be called a lousy manager.
57:10The point is, that's one person's opinion.
57:12I actually think that I am a good manager
57:14and I'll go forward
57:16and I will make a success in my career,
57:19whether he thinks that or not.
57:22The taxi carries on along a main road.
57:29One job, now ten candidates.
57:33Sir Alan's search for his apprentice continues.
57:36Next week...
57:38Morning, Sir Alan.
57:40This task is all about advertising.
57:43Sir Alan lets the teams loose on his £15 million jet.
57:47Oh, shit.
57:48You two teams are going to drum up an advertising campaign.
57:54He wants them to come up with bright ideas.
57:57We've got some old geezer getting on a plane a bit stressed.
58:00Do you agree with me?
58:01Yeah, I do, totally.
58:02It is very dull.
58:03Can they convince the professionals?
58:05Do you believe in magic?
58:06Because we believe nothing is impossible.
58:08Magic for me just feels a bit musical.
58:11Most important, can they convince the boss?
58:14This is not what Sir Alan wants me to advertise.
58:17You're fired.
58:19Trust the story.
58:20I once had somebody staple my ear to my head.
58:22Stay one step ahead of the game.
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58:39And for fans of the show, don't miss this.
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