The Apprentice: Episode Eight

This week's task was a countryside themed one, and the teams had to make fresh produce to sell at a Farmer's Market.

Raj headed up First Forte with Saira and James. Ben agreed to take the helm again in Impact with Miriam, Paul and Tim. Raj proceeded to be a weak leader, he agreed to spend a lot of their budget to hire a cook (Saira later struck a deal that she would work for free) to make their jellies and chutneys, and Raj had to be pushed into decisions and did not cope under pressure. Ben was more organised but the group spent a lot of money on ingredients for their soups.

At the market the chutneys and jellies of Raj's First Forte sold out by the end of the day. There were lots of soups left, especially the rather odd Venison soup.

Inspite of Raj's poor leadership they beat the other team by about £200 and were rewarded by a trip to Monte Carlo. Ben took Miriam and Paul into the boardroom. Arguments were that Miriam had spent too much budget on ingredients, but no budget had been agreed. Paul was also argumentative, for which Sir Alan warned him. But in the end it was Ben leading a shambles that got him fired.