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The Apprentice UK Season 20 Episode 6
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00:00:00The next 12 weeks will be the toughest of your life.
00:00:05Lord Sugar is on the hunt for the next big thing.
00:00:08This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
00:00:12Battling for his backing, some of Britain's brightest prospects.
00:00:16Come on, boys. Look at that. Your life depends on it.
00:00:20And then hit him.
00:00:21It's a deal worth fighting for.
00:00:23I can sense a bit of friction. Absolutely.
00:00:25Daniel, was that on you?
00:00:26So, no.
00:00:26I'm just walking around.
00:00:2820 candidates.
00:00:30Never been kicked in the balls by a goat, to be honest with you.
00:00:3312 tough tasks.
00:00:35This is a complete and utter joke.
00:00:39Just jump straight in.
00:00:40One life-changing opportunity.
00:00:42You're fired. You're fired.
00:00:44You've completely messed it up. You're fired.
00:00:57I want you to make a bunch of money out of flowers.
00:01:01Look how beautiful they are. It's the biggest one I could find.
00:01:03Rothner's team blossomed.
00:01:05The overall vibe, you've nailed it.
00:01:08Don't cut them too short. Don't cut them too short.
00:01:10While Vanessa's flowers flopped.
00:01:12It's just not this show and it's not this brief.
00:01:14And in the boardroom.
00:01:15It was a terrible loss.
00:01:17You got whacked by 1,600 pounds.
00:01:20Vanessa.
00:01:20I don't think you led this team very well at all.
00:01:23Was weeded out.
00:01:25You're fired.
00:01:32You're fired.
00:01:348pm.
00:01:35The thing is, there's still so many people in the process.
00:01:38And like, we're halfway through.
00:01:40Is this a new door?
00:01:42That's the door.
00:01:43That's the door, guys.
00:01:44Go.
00:01:45Go.
00:01:46What?
00:01:47Who's at the door?
00:01:48What is it?
00:01:49What is it?
00:01:51What's going on?
00:01:51Guys.
00:01:52Sit down, sit down, sit down.
00:01:53What is it?
00:01:55Okay.
00:01:55Well done on making it to the halfway point.
00:01:58For your next task, I'm sending you to El Guana in Egypt.
00:02:05As well as being a land of ancient wonders, today, Egypt is a thriving hub for business,
00:02:11making it the perfect place to host a corporate award.
00:02:17Team Eclipse, your location will be the Red Sea.
00:02:22And Team Alpha, your location will be the Sahara.
00:02:26The team that makes the most profit will win, and on the losing team, at least one of you
00:02:30will get a one-way ticket home.
00:02:32Good luck, Lord Shaka.
00:02:34Here we go.
00:02:34Team Alpha, you guys have lost twice now, so you guys better be on your best A game,
00:02:38because we're going to win.
00:02:39That's it!
00:02:40Toasty!
00:02:42Get packing, everyone.
00:02:47El Guana, Egypt.
00:02:50Lying between desert sands and the Red Sea, with top-notch hospitality at its heart.
00:02:57Welcome to Egypt.
00:02:59Wow.
00:03:00First task for both teams.
00:03:02It's not Yorkshire, but it'll do.
00:03:04Lock in a leader.
00:03:07So, I would really love to put myself award for project manager for this.
00:03:10I've done a lot of events in the UK, and it shared 25 events last year.
00:03:14Oh, wow.
00:03:14So, this is right up my street.
00:03:16I've worked with corporate clients, had to do things that they wanted.
00:03:19The most important thing that I find from events is that everyone has a good time.
00:03:22So, yeah, I feel like I do a really good job with this.
00:03:25Right.
00:03:25Fantastic!
00:03:26Exciting!
00:03:29Setting out his corporate credentials.
00:03:32I do a lot of corporate events with my corporate clients, because I'm from the corporate world.
00:03:36Account manager, Priyash.
00:03:39And also, as part of my cocktail bar business, obviously I work with event planners and stuff like that, so
00:03:43I have a whole load of experience in events.
00:03:46I haven't ever arranged any events, but I have a gut feeling about this one, and I am really confident
00:03:51on the location. I've been here four or five times before.
00:03:53But at the end of the day, it is a profit task, and we want to make sure that we
00:03:56have high profit, but making sure that we deliver the client's expectations and, you know, deliver a seamless event.
00:04:01I haven't ever been on a corporate away day or arranged anything like that, but I've been to the desert
00:04:06before, so I'm confident with the actual task. So, yeah.
00:04:10Shall we go to a vote now?
00:04:11Yeah.
00:04:12Priyash.
00:04:13Oh, okay.
00:04:14Priyash.
00:04:15Perfect.
00:04:15Thank you, guys.
00:04:16My time to shine.
00:04:17You know what?
00:04:18You said corporate enough times.
00:04:20Exactly.
00:04:24So, guys, we're going to go on the Lagoon Cruise with the corporate client.
00:04:28Next, for project manager Megan...
00:04:30It's £1,000, so we've already spent that so far.
00:04:32...target team building to top off their day.
00:04:36So, we've got the pottery making, which is $350, and I think...
00:04:39Can I just...
00:04:41$350, it could be the make or break for winning.
00:04:45Yeah.
00:04:45It's a lot of money.
00:04:46Is it something we could consider doing a team building yourself for free?
00:04:51I think if we did our own team building activity, I know it's got no cost.
00:04:55I think they're just going to be bored.
00:04:56Yeah.
00:04:57And then that's going to end the day off.
00:04:58I think you don't want to end the day on a low.
00:05:01Yeah.
00:05:01The boat tour sounds absolutely amazing.
00:05:03End of the day doing high fives and limbos sounds awful, and we could be getting refunds for that.
00:05:08Yeah.
00:05:09I think doing the activity would be a lot stronger.
00:05:14So, we're going to go for the desert safari tour, and in that we're going to be doing the June
00:05:18spider buggy.
00:05:19Focused on the figures.
00:05:20I believe it's a thousand US dollars.
00:05:23Yeah.
00:05:23So, that's about 125 US per person.
00:05:26Perfect.
00:05:26Project manager, Priyash.
00:05:29There is a traditional coffee making.
00:05:31Guys, with every decision this team makes can cost me the number one priority.
00:05:35It's a profit making to us.
00:05:36Yeah.
00:05:37Before anything is fun or exciting or cute, it needs to be cheap.
00:05:40The coffee experience, $350.
00:05:43If we could get the traditional coffee making down quite substantially, you could do that in tandem with the game.
00:05:48Yeah.
00:05:48And really deliver it like a jam-packed day.
00:05:50That's a really good idea, actually.
00:05:51I really like that.
00:05:52So, if we try and get the coffee making to a low value, plus the game, I think we're giving
00:05:55them two in one, essentially.
00:05:59Okay, so we'll have Kieran, Andrea, Carrington and Rothner.
00:06:03You'll be on the catering side.
00:06:05Setting out her strategy.
00:06:06Rothner, I'd love for you to be sub-team leader if that's okay for you.
00:06:09I think you did a brilliant job as project manager last time.
00:06:12Yeah.
00:06:12Events expert, Megan.
00:06:15We've got a maximum of obviously eight people that are coming.
00:06:17The main thing we need to know is how much do you want us to charge for food and drinks,
00:06:21cost per head.
00:06:22I do want to go down the luxury route because they are a luxury client, so I do want to
00:06:26mention the word luxury.
00:06:27And I'd like to go with, like, a mid-range for, like, catering, for drinks.
00:06:31If we do that, we can get a higher price.
00:06:33Yeah.
00:06:33We need to kind of agree on what level we all want to be going in at.
00:06:36When I organise events at home, we charge between three to ten grand.
00:06:40So, definitely want mid-range, three-course, luxury.
00:06:46Pasha, you're going to be the sub-team leader for the corporate team.
00:06:49Connor, I would like you also on the corporate team, and Lawrence as well.
00:06:53Guys, I think we should be able to sell it around about 450, 500 per person.
00:06:58All right, good luck.
00:06:59Let's go, let's go.
00:07:0211am.
00:07:04Half of each team set off to sweet-talk clients.
00:07:08We can go in at 10k, I think, as the highest.
00:07:11I'd be quite comfortable with that.
00:07:13It's a bit expensive, I think.
00:07:14What do you think for a luxury client?
00:07:16Well, there's only eight people we need to remember.
00:07:18I'd just rather go higher.
00:07:19I agree, I do agree.
00:07:21The rest will firm up food.
00:07:24That's the main strategy, is to keep the prices low.
00:07:26Yeah.
00:07:27In order for us to win this task, essentially.
00:07:29You know what?
00:07:29We're going there positive, positive mind, positive attitude.
00:07:32I like that.
00:07:33I like that.
00:07:34Yeah, exactly.
00:07:35As long as we're having that positive energy, the clients will love that.
00:07:37Yeah, go on.
00:07:38Let's have it.
00:07:39Team Alpha!
00:07:42Midday.
00:07:43Good to meet you.
00:07:44Good to meet you, Pasha.
00:07:45Emily.
00:07:45Hi, nice to meet you, Lawrence.
00:07:47It's a pleasure.
00:07:47Planning a polished pitch to oral care brand Ordo.
00:07:51We would really love to understand what you would like to get out of a corporate away day.
00:07:55Fun.
00:07:55Key.
00:07:56We're a really sociable group, so I think something that brings everybody together.
00:08:00Lawrence, Connor, and Pasha.
00:08:03Buggies we had in mind.
00:08:04Really exciting.
00:08:05Some Egyptian food, maybe.
00:08:07And just have a bit of fun, and let loose.
00:08:10Yeah.
00:08:10One thing to add as well, it's the point of memories, and it's, you know, I don't want
00:08:14to get too philosophical here, but life is time.
00:08:17And you only get so much time.
00:08:19And I said in my wedding speech that life isn't like a linear thing.
00:08:22It's like, it's a collection of experiences.
00:08:25And the people you share them with is what really makes them.
00:08:27And it's almost like the return on your investment of those memories and the bringing people
00:08:31together, because the best teams are the ones that work together the best.
00:08:34And it's experiences, and it's just all of that.
00:08:36I think you've got a great energy about you.
00:08:38And I think hopefully we can match all of that with sort of our enthusiasm.
00:08:41So we were looking at, for the total package, $5,999.
00:08:47It doesn't feel like we're getting the value for, say, $5,000.
00:08:51Yeah.
00:08:51There's nothing, like, actually tangible to, like, equate to the actual value to the proposition
00:08:55you're giving us.
00:08:56Yeah.
00:08:57So I think, I think maybe, and maybe you're right, maybe we jumped into figures too quickly.
00:09:00How about we take a step back and we just go through maybe the plan of the day?
00:09:03So yeah, you're right.
00:09:04Hmm.
00:09:06Lawrence came in with the numbers way too early.
00:09:08And that was clear to see when the client said, we don't really know what we're getting
00:09:11for this.
00:09:12On our tour, we will have a few stops.
00:09:14So there may be a cave, there may be a look point.
00:09:16Yeah.
00:09:16And I think you need to couple this with the practicalities of what the day is actually going
00:09:19to be like, so that you can sell the experience.
00:09:22Hopefully we've sort of painted a bit of a clearer picture.
00:09:25If we were to try and look at about a 10% discount to about $5,400.
00:09:30So we were looking at probably about $2,100.
00:09:33Right.
00:09:34Do you think that you could meet us in the middle at $3,000?
00:09:39That would be amazing.
00:09:40Why do we meet in the middle at like $2,800?
00:09:43If you guys are happy with $2,800.
00:09:45Yep.
00:09:45Agreed.
00:09:46Perfect.
00:09:46Thank you guys.
00:09:47Thank you so much.
00:09:48Thank you so much.
00:09:52On the other team.
00:09:53We've got a lovely boat tour, which is going to be across the lagoons.
00:09:57And we're going to do a bit of team building, have a lovely meal.
00:09:59Hoping to drive through a deal with high-end car brand DS Auto.
00:10:04So we're looking for an experience focusing on style, luxury.
00:10:08Meghan, Harry and Rajan.
00:10:11So food is very important to us.
00:10:12Yes, the food will be really key.
00:10:14OK.
00:10:15Absolutely.
00:10:15So now in terms of pricing, we have worked out a price of $10,000.
00:10:22For $10,000 we'd expect a private jet to go and see the pyramids.
00:10:28What kind of a budget did you have in place for this?
00:10:31More around the $3,000 mark.
00:10:35We can't go that low.
00:10:37In terms of the pricing we can go to now, it would be at $7,000.
00:10:41For $7,000 I'd be expecting a Michelin-starred chef.
00:10:46Yeah, I completely understand.
00:10:47I mean, our team, these aren't lay individuals.
00:10:49You know, some of these people in the food industry and the baking industry
00:10:53for many, many years, you know, they're well-averse around the kitchen.
00:10:57They know what they're doing.
00:10:59Unfortunately, our absolute maximum would be $3,200.
00:11:04But that luxury that you're looking for wouldn't be as high opposed to that higher budget.
00:11:10We would still expect a high quality of food and plenty of wine to go with the meal.
00:11:17OK.
00:11:18Lovely to meet you.
00:11:19Thank you very much.
00:11:20See you tomorrow.
00:11:22This team put a lot of emphasis on quality of the food and the experience of their kitchen team.
00:11:29Well, the client has banked that because the client's expectation of food, well, it's luxury.
00:11:37Lunchtime.
00:11:38This first one, high price.
00:11:40High price, yeah.
00:11:41Camel.
00:11:42Camel.
00:11:42Camel, yeah, meat for the camel.
00:11:44Wow.
00:11:45How much is that, sorry?
00:11:46This $100.
00:11:47OK, so $100.
00:11:48Yeah.
00:11:49Looking for tasty savings.
00:11:50So this is the second menu, this is the medium one?
00:11:52Starta salad, belly salad, veal meat.
00:11:54Veal meat.
00:11:55Veal meat with onion, seasoning, coriander.
00:11:58Mmm.
00:11:59This is so good.
00:12:00Project manager, Priyash.
00:12:02And this pudding rice with black honey and the vanilla ice cream.
00:12:05Oh, wow.
00:12:06I like that.
00:12:06Yeah, this is really good.
00:12:08How much was this one?
00:12:10What was the price?
00:12:11$75.
00:12:11$75.
00:12:12To be fair, it's quite big for one portion, so two people can have as well, right?
00:12:16Wallabies between two people.
00:12:17Yeah.
00:12:18A risky move, Priyash.
00:12:20Erm, well, the good thing with salad is vegetables are not expensive.
00:12:23At least we fill them up on starters, less for meat.
00:12:26And give them loads of bread.
00:12:28I don't know, I think that it's going to be a little bit too, erm, tiny portions.
00:12:32Yeah.
00:12:33We could not be splitting it in half, but maybe we only buy it for six.
00:12:36And it can do for eight.
00:12:38I think that's a good idea, I like that.
00:12:39Mmm.
00:12:40OK, let's do that.
00:12:42It was my idea to split the portions, erm, just because the portion sizes were quite big.
00:12:46I felt like it was a good strategy to save cost as it is a profit task.
00:12:49If you can do it for 50, you'll be very happy.
00:12:5260.
00:12:5360 is your final price.
00:12:55Yes.
00:12:55Please.
00:12:55What about 59?
00:12:5659.
00:12:5759.
00:12:5859.
00:12:58OK.
00:12:59Or six portions.
00:13:00Thank you so much, chef.
00:13:01We're going to do you proud.
00:13:02Thank you so much.
00:13:06Across the lagoon...
00:13:08The mid-range option, here we have the local sea bass.
00:13:12It's one of, like, very traditional dish.
00:13:14Mmm.
00:13:15That'd be lovely, innit?
00:13:16Matching a menu to Megan's luxury brief...
00:13:18We're served with childhood potatoes, basically triple fried.
00:13:22It's a very popular dish.
00:13:23They're really nice.
00:13:25Carrington, Rothner, Andrea and Kieran.
00:13:27Here we have the chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream.
00:13:30Looks amazing.
00:13:31Yes.
00:13:31This is definitely a dish that everyone's favourite, yes.
00:13:34Yeah.
00:13:34It's my favourite.
00:13:36I think out of all of these options, this satisfies what Megan wanted, which was the mid-range
00:13:41option.
00:13:41I agree.
00:13:42Well, the price for this mini is actually 75 USD.
00:13:46I was thinking 55.
00:13:48It will be very difficult to go all the way down.
00:13:51Mehmet, you just said it would be very difficult.
00:13:53You didn't say it was impossible to go down.
00:13:56You know, so...
00:13:5855, there is no way that I can do it, for sure.
00:14:00But I can go up to 65 USD and that's all I could do.
00:14:04Mehmet, do you think we could do a six step?
00:14:08I was very fair with the 65.
00:14:10Mehmet, the good thing is, we can say we learn it from you and you'll get more customers
00:14:13next week when we do.
00:14:15So you're going to earn the money back when you get the customers through the door.
00:14:18Sounds great.
00:14:19Thank you very much.
00:14:21Thank you very much.
00:14:22Thank you very much.
00:14:23When Andrea decided to butt in on my negotiation, I was very annoyed.
00:14:29I think it was very rude.
00:14:31I think it went really well.
00:14:32We've got it at base rate, really.
00:14:34Yes.
00:14:34I think we've got a good prize.
00:14:38OK, guys.
00:14:40Hello.
00:14:41Mid-afternoon.
00:14:42How much did you guys get it for?
00:14:44So, 2,800.
00:14:46For both teams...
00:14:48OK.
00:14:49Priash, it's rubbish.
00:14:50Yeah.
00:14:50It's a rubbish prize.
00:14:51At all.
00:14:52A chance to check in.
00:14:54So we went in with 10,000 to begin with.
00:14:58But what we came out with in the end is quite a little bit less.
00:15:03Well, quite a lot less, to be honest.
00:15:05What we've gone with in the end is 3,200.
00:15:10I'm not knocking you cos I didn't do that and you know that, but it is really low.
00:15:14We were on our side really hoping for you guys to get...
00:15:17Higher.
00:15:18A lot higher.
00:15:19Yeah.
00:15:19Especially cos we went for a medium range of food.
00:15:22Cos obviously it's a profit task, we might have overspent a little bit.
00:15:25We've also got the team building thing to purchase.
00:15:30Just don't pay anything out on the activity.
00:15:32350 for the pottery, if we can get that for say 180, would you still say no?
00:15:37No, scrap the pottery, we don't need that at all.
00:15:40Scrap it now.
00:15:41Even if you can get it cheaper.
00:15:42Thank you very much.
00:15:43You take care.
00:15:44Bye.
00:15:44Bye.
00:15:45Now the onus of doing a good activity is on us.
00:15:48Yes.
00:15:48Could we get refunds if we do a poor activity?
00:15:54Trialling tomorrow's boat tour.
00:15:56What do you mean by saying it's a self-sustaining town?
00:16:00While Harry, Megan and Rajan go diving for facts.
00:16:03We have actually seven sewage treatment plants in Irgunna.
00:16:10Road testing their plans.
00:16:14Pasha, Connor and Lawrence.
00:16:19How do you feel about turning this into a really fun experience?
00:16:23If we do three stops, every stop needs something.
00:16:27It needs a USB.
00:16:29Bring in some games, bring in some quizzes.
00:16:31Really bring in our personalities.
00:16:33I don't think they need to have the history letters.
00:16:36We're not here to bullet points of that.
00:16:38No.
00:16:38Woo!
00:16:425pm.
00:16:43Am I doing it good?
00:16:45Yeah?
00:16:46Yeah?
00:16:47Go on.
00:16:47Go on.
00:16:48While Priyash's team gets a crash course in coffee making.
00:16:52Let's shake on 227.
00:16:54And we can all have nice coffee and dates now.
00:16:56Thank you so much.
00:16:57Whoa.
00:16:59Ooh.
00:17:00Expert here.
00:17:01Oh, wow.
00:17:02Handed a spending ban by Megan.
00:17:04Oh, wow.
00:17:05Andrea.
00:17:06That is amazing.
00:17:07Andrea.
00:17:08The rest of her team give pottery a spin.
00:17:13Mine one doesn't look like that.
00:17:18So, Luca.
00:17:19Hi.
00:17:19What would something like that cost for around eight people?
00:17:22350.
00:17:23350.
00:17:25Yes.
00:17:26Right, okay.
00:17:26Because we had a budget of around 75.
00:17:30It's too low.
00:17:31What about if we didn't have the instructor and we done it ourselves?
00:17:35The equipment only.
00:17:36Equipment only.
00:17:37What does it good?
00:17:39Can we just have a quick discussion?
00:17:41Give me two seconds.
00:17:42Okay.
00:17:42Thank you very much.
00:17:43You're welcome.
00:17:45I want to make a decision with all of you guys considered.
00:17:47Yeah.
00:17:47Megan said no activity.
00:17:48I've got this.
00:17:49And they've...
00:17:50I will take it on my head.
00:17:51They're under fault.
00:17:53They're under fault.
00:17:53So, you're not willing to take that?
00:17:54I will take it on my head.
00:17:55You guys are happy with that, yeah?
00:17:56Yeah.
00:17:56It's fine.
00:17:57I'm not happy, but we're not going to have a collective decision on it.
00:17:59I'm happy to support you as a team.
00:18:02That's fine.
00:18:02I'm just going to make the executive decision to just say yes to the event.
00:18:06I'll take blame for this.
00:18:07That's fine.
00:18:07Let's go.
00:18:08Okay.
00:18:09Luca!
00:18:10I'd like to accept the $100 tomorrow.
00:18:12Yes.
00:18:13Good man.
00:18:15The pottery experience is going to be a total disaster,
00:18:18because none of us know what we're doing.
00:18:20I'm just not sure how that's going to end.
00:18:22And I just want it noted, there was no confusion on the call
00:18:26when she said,
00:18:27I don't want you to pay for a team building exercise.
00:18:31She did make it very clear on the phone call.
00:18:37Harry, you're literally scratching me.
00:18:407pm.
00:18:42Doesn't look very high-end.
00:18:44I'm just going to lie.
00:18:45Away days plotted.
00:18:46The kayaking is actually a really good team building.
00:18:48Yeah, it's good, yeah.
00:18:49And the kayaks will be our surprise.
00:18:51Activities prepped.
00:18:52Team Open!
00:18:57Tomorrow, showtime.
00:19:047am.
00:19:04Hello.
00:19:05Nice and warm.
00:19:06Good to see you guys.
00:19:08Ahead of running corporate away days...
00:19:10We actually had a really good day yesterday.
00:19:12We got a lot of facts.
00:19:13I'm feeling really positive.
00:19:14For Megan's team, a chance to regroup.
00:19:18Because it is a luxury client, there is a lot of pressures there,
00:19:21especially with you guys in the kitchen as well,
00:19:23because that was the main thing from yesterday, the food and the drink.
00:19:27I am a bit worried because it does feel like they want luxury but at a bargain type of price.
00:19:32That's what it feels like.
00:19:33I definitely think they'd do.
00:19:34Like, the food is something they'd really expect.
00:19:36Quality.
00:19:37So, starter is potato wedgies.
00:19:40Potato wedges, for me, doesn't really scream out luxury.
00:19:43You are some mid-range.
00:19:44I know, I know, I know.
00:19:44But, you know, I think if you guys try your best and you, like, jazz it up a little bit.
00:19:48I think we'd be good at presentation.
00:19:50OK. So, with that, our profit margin is really slim.
00:19:52We can't afford to have any refunds.
00:19:54Mm-hm.
00:19:54So, nothing can really go wrong.
00:19:59Catching up with his corporate crew.
00:20:01We completely misread the situation, definitely.
00:20:04Yeah.
00:20:04I think we probably came in a little bit too soon with the numbers.
00:20:06Project manager, Priyash.
00:20:09We failed to include what the actual tour would consist of.
00:20:13So, the main bit that needed to be included, weren't included.
00:20:18We did try to stay high.
00:20:20Pasha did sort of come in when I was still in the five mark and say three,
00:20:24which kind of capped us a little bit.
00:20:26I did want to stay up there.
00:20:28They...
00:20:28No, Laurence, I completely disagree with that.
00:20:31And I think...
00:20:31Probably disagree as well.
00:20:32...come back to me on that.
00:20:33They were literally gobsmacked.
00:20:35But, look, anyway, we signed the deal and shook hands at 2-8-0-0.
00:20:39I'm not going to lie, I think when I heard it, I was a bit disappointed.
00:20:41Yeah, of course.
00:20:42Because, obviously, we wanted at least 5-5-50.
00:20:44But, OK, we can move on from that now.
00:20:46There's no point dwelling on that.
00:20:47Yeah.
00:20:50You did actually say you don't want the activity, but we did go over it anyways.
00:20:55Next, for Megan...
00:20:56It was $380, but we got it down to $100.
00:21:00A corporate confession.
00:21:02The last thing we wanted is to lose this just based off of refunds.
00:21:05So, we kind of collectively decided and just...
00:21:08Right.
00:21:08Well, yeah, I mean...
00:21:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:21:11So, I don't want to sound like I'm being negative because I'm not...
00:21:13You were quite negative yesterday.
00:21:15I wasn't negative.
00:21:17I was just saying my point that we need...
00:21:19We were going to spend another $100 after Megan said no, we were going for the free activity.
00:21:24And Megan is the project manager.
00:21:27At the end of the day, the three of us were actually in agreement with it because we just didn't
00:21:30want to lose this based off of refunds.
00:21:31But my only concern is because we got the kayaking, that is kind of like a team building activity that
00:21:37we could have just said that was a team building and then not hit the extra.
00:21:43In terms of our side, I think we did quite well on the food element.
00:21:46What I noticed was the portion sizes were big.
00:21:48I decided to not book for eight portions.
00:21:50I cut it down to six portions.
00:21:53So, just to clarify, you were going to have eight people eating six portions of food?
00:21:58Correct, yeah.
00:21:59Okay.
00:21:59When you say the portion sizes are big then, because these guys are going to be in the desert pretty
00:22:03much.
00:22:03Yeah.
00:22:03I mean, they're going to be hungry.
00:22:05So, when you say big, just for one person, what size are we talking about?
00:22:08They're just big balls.
00:22:09So, there's no point buying eight.
00:22:11We didn't want people to get overfilled with food and can't be bothered to do with the coffee because they've
00:22:14got a full belly.
00:22:17I am a little bit worried that the PM team have decided to sort of cut the portion sizes.
00:22:22I mean, these guys are in the desert all day.
00:22:24If they've not got a full stomach, then they're not going to be happy.
00:22:27And the last thing that we need is refunds.
00:22:30With Dan feeling unwell, we can't have him in the kitchen just in case.
00:22:33I actually think us two in the kitchen will be fine.
00:22:35Our tour today is probably going to take about two and a half hours.
00:22:38And just so you know with kitchen times, what to work with.
00:22:41Yeah.
00:22:41Perfect, yeah.
00:22:43Let's go.
00:22:4711am.
00:22:49Teams divine.
00:22:51There was a lot of emphasis on the food.
00:22:53Yeah.
00:22:53And she knows we're not all expert chefs.
00:22:56I mean, Carrington's amazing, yes.
00:22:57But the rest of us, I actually am.
00:22:59But I don't like saying it too much because then you guys, yeah.
00:23:02Yeah.
00:23:03But I can cook.
00:23:04Let's go!
00:23:08In the desert.
00:23:09Yellow!
00:23:11Yellow!
00:23:12While Pasha's clients have a high-octane start.
00:23:16When I say acacia, you say tree.
00:23:19Acacia!
00:23:20Tree!
00:23:20Acacia!
00:23:21Tree!
00:23:21Kicking off their boat tour.
00:23:25Good afternoon, everyone.
00:23:26Do you hear me?
00:23:27Finance manager Harry sticks to the facts.
00:23:32So, I thought we'd just start with El Goonath.
00:23:35Now, it's a relatively small place.
00:23:36There's 25,000 to 30,000 people.
00:23:39But there are seven sewage treatment centres.
00:23:44Now, does anyone have a guess why there's that many with such a small amount of people?
00:23:50No, I'm not surprised you don't.
00:23:51They are completely self-sufficient.
00:23:54So, 99% of the water in El Goonath is reused.
00:23:57So, yeah, that's kind of that.
00:24:03Back on land.
00:24:05Right, team.
00:24:05The strategy for the kitchen is divide and conquer, OK?
00:24:08I haven't done fondant before, but I'm happy to take that on.
00:24:10Put in charge of food prep.
00:24:12I'll do the potatoes.
00:24:13Brilliant.
00:24:14Kieran, that leaves you with the fish.
00:24:15Get me fishing.
00:24:16Yes.
00:24:16Yes, chef.
00:24:17Part-time baker, Rossner.
00:24:21So, we want to make sure all the dishes are more or less done and prepped by latest,
00:24:274.30.
00:24:28Yes.
00:24:28Yes, Ross.
00:24:30Andrea, what I'm going to get you to do, over here, in a bowl, mash the avocado with olive oil,
00:24:34lemon juice and salt, OK?
00:24:35How are you getting on, Kieran?
00:24:36You all right?
00:24:37Mate, I'm absolutely sweet as a nut.
00:24:39You're impressed, aren't you?
00:24:40I'll be impressed when I see the finished product.
00:24:42We need to put the sweet potato back in the oven.
00:24:44They should have gone in before.
00:24:46Can we just check it?
00:24:47Sorry.
00:24:47My parent is going to check the texture of it.
00:24:48Sorry.
00:24:49I'm going to put the fondant in now.
00:24:51I'm going to put it in the oven.
00:24:51Please, nobody open the oven.
00:24:53I'll go near it, OK?
00:24:53Yes, chef.
00:24:55I'm extremely concerned.
00:24:56Usually, I like to work alone, if I'm completely honest.
00:24:59I'm a lone wolf in the kitchen.
00:25:00End of the day, it's a team effort.
00:25:02Yes, we're working on our own individual dishes, but it'd be great if they could remember
00:25:05the things that they need to.
00:25:06OK, Rafa, you know the triple cooked wedges?
00:25:09Yep.
00:25:09I'm going to fry them in batches.
00:25:11Just to let you know.
00:25:12As long as you keep a track of which batch has been fried once, and twice, and three
00:25:16times.
00:25:16Yes, chef.
00:25:20On the other team.
00:25:21Levi.
00:25:22Yep.
00:25:23After you've done the onions and the parsley needs all chopping as well.
00:25:27Yep.
00:25:28Leading his kitchen crew.
00:25:30You'll need to take off the ends.
00:25:32Basically, you know, cut all that ends off.
00:25:33All that.
00:25:34All that.
00:25:34Then we don't need that.
00:25:36Priesh.
00:25:37Do you want me to cook that all, yeah?
00:25:38Um, yeah, you can cut a bit of that.
00:25:40There's not all of it.
00:25:42No, wait, what is it saying?
00:25:43It's coriander from your meat.
00:25:44No, it's parsley.
00:25:45No, it's parsley.
00:25:45Put that in there.
00:25:46We don't need that, Mum.
00:25:47Where's the rest of the parsley?
00:25:49The...
00:25:49The leaves.
00:25:50The leaves, yeah.
00:25:51Throwing them away.
00:25:51We need them.
00:25:52That's what we needed.
00:25:54I've thrown them away.
00:25:55What did you throw away?
00:25:56He threw the parsley away.
00:25:57I threw the leaves.
00:25:58I thought you meant, you said cook them off.
00:26:00Yeah, and put the stems away.
00:26:01Oh, you're kidding me.
00:26:02Where is it in the bin?
00:26:03Yeah.
00:26:04I put them in the bin.
00:26:06Yeah, we can't use that now.
00:26:07No, obviously you can't use that.
00:26:09What was that for, the curry?
00:26:10Yeah.
00:26:10The curry?
00:26:11Yeah.
00:26:12Oh, okay, okay, okay.
00:26:14The parsley is very important to the dish,
00:26:15and now the parsley has been sacrificed.
00:26:18I don't know why.
00:26:19I'm stressed.
00:26:20Why would you keep the stems and not the leaves?
00:26:22I'm stressed.
00:26:23Sorry about that, Priya.
00:26:25No worries, mate.
00:26:26When you tell me things, just give me, like,
00:26:28proper simple, because I can't cook.
00:26:32At the lagoon.
00:26:34The reason why this is the only view tower here in Alguna is because there is a very, very strict
00:26:41height limit.
00:26:42A further dose of facts from pharmaceutical sales rep, Rajen.
00:26:47This is to protect everyone who is residential here, so making sure no one is overpeering, so there is a
00:26:54height limit on all of the buildings here.
00:26:58When I say Wani, you say Bani.
00:27:01Wani.
00:27:01Bani.
00:27:02Bani.
00:27:04As the desert tour heats up.
00:27:06Let's go.
00:27:07Let's go.
00:27:08Let's go.
00:27:08Connor steps in with an icebreaker.
00:27:10Ladies, we're going to play a game of Viper in the village.
00:27:18So, night time came in the village.
00:27:21I closed everyone.
00:27:22And everyone fell asleep.
00:27:23I am now going to circle the group, and I'm going to select one individual who will be the Viper
00:27:30for the game.
00:27:31The Viper woke up, and Viper, select your victim by pointing at them.
00:27:37Super.
00:27:37The Viper fell asleep.
00:27:39Morning time came in the village, and everyone woke up except for one.
00:27:46The Viper has struck you.
00:27:48No.
00:27:49They're really enjoying it, so I think there's going to be a delicate balancing act between, you know, giving the
00:27:53client a great time and then keeping to schedule, so hopefully everything's alright.
00:27:57Who would want to kill you?
00:27:58Who in the office has jealousy?
00:28:01Many.
00:28:03Coming through!
00:28:04Woo!
00:28:05We have about 20 minutes until they will arrive.
00:28:09In the kitchen.
00:28:10The fish is basically prepped.
00:28:12Yep.
00:28:13Obviously, that's what I want to be cooking last, because it takes less than ten.
00:28:16While Rothner pushes for perfection.
00:28:18Carrington, do you need any help?
00:28:19I don't need any help because you're good.
00:28:21I have fried half of the potatoes.
00:28:23Okay.
00:28:23I just need to triple cook them, and I'm done.
00:28:25Cooking up a rescue remedy for his curry.
00:28:28How important do you think parsley was to that recipe?
00:28:30I'm not going to lie.
00:28:30It was going to add that extra flavour profile, but it's fine.
00:28:34I'm going to improvise.
00:28:35Project manager, Priyash.
00:28:38I'm actually going to adjust the recipe slightly now.
00:28:41You think that's a good idea?
00:28:43I'm just adding random stuff to the meat.
00:28:46Adding the random different bubbles for this thing.
00:28:50Cumin, paprika, black pepper.
00:28:52Do you want to add a bay leaf to the rice to add flavour?
00:28:54My mum adds it anyway to cooking.
00:28:56We don't need these knobs of butter,
00:28:57so I'm using this extra butter in my curry.
00:29:00There we go.
00:29:01Karishma, this sauce, is this for my curry or for your rice?
00:29:04I don't get it because it doesn't say in here to add,
00:29:06but I'm just going to add it.
00:29:08The veal is one of the main dishes that we need to get right,
00:29:11so I have to add some adjustments to it
00:29:13because we've lost the parsley,
00:29:14so I have to alter the recipe.
00:29:18Spicy.
00:29:18Yeah.
00:29:19I reckon a little bit spicier, a little bit.
00:29:22More spicier?
00:29:23No, no, no.
00:29:24No spicier.
00:29:25No spicier.
00:29:25No spicier.
00:29:25No spicier.
00:29:25I'll make it less spicier.
00:29:26I can add some honey to it.
00:29:28You're going to what?
00:29:29Some honey.
00:29:33Back in the desert.
00:29:34You have failed to get the Viper this time,
00:29:36but night time came again and everyone fall asleep.
00:29:39With Connor's clients still hunting a killer.
00:29:42Viper, could you please select your next two victims?
00:29:46Oh, not too.
00:29:49Oh, I've got a foggy bum already.
00:29:52For Megan's guests.
00:29:53How are you feeling, guys?
00:29:54It's nice to be on the water, isn't it?
00:29:56No, no.
00:29:57I hate it.
00:29:57That sinking feeling.
00:29:59Sorry.
00:30:00Sorry.
00:30:00Sorry.
00:30:02How are we doing?
00:30:03Yeah, not loving you guys right now.
00:30:04Sorry.
00:30:06Hurry.
00:30:07Hurry.
00:30:07Hurry.
00:30:08What are you guys doing?
00:30:10They're not even leading.
00:30:11Which way am I supposed to go?
00:30:13Be careful.
00:30:14Oh, be careful.
00:30:15Ow.
00:30:16You okay?
00:30:17Oh, shit.
00:30:18Wrong way.
00:30:19I didn't say far back.
00:30:20He's miles away.
00:30:20Oh, hang on.
00:30:21I think I'm about to...
00:30:24Oh, shit.
00:30:30I'm so disappointed.
00:30:32You know, they were meant to get here an hour ago.
00:30:34Waiting back at base.
00:30:36Do you know what's cheeky?
00:30:37They specifically said, make sure the food's ready.
00:30:39I know.
00:30:40Rothner's kitchen crew.
00:30:41We would've had an extra hour of preparation time.
00:30:43I think it's just jarring because Megan made it such a point.
00:30:47Make sure the food's amazing.
00:30:48We should've made it a point to be like, guys, don't do that lot.
00:30:51It's common sense.
00:30:52Especially because it's a corporate client.
00:30:54They've got high expectations.
00:30:55You'd think they'd be on time.
00:30:56Now it puts pressure on us because the clients are going to come in and think,
00:30:59why is the food not ready?
00:31:02But the rice's still not cooked, right?
00:31:04We just need to heat it a bit more.
00:31:05Is this on?
00:31:06Mid-afternoon.
00:31:07We need some to evaporate out of it.
00:31:09Like rice pudding soup.
00:31:11Yeah, it is.
00:31:11While Priesh wrestles with his rice pudding.
00:31:14Can't we sieve some of it out into a sink?
00:31:16That's a good idea.
00:31:17Yeah.
00:31:18Be careful.
00:31:19Oh, shit.
00:31:21For the rest of his team...
00:31:23Guys, we're going to get some photos now, alright?
00:31:25So, I mean, this is picturesque.
00:31:28...final stop on their tour.
00:31:29So after the photo, are we going for food and drinks?
00:31:32Yeah.
00:31:32Getting a bit peckish now.
00:31:33I think it's about a 20-minute journey.
00:31:36Probably closer to an hour.
00:31:37Oh, okay.
00:31:38So we're going to speed through photos.
00:31:39Oh, for an hour?
00:31:39I know.
00:31:40Literally an hour from here.
00:31:42Yeah.
00:31:42That's pretty late for dinner.
00:31:44Yeah.
00:31:45So we're going to quickly rush through some photos.
00:31:47Okay.
00:31:47Get back in the buggies and get to some food.
00:31:49Okay.
00:31:49Do you have any, like, snacks or anything in the car?
00:31:52Yeah, no, we don't have any snacks, but the food will be ready for you when you get there.
00:31:56I'm ready to go.
00:31:57Okay.
00:31:57Let's get some photos sorted.
00:32:00This team have taken so much time playing games at different stops.
00:32:03There's a safari!
00:32:05They've got to the end, and the client's hungry, and they've got over an hour to get to the destination
00:32:09to feed them.
00:32:10It's a long wait for food.
00:32:13I'm not joking.
00:32:14Like, I'm starving now.
00:32:15I know.
00:32:15That's really long.
00:32:16Yeah.
00:32:16Yeah.
00:32:17A couple of snaps in head.
00:32:18No, no, let's get moving!
00:32:20Yeah?
00:32:20Okay, they're keen to get going, so let's...
00:32:22Yeah?
00:32:22Yeah.
00:32:23Cool.
00:32:30Can you believe this?
00:32:31Seriously?
00:32:33How late?
00:32:39Where the hell are we going?
00:32:40How far is it?
00:32:42It's literally just round this corner.
00:32:43Yeah.
00:32:44Two hours after they were due to arrive...
00:32:46It's a killer on your back this whole two hours.
00:32:48We're trying to make you hungry.
00:32:50They're here.
00:32:51They're here.
00:32:51They're here.
00:32:52Megan's guests finally wash up.
00:32:55Good work, everyone.
00:32:57Well done.
00:32:58We have arrived.
00:32:59How did you find that?
00:33:00Awful.
00:33:02Yeah, not the best experience dressed.
00:33:05It was vile.
00:33:06I'm not dressed appropriately.
00:33:07I just wasn't prepared for this at all.
00:33:11Right, who's hungry?
00:33:12Me.
00:33:13Are you ready for some wine?
00:33:14Let's head down here.
00:33:16Let's go.
00:33:20So what happened in there, Arjun?
00:33:22You guys are, like, two hours late.
00:33:25I know.
00:33:25It was a kayak.
00:33:26I mean, to be fair, it took longer than expected.
00:33:28Let's get the food out.
00:33:29Let's get the drinks out.
00:33:30Let's keep them occupied.
00:33:31We can't rush the food, though, okay?
00:33:33We can't rush it.
00:33:34I'm just clarifying that.
00:33:35Yeah.
00:33:387.30pm.
00:33:39Walk, knife, spoon, check.
00:33:41Walk, knife, spoon, check.
00:33:42While Priyash perfects his presentation.
00:33:45Okay, table's done.
00:33:46Wine glasses are there.
00:33:47On the other team.
00:33:48Guys, I know we don't have a lot of time, but I think we can get this all done with
00:33:52teamwork, okay?
00:33:53Playing catch-up.
00:33:54Right, let's go.
00:33:55Let's go.
00:33:56Careful, everyone.
00:33:56Andrea, you good?
00:33:58Straight in the kitchen.
00:33:59Rothner's catering crew.
00:34:01Hello.
00:34:02Ah.
00:34:02So, we've finally got your food out for you.
00:34:06It's potato wedges, right?
00:34:07Yes.
00:34:09Okay.
00:34:12Ah.
00:34:14It's not actually cooked.
00:34:15Oh, you can't actually get your knife into it.
00:34:18It's like solid.
00:34:20Hi, guys.
00:34:21Hi.
00:34:21Sorry.
00:34:22The potatoes aren't actually cooked.
00:34:24Oh, are they not?
00:34:25They're still slightly raw on the inside.
00:34:27Oh, I see.
00:34:27Okay.
00:34:27Yeah.
00:34:28Is it just the one?
00:34:28No, for all of us.
00:34:30For all of them?
00:34:30Yeah.
00:34:30Okay.
00:34:31I'm so sorry about that.
00:34:31Just leave them on the table.
00:34:32We'll pick them up.
00:34:33Okay.
00:34:35Get a knife fork.
00:34:38It's so unbelievable.
00:34:43They are actually quite hot.
00:34:44Is it hot?
00:34:45Feel that.
00:34:46That is actually cold.
00:34:48Yeah, I mean, we can't argue it.
00:34:49We're going to have to go grab the bit.
00:34:50Yeah, we can't.
00:34:50Let's go grab them.
00:34:52I don't understand why they couldn't cook the potatoes.
00:34:54Like, I put people in that team that could cook potatoes.
00:34:57It's actually, like, one of the simplest things to do.
00:34:59Guys, I'm really sorry.
00:35:00They've sent back all the potatoes.
00:35:01All of them.
00:35:02It was really cold.
00:35:03It was a bit frozen.
00:35:04In the middle, it was a little bit hard.
00:35:06Oh, my God.
00:35:08I know it's really disappointing, but our focus now is to get the main meals as great
00:35:13as possible.
00:35:14That's it.
00:35:14I'm really sorry.
00:35:17Well done, everyone.
00:35:19Well done.
00:35:20With desert dinner service in full swing.
00:35:23But it's tasty.
00:35:25Yeah.
00:35:25Yeah.
00:35:26Next on the menu.
00:35:27I'm really impressed with us.
00:35:29We've served all the food on time so far.
00:35:30Everything's ready.
00:35:32Priyash's curry creation.
00:35:34Bon appetit and let us know if we can get you anything.
00:35:38My pleasure.
00:35:38Enjoy.
00:35:44It's spicy, you know.
00:35:45That's spicy.
00:35:46It's so spicy.
00:35:48It's so spicy.
00:35:50Shut up, isn't it?
00:35:51Yeah.
00:35:51It's really, though.
00:35:53It's actually, it tastes really nice.
00:35:55It's very spicy.
00:35:56It's very spicy.
00:35:57Nema, did I hear you say it's quite spicy?
00:36:00If there was some yoghurt, that would be amazing.
00:36:02OK, let me just double check.
00:36:03Your eyes are watered.
00:36:04I don't know.
00:36:07I don't know.
00:36:11Kitchen, we have some feedback.
00:36:12Yeah.
00:36:13They said the veal is extremely spicy.
00:36:16Did you guys taste the curry?
00:36:17Yeah, I think myself, well, first we, I think Kashmir said it was spicy.
00:36:20Me and Levi said it was all right.
00:36:22All right.
00:36:23They were wondering if you have any yoghurt to compensate for that.
00:36:25I got some honey.
00:36:26Let's do that.
00:36:27Priyash, let's do that.
00:36:27Yeah, give me the honey.
00:36:28I literally told Priyash is too spicy.
00:36:31He was just throwing in, like, flavours as he felt, the way he does it at home.
00:36:34You're meant to follow a recipe.
00:36:35This isn't what you cook at home.
00:36:37This is Egyptian cuisine.
00:36:38It was just far too spicy for me and the honey didn't bring it.
00:36:41Yeah, it didn't.
00:36:44With hungry clients waiting.
00:36:47Kieran, do you know how long you're going to take?
00:36:49We're serving the first four up now.
00:36:51For Megan's team, Hope's pinned on a perfect main.
00:36:54Why is it all broken up?
00:36:56I've cooked it that well, it's so delicate.
00:36:58This is literally looking like fried fish, not grilled fish.
00:37:01How much oil did you use?
00:37:03Pan has burnt.
00:37:04It falls apart, mate.
00:37:05It's delicate.
00:37:06It's beautiful.
00:37:07It's really not.
00:37:07It's going to be difficult to serve that and make it look creamier
00:37:10because it's all broken apart.
00:37:11It's taken crisp to a different level.
00:37:13I mean, that looks really good.
00:37:14Good save.
00:37:16Yeah?
00:37:16Yeah.
00:37:19Yeah, it was a bit burnt on the edges.
00:37:21That's simply from all the drama going on with all them running with the plate.
00:37:23I was looking what was going on and not concentrating on my food.
00:37:28However, I feel like they're going to be happy with what they've got.
00:37:32The fish tastes of nothing and it's just cold.
00:37:36Megan?
00:37:37The fish is quite plain.
00:37:39Okay.
00:37:39Are you guys still happy to eat and enjoy the meal or...?
00:37:43Should we move us straight on to dessert?
00:37:46We'll take these away for you.
00:37:47Sorry about that.
00:37:48I'll take these away for you, okay?
00:37:51Sorry, guys.
00:37:569pm.
00:37:58Oh, dear.
00:37:59I don't think the rice is cooked.
00:38:01Oh, Emma!
00:38:02No, it's not.
00:38:02It's not cooked.
00:38:04Oh, don't.
00:38:05It's hard.
00:38:05It's not cooked at all.
00:38:07It's not just Emma's.
00:38:08It's around the board.
00:38:09Okay, thank you so much for telling me.
00:38:11Erm, the rice is completely undercooked.
00:38:14Fresh eyes, alright?
00:38:15Be completely honest.
00:38:21Fucked up.
00:38:22Right, who was in charge of making the rice?
00:38:24Probably my fault.
00:38:25I've been cooking all morning since we started.
00:38:27I get you've been cooking, but you have to check if it's cooked or not.
00:38:31Yeah.
00:38:31It's like crunchy.
00:38:32And when we...
00:38:33Did you...
00:38:34Hand on heart taste that?
00:38:35I definitely tried it when we were making it, and I just probably was trying everything
00:38:38and I just thought it was cooked.
00:38:39We'll have to just give our sincere apologies.
00:38:41Yeah.
00:38:42I can go and tell them that and I can say it's my mistake.
00:38:44That was probably best coming from a chef rather than you guys delivering that.
00:38:49We've been out in the desert all day, and these guys had so long to prepare the food
00:38:54and get it ready.
00:38:55Like, what were they doing, you know?
00:38:57I'm extremely sorry about that.
00:38:59There was a huge error in our part, and from the bottom of my heart, I'm actually really
00:39:03upset because obviously I wanted to make sure it was good for you guys and it wasn't.
00:39:06So I do apologise for that.
00:39:08Lovely to meet you.
00:39:08So lovely to meet you.
00:39:09Take care then.
00:39:10Bye bye.
00:39:12That was very sweet then.
00:39:13That was really nice.
00:39:14That was really sweet.
00:39:15I like that they acknowledged it and everything.
00:39:19Back at the lagoon...
00:39:21As a bonus, the mains weren't fetched back, so this should be okay.
00:39:25A last minute rush.
00:39:27Move out the way, please.
00:39:28I'm coming through.
00:39:28Can we clear this?
00:39:29Can we just make some space, please?
00:39:31To serve up their pud.
00:39:34Guys, they sent the food back, the main force, so...
00:39:38Okay.
00:39:39No-one's eaten anything at all.
00:39:41This is the only meal that they're going to eat.
00:39:43You know, I'm not going to lie to you.
00:39:45You guys being late, we thought we were going to try and stay calm, and I can't lie,
00:39:49I think everyone just ended up panicking anyway.
00:39:51That's the truth.
00:39:51No, I appreciate us being late, but if anything, the potatoes, they should have been burnt then,
00:39:55because you had more time to have cooked them.
00:39:58It's just been a bit of a disaster.
00:40:01I don't know how else to explain it, if I'm honest.
00:40:03It's just...
00:40:08SLIGHTLY.
00:40:09It's slightly gooey in the middle.
00:40:10Oh!
00:40:11It's very well cooked.
00:40:12Oh thank you very much, I'll pass this cook-
00:40:14Yeah please do, yeah.
00:40:17so guys the coffee's finally ready who's up for it
00:40:2310pm oh my goodness absolutely brilliant away days complete looks like you guys are smiling
00:40:32we've got pottery on the face tonight refunds recorded
00:40:40profits processed tomorrow the boardroom
00:40:569am people aren't very confident are they going into this bit nervous which makes me think did you
00:41:01guys do bad you seem a little bit on edge a lot of fiddling i think everyone's true colors are
00:41:08coming out a little bit i see that the cracks are definitely forming yeah biggest changes in
00:41:14characters that i've said is probably priyash i feel like walking around the house since we got
00:41:18back you've been very very nervous and i've never seen it going into the boardroom today feeling
00:41:26absolutely nervous scared if we do lose my team obviously going to be looking at me and fault the
00:41:32blame on me if i was past her i'd be feeling pretty nervous this morning she cut in on my
00:41:37negotiation
00:41:38and you know that never is a good look if we do fail the task i'm so ready to go
00:41:44in the boardroom
00:41:45and fight my corner i'm just going to make sure that megan knows that and if she does bring me
00:41:48back she must be prepared to go home you can go through to the boardroom now
00:42:11morning so for this task i sent you to egypt to arrange a corporate away day
00:42:16i'll start with eclipse now megan yeah this was right up your alley wasn't it yeah so i have a
00:42:24cloven business and i also co-own a marketing agency so we do a lot of events you've done 25
00:42:30events i
00:42:31think yeah last year so the corporate team went off to talk to the client yeah so from the offset
00:42:38you know they were very very tough negotiators uh we did go in at the price of 10 000 it
00:42:42was
00:42:42immediately shut down he said he would want a private jet to go see the pyramids for that didn't
00:42:47he he did yeah so from the offset you know we were kind of a little bit on the back
00:42:51foot um they
00:42:52basically told us our ceiling price we would not pay anything more than 400 per head right um who
00:43:03negotiated the food uh kieran was our key negotiator here so i'll let you take it away yeah so
00:43:08uh we went for the mid-range option was you dressed in this uh pink suit while you're doing this
00:43:13negotiation i was in a white truby hat yeah just like poira you're there for death on the nile
00:43:19was that what you think i wasn't in the boat lord chigger but anyway um go on when we got
00:43:24he was at 65
00:43:25i was at 55 i was then and then uh andrea chipped in is that right yeah when andrea stepped
00:43:32in i was
00:43:33quite frustrated because myself and carrington could obviously see kieran was kind of like playing
00:43:37a bit of a tactical game i didn't jump in i didn't think you were going to come down at
00:43:41all on 65
00:43:42did you think you would get it lower than 60 then kieran if she'd not have jumped in i would
00:43:47maybe a couple of dollars right um now the corporate team when you took these people out on day two
00:43:55you allocated two and a half hours for this tour correct but it turned out it took four hours
00:44:01yeah yeah you went on kayaks is that right yeah um so whilst they were actually doing the kayaking
00:44:08i think they seemed to enjoy it i don't think they wanted to do kayaking yeah when i spoke with
00:44:12one of
00:44:12the clients they said they weren't dressed for it and that's why they they turned up to the dinner
00:44:16with a really bad mood and they were starving at this point well mainly they were wet yeah and they
00:44:20had to eat in wet clothes yeah right so what did you serve when they arrived spicy potato wedges
00:44:27potatoes potatoes um but they didn't like it unfortunately well they said they were raw
00:44:33didn't they they did but maybe a few were a bit bigger than the others that's probably why they
00:44:37weren't cooked all the way through i did take one of them though and i cut it in half to
00:44:40check myself
00:44:41and inside was very cold and under cold yeah really cold they sent them back they sent every dish back
00:44:47and what about the fish so i took the fish lord sugar um you cooked it or you murdered it
00:44:53so what
00:44:53happened was there was a lot of drama with the first dish coming back what i'd done was looking at
00:44:59that i forgot about the fish that was cooking so they sent that back also did they said it was
00:45:03bland
00:45:04actually right and then the final course was the chocolate thing which they they liked did they
00:45:10they actually said to me how much they loved the chocolate so the wedges were undercooked
00:45:15yeah the fish was overcooked the dessert was fine who was cooking goldilocks
00:45:22anyway so let's move on to alpha team shall we um i understand priesh you became the project manager
00:45:32is that right uh yes your tour was the desert tour right yes lawrence i think you decided to talk
00:45:39to
00:45:40them about how much they were going to pay for the event yeah yeah so it was a bit of
00:45:44a car crash to be
00:45:45honest with you we started off at six thousand um i then offered a ten percent discount to five
00:45:50thousand four hundred i didn't want to dive down and end up giving away too much so what were they
00:45:55willing to pay so they said that their budget when they started was two thousand one hundred i i was
00:46:00just flabbergasted that um pasha came over the top of uh my negotiation and said three thousand
00:46:06because we were stuck then and i'll be honest with you she butted in did you yeah pasha you you
00:46:12did but i
00:46:12think that's wrong of you to say that i butt in they were literally not budging so i said can
00:46:17we meet
00:46:17in the middle and make it work and still she was not having any of it what did you end
00:46:23up at we ended
00:46:24up at um two thousand eight hundred two thousand eight hundred okay well there you are you got three
00:46:29thousand two hundred right let's get on to the food didn't you come up with some brainstorm that you
00:46:36should only order six oh yes so um i looked at the portion sizes and i thought the portion sizes
00:46:41were quite
00:46:42big so i was thinking let's split them up instead of getting eight portions of food i just get like
00:46:46slightly less than that and then we'll just distribute it out like the red cross delivering
00:46:51suppliers isn't it really yeah so if you did it properly and they wouldn't know any different
00:46:56right yeah i asked the question lord sugar to make sure the hello levi you're here hi i'm here lord
00:47:01sugar yeah you're like a plus one at a wedding i don't know when to interject you see that's well
00:47:07yeah
00:47:07okay day two now the tour tell me about that so um i assigned each person with a location and
00:47:16they
00:47:16were gonna basically take it over what was these jokes then you were coming out with connor because
00:47:21this must be the first dentists to turn around and tell you to shut your mouth and mine open your
00:47:27mouth right um we were we were playing a game in the cave which was essentially just an interlude
00:47:33between like kind of two i heard you were there for about 30 minutes yapping in a way uh we
00:47:38were
00:47:39playing the game and i did let the team know the the day before and that it would probably take
00:47:42the
00:47:42largest amount of time yeah and that both the both were kind of happy to do that well you're supposed
00:47:47to be one and a half hours on this thing and it was two hours what i heard yeah so
00:47:52you get to the
00:47:53kitchen and i was told that it was complete and utter chaos yeah because um so we're in the
00:47:59and leave value was a disaster you were cutting um parsley and threw the wrong prove the wrong bit
00:48:05away he threw away the leaves and kept the stool yes i thought that's what gave the flavor i'm not
00:48:10yeah the kitchen was quite chaotic because obviously unfortunately dan was not really well so there's
00:48:14only three of us you're like a desert mirage dan one minute you look good and then you just disappeared
00:48:19yeah yeah so um if i'm being honest the food was not good the rice pudding was undercooked but that
00:48:24was my error um and obviously the meat was a bit spicy for the guest which again i take blame
00:48:29for
00:48:29uh but we did try it and i'm what was you trying to do incite a belly dance or something
00:48:35but that
00:48:35spicy food but um i did go to the guests and because obviously i thought as a goodwill thing i
00:48:40was
00:48:40meant to apologize to them i think they appreciated me coming around saying i take responsibility for so
00:48:45yeah it was a bit we have a disaster in that sense all right let's find out how we got
00:48:50on shall we then
00:48:51tim i know that your clients spent 2800 dollars uh but what did alpha themselves spend well alpha
00:49:00themselves spent 1803 dollars right was there any refunds well the food service didn't run smoothly at
00:49:08all but they really enjoyed the tour and the coffee making experience so they asked for a refund
00:49:16of 20 percent that gave them a profit of 437 dollars
00:49:24right karen your client paid 3200 dollars but what did eclipse spend uh well they spent a little bit
00:49:34more uh 1890 dollars any refunds um well the client gave me a lot of feedback um and unfortunately not
00:49:45much of it positive they felt the tour went on far too long they certainly didn't enjoy the kayaking
00:49:51surprise at the end they were very very unhappy with the food um and they didn't receive the luxury
00:49:58service that they were promised so they have asked for a refund and that refund they want
00:50:04is 50 so that leaves them with a loss uh minus 290 dollars
00:50:12oh god
00:50:20sorry i was just so stressed with the kitchen and everything not going to pass
00:50:25okay i was going to say reasonably well done alpha but you didn't kind of like break all-time records
00:50:31did you but uh it seems that he just had a heart attack there uh yes so go easy yeah
00:50:37so
00:50:37it's not a joke yeah okay well off you go back to the house and i'll see you on the
00:50:43next house okay
00:50:52oh my god a lot of work and a loss okay go away have a chat amongst yourselves we're going
00:51:00to come
00:51:01back in here we're going to have a deeper dive and find out what's gone on and see who's going
00:51:06to be leaving the process today okay guys i'm absolutely relieved you don't know finally this
00:51:20is the win i wanted this is the task i wanted to vpm for as well just before we did
00:51:30the tour i told
00:51:31you guys not to do the activity they didn't like the boat they didn't like the kayak yeah when they
00:51:35came to us the only time we saw them smiling was when they were making pottery megan's background
00:51:40is an event and corporate away days she did a terrible job she wasted time and wasted money
00:51:45it was a bad precedent was set from the very first main star that went out with the potatoes i
00:51:50broke
00:51:50it in half and it was fine inside i broke it and then i'm still talking you turn up late
00:51:55as a project
00:51:55manager you had no accountability say guys i'm sorry i'm late you did not do that so if i was
00:52:00okay if i
00:52:00was late then why was if no you was not if so we were late as a team yeah why
00:52:05were the potatoes
00:52:06undercooked then because surely they'd be burned i think carrington should be the one coming back
00:52:10she couldn't even cook a potato you know that's something you can't get wrong as an individual
00:52:15the fact is that the food wasn't edible kieran were overly confident all day about this fish and
00:52:21it would only take six seven minutes to do it can i just say as well angie what did you
00:52:24do oh i knew
00:52:25you'd bring me that one thank you i'm not even going to answer that kieran
00:52:40can you send the candidates in please
00:52:52this is a bloody disaster an absolute disaster one of the worst performances in corporate hospitality
00:53:00so you can put that in your cv next and i fully appreciate a little sugar that with the kayaking
00:53:06it wasn't it was a surprise they didn't know it was coming they was surprised yeah an unpleasant
00:53:12one i think at the end they obviously were all pretty wet and they were were quite disappointed
00:53:17and but they weren't happy with the food i feel like from my opinion that's where most of the
00:53:23responsibility comes down to wet miserable terrible fish and chips you could have taken them to skeg
00:53:28nests really um i think i think the fault lies with the starter wasn't heated up properly in the fryer
00:53:37i think that's what it was it wasn't for who did that you i did the starter but the issue
00:53:42was i took it
00:53:42out a bit earlier in order to get to them quicker because it was apparent the client was upset from
00:53:47the
00:53:47long kayak i mean that's set the it kind of set the template really then comes along this fish mess
00:53:54by then i'm really pissed off getting back to you lot over here right rajan you went in and
00:54:03negotiated and you promised an exceptional meal which gave that's incorrect law sugar so during my
00:54:09negotiation i was very very considerate and conscious to mention that at no point is there
00:54:15going to be any chefs in the kitchen or someone of superior talent in the kitchen well that is not
00:54:20true
00:54:20you said our kitchen team have been hand selected because of their experience you know i did but at
00:54:25the same time i said i'd never said that they're very very well skilled i said they're averse and
00:54:30know their way around the kitchen at no point did i say they're very very skilled that's quite
00:54:34misleading it feels like the client got a bargain by the end of it because you promised luxury and
00:54:39then they're going to come to us i didn't promise luxury but they're going to come to us and think
00:54:41they're going to get this five-star meal we're not experts in the kitchen at no point did i mention
00:54:47luxury the word luxury was mentioned somewhere yeah i think i said that word i think either way
00:54:52they they expected a luxury meal they certainly expected a luxury meal unfortunately they didn't
00:54:57get one no now on the food negotiation andrea you jumped in didn't you i hold my hand up if
00:55:04you want
00:55:05to get me for that but i'll get you for that i think you're about as subtle as a megaphone
00:55:10in a
00:55:10library i just um i just felt that he weren't going to budge on 65 and kieran's technique i felt
00:55:17were very it was asking loads of questions you were very much i was getting to know him and his
00:55:21food
00:55:21and that's what yeah the chef liked kieran he really liked it even when kieran was negotiating with the
00:55:26pottery she was the only one that kept being quite negative it felt like you were trying to just save
00:55:30let me let me repeat did you find her negative throughout the course of the task yeah hmm not
00:55:36good megan who are you bringing back into this boardroom i would like to bring carrington back
00:55:41into the boardroom because of the starter and andrea because of the conflict of kieran interrupting
00:55:48his negotiation okay the others get back to the house okay you three i want you to step outside i'll
00:56:04call
00:56:04you back in shortly she's bringing mac carrington i mean i have to be honest she ruined the starter
00:56:15i couldn't tell you what else she did i mean i watched her watched her closely um but no standout
00:56:21moments how about megan megan gave you her cv she told you she's done over 25 events but this one
00:56:28was
00:56:28the most important for her to impress and made for her i suppose 100 and andrea every single person
00:56:35on her team says she's negative she's always pointing out the warnings always what could go wrong
00:56:41hmm yes lord sugar yeah can you send the three of them in please
00:56:59megan this task was like custom made for you so when i heard that you took it on i thought
00:57:05wow
00:57:05you know she'll know what she's doing and it's completely gone wrong yeah lord sugar so i don't
00:57:13feel that i'm to blame for this i dealt with the client when there was issues i also went into
00:57:18the
00:57:18kitchen and asked what they were starving yeah i know and i'm really disappointed that they were
00:57:23starving as well this is this is literally your task that lord sugar says yeah and this is what you
00:57:27specialize in yeah 25 events last year compared to this one but usually when i do events i work with
00:57:32a
00:57:33good kitchen team yeah carrington um it's not rocket science to cook some potatoes
00:57:40is it really no no i hold my hand up but what i would say lord sugar is that because
00:57:45they were
00:57:46over an hour of late that's what put the chaos on our team i don't think we can use chaos
00:57:50in the
00:57:50kitchen as an excuse as to why the wedges went out but also because at that time let me speak
00:57:56yeah
00:57:56we weren't rushed we headed straight because when they came in they said they wanted the food now
00:58:00and as well as that i was hold on the clients were kind the clients kicked up to the boat
00:58:07um andrea um the thing that worries me is this negative connotation that you have that every time
00:58:15someone says something you always look at yeah but it could be wrong or this could go wrong or that
00:58:21couldn't go wrong and all that what do you got to say about that yeah i don't think that's about
00:58:24being negative i think that's about i think that's about running a business and looking at profit and
00:58:31loss hmm who should get fired then i think that megan should get fired last year she did 25 corporate
00:58:37events and she done this one is absolutely diabolical megan who do you think should be fired i think
00:58:42carrington should be fired for this one just it only because to be fair you have them back in the
00:58:46boardroom quite a number of times for different reasons and andrea who do you think should be
00:58:51fired i think carrington should be fired we weren't rushed in the kitchen we were rushed you were
00:58:55literally there megan arrived an hour and a half late you know what i i i have to consider
00:59:03an overall picture of things right and listening to this tale of woe um i'm losing confidence quite
00:59:14frankly in all three of you people making really really bad mistakes the biggest mistake is that
00:59:24um you took on this task megan um on the basis that you are experienced and done corporate events
00:59:33and for that reason i've got to tell you megan you are fired okay thank you let me sit down
00:59:40i'm not
00:59:40finished yet because carrington i'm not satisfied with your explanations you're also fired
00:59:49and you i don't like people who are negative so you're fired also all right so all three of you
00:59:56you are fired thank you thank you oh yeah we just as soon as we walked out oh my god
01:00:05the phone is
01:00:06ringing hello hello this is lord sugar i know you're expecting to see who's coming back to the house
01:00:15well no one's coming back no one's coming back wow no way triple firing
01:00:27that has made it like that's brutal that is absolutely brutal i think he's clearly getting
01:00:33rid of the dead weight now
01:00:36now 11 candidates remain the search for lord sugar's next business partner continues
01:00:46next time whoa the next task is all about gamified fitness ow crossed wires it is a bit of a
01:00:54stab
01:00:54really i would be disappointed in your shoes come on you've got it a dose of reality
01:00:59you
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