Party Planning The Apprentice

£250,000.

It's an acorn,

which we want grown into a great oak tree.

Lord Sugar's on the hunt for a brand-new business partner.

If you think this process is tough,

it's just got a whole lot tougher.

Over the next 12 weeks, you are out of your comfort zone.

Ready to fight for his funding,

18 aspiring entrepreneurs.

Supply and demand, that's what this is about.

I'm demanding the answers,

you better bloody well supply them.

On the table, a quarter-million-pound investment...

..and a 50-50 partnership with Britain's toughest backer.

You haven't used any of your skills,

any of your knowledge.

Mistake on that, mistake on this,

straight in the bin.

-Yeah, Rich, come on!

-Let's go, mate.

It's a deal worth battling for.

Do not talk over me! I am talking, OK.

18 candidates...

ALL: Yeah!

-Pedestrians, out of the way.

-We are going to be...explosive!

..12 testing weeks...

I really don't know what to do.

I messed up a bit, didn't I? Oh, my God.

..one life-changing opportunity...

You're fired, you're fired.

This is a bad call on strategy.

You're fired.

Previously on The Apprentice...

You're going to go and open up your own discount store.

The teams went north...

We are Manchester's newest discount store!

..as prices went south...

Rock bottom prices. Come on in!

At Scott's shop...

I want that stuff in there.

-Speak to me like that again...

-..sparks flew...

-I sold the most yesterday.

-You did yesterday, but this morning you didn't.

-Whatever, whatever.

Oh, my gosh.

..but sales stalled...

-Do you want to come and look at our new discount store?

-No.

Sir, and yourself?

On the other team...

Does Jammy Dodgers go with washing powder?

..for retailer Gary...

You are making the manager very happy.

..profits piled up.

Eight, nine, ten... We'll call it £11.

And in the boardroom,

his store won the war.

So you made over £1,000 in the course of this exercise.

Very good.

On the losing team...

Yes, me and Scott bumped heads in the shop.

-You said you'd smash my face in.

-I didn't say that.

..Scott pointed the finger...

You're not here for a serious business.

That's, oh! You haven't seen my business plan.

-How dare you sit there and say that...

-Right, OK.

..and Sam was shown the door.

The last time you was in this position,

it was that close, Sam.

-You're fired.

-Thank you.

Thank you, anyway. Thank you.

He became the ninth casualty of the boardroom.

Now nine remain to fight for the chance to become

Lord Sugar's business partner.

PHONE RINGS 6am...

-Hello?

-'Good morning.

'Lord Sugar would like you to meet him at the Museum Of Childhood.

-'The cars will be outside in 20 minutes.'

-Thank you.

MUSIC: Aufforderung Zum Tanz, OP. 65 by Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra

Guys, wake up! 20 minutes, Museum Of Childhood.

We've got that winning fever. It's like football teams, isn't it?

Winning breeds winning, doesn't it?

Selina throws negativity into every single project we turn up on.

And Scott, if you don't agree with something he says,

he starts getting into a sulk.

Are you going to be PM again?

No. It's just been...

horrendous.

Throughout the test, there's a lot of people who have been good

at one particular sort of thing.

Joe, for example, is a very strong salesperson.

But I think that there's other things that he hasn't proved yet.

But then you're not a strong seller-negotiator.

The Museum Of Childhood.

Under one roof, Britain's largest collection of kids' things.

-Good morning.

-ALL: Good morning, Lord Sugar.

Children's parties are a great industry.

Believe it or not,

over £2 billion a year is spent by parents

putting on parties for children.

And that's what this next task is all about - party planning.

I've lined up a client for each team.

They're parents looking to hold a birthday party for their child.

And what you need to do is to throw the birthday boy or girl

a party to remember.

Those clients have an initial budget of £2,000.

The winning team is the team that makes the most amount of profit.

Think carefully about this.

Spend too little, you're going to put on a rubbish event

and the client will have the right to demand money back.

Spend too much, you're not going to make much profit.

Now, Selina, this is right up your alley.

You do events, right?

So you are going to be the project manager.

-Gary, you were the project manager last week.

-Yes, Lord Sugar.

Well, I also understand that you want to start an events company.

So I'm going to suggest that you are the project manager again.

Now, Connexus, you haven't got a great track record for winning.

To give you a little boost,

Selina, your choice.

Would you pick one of the people from that team to come over and help you.

Um...

I would like to pick Richard.

Richard,

move over to this team.

I'll see you back in the boardroom in a couple of days' time.

Off you go.

I think coming into you guys, I can feel, like, loads more energy.

-Breath of fresh air.

-Yeah.

A breath of fresh air.

I don't have children and I don't like them,

but that's not to say that I'm not brilliant at putting on children's events.

-We're going to win.

-Definitely.

Tomorrow the teams will put on their parties.

Today, a chance to meet the clients...

What we're going to do is go in there and get information.

That's how I always deal with clients at home.

We go in, we do information gathering.

The main focal point is I actually want to listen to them

and let them tell us what their expectations are.

I've worked in retail for the last six-and-a-half years,

but my business plan is all about creating events and entertaining.

Now, whilst it might not specialise in children's parties,

the principle is still the same.

For Gary, birthday boy Jamal.

-Good morning. How are you doing?

-I'm Yusef.

-Gary.

Holding the purse strings, parents Julie and Yusef...

Thanks ever so much your time.

Obviously it would be great just hear a bit about yourselves

-and come up with some proposals for a great day.

-OK.

-Anything you're really into at the moment?

-Active stuff.

Yeah, outdoors activities. We'll see what we can do with that.

CHARLEINE: And what sort of foods are you into?

-Likes his burgers, don't you?

-Yeah.

-A man of my own heart.

-What sort of cake do you want, Jamal?

-Chocolate.

-Chocolate cake, fantastic.

I think Gary and his team have done very well.

Clearly listened to what the client wants,

very good rapport with the family,

which I think is very, very important.

Is there any no-noes that you want us to avoid?

I've got a nut allergy, so...

-A nut allergy?

-It's a very severe allergy. It's quite key.

We need Julie to feel comfortable during the day.

Yeah, fantastic.

Meeting their clients,

13-year-old Nicole and mum, Melissa...

-Hello.

-..Selina's team.

Really, we're here to get some information

so that we can prepare the best party for you.

There's actually a lot of activities that we can do.

Maybe karaoke, possibly dance-off,

we could also do a treasure hunt...

That might be a little bit young for you.

How do you feel about face painting or, like, a glam-booth?

Do you like dressing up in fancy dress?

Would you be interested in fire-breathers or stilt-walkers?

I've been a fire-breather and circus skills performer for over ten years.

Selina is so keen to get down to business and ask her questions

and get answers, that she actually was a little bit scary.

-So are you into, like, hair products and make-up?

-Um...

Quite strange for me to say someone's scary,

but she's down there, in your face, asking lots of questions

and I think a more gentle approach might have elicited

the answers more quickly.

Considering it's Nicole's party,

not something too contrived, I suppose.

I also think not too girlie, as well.

I like sports.

-We could have some sporting activities.

-Yes.

So, obviously, we're going to work within the budget,

but then there's other things that may be out of budget that we can suggest.

The parties have a starting price of £2,000...

Did you want to give anything out at the end of the party?

Any gifts to the guests?

..but teams can offer extras to try and up the spend.

Normally it's just your traditional party bags.

Is it worth taking some contact details, as well?

-Then we'll run through some proposals and see what we can do to make it memorable.

-Yes.

-We'll look forward to speaking with you soon.

-Thank you very much.

-Fantastic.

-Pleasure.

Selina thinks she asked all the right questions.

She didn't miss a trick...except one.

-Contact details.

-Take care, bye.

They want to upsell products to the client.

How are they going to get in touch with Melissa? That's a big mistake.

Clients consulted...

We've got zombie laser tag.

The children could turn up and be like, "Oh, zombies(!)"

..next, plan the perfect day...

Listening to the client very strongly,

I believe it's going to be outdoors activities.

On hand, a brochure of party packages.

Outdoor adventure?

So that's a mixture of a climbing wall and a team game across a river.

-DAVID:

-I actually was a ropes course instructor.

And, actually, it's team bonding, as well.

I do have a background in working at children's camps

and if we've got to lead these activities in the morning,

you're going to need a professional to do it

and I am that professional.

Overall, we're thinking of games and activities,

because she's sporty and likes these kinds of things.

The mini Olympics, if we can get the hula hoops, the beanbags,

you do your relays, myself and Scott, we'd help 'em.

I see you guys as being, as being

-really strong on the games-hosting side.

-Yeah, totally.

-Yeah.

I looked at it as, how can I make the most profit?

I would actually like to try and come in about five, 600 quid.

-Mm-hm.

-Because if you do that and you up-sell,

it's very hard to lose this task.

My job is definitely make sure that I keep the reins on the creatives,

like Selina, so she doesn't overspend.

It will be integral to winning this task.

Also on the agenda, the food and drink.

I was thinking about afternoon tea.

You know, she is a tomboy, but she's also quite a mature young lady.

I'm your figures man, so I'm going to tell you the facts,

barbecue food is cheap.

We won't be spending 500, so I'm leaning towards afternoon tea.

Lunchtime.

The teams divide.

Half head off to find food and entertainment.

Selina, she can't do fire breathing. First, does she have the tools?

Can she just breathe any type of fire? Like, am I missing something?

-RICHARD LAUGHS

-She can put a match in her mouth and start breathing it?

-She should get a lighter, blah.

-Really?

-Really bad breath, yeah.

THEY LAUGH

The rest will road test potential parties.

Three, two, one, go!

Good, good. Come on now!

Planning a mini Olympics, Brett, Scott...

..and project manager, Selina.

-Our group is 13 to 14-year-old girls.

-Yeah.

Just want to make sure these games are going to appeal to them.

You've got 90 minutes of activities

and in that time, I ain't going to make Olympic champion,

but I want you to feel like Olympic champion

by the time you finish and that will be enough to make anyone's party.

-Me and you, let's do it.

-Let's go!

-CLAUDE:

-My concern is this venue.

It's an athletics arena, it's for sporty people.

Now, Nicole is sporty all right. What about her nine friends?

-SELINA:

-So, just wanting to talk to you about the price.

Cost of entry for ten kids, £195.

We were hoping if possible we could reduce the cost to around £140.

-140?

-Yeah.

That is asking for 25% off.

How about we meet middle way...169?

-That sounds fantastic.

-Shake on it?

-Indeed.

-Shaken.

-Thank you very much.

Essex. An outdoor adventure park.

Come on, Gary, you can do it!

Showing his project manager the ropes...

-Remember, keep your hands on the tyres.

-..David.

Come on, big man.

This activity really fits the client's brief.

He loves being outside, he loves activity.

-Whoo!

-So far, so good.

Next, to maximise profits...

I qualified as a high ropes and low ropes instructor.

-Oh, very nice, yes.

-..negotiate a knock-down price.

So, you guys are happy to take on all of that hosting,

the energy, that drive?

I would really be comfortable in using these facilities.

You think so? OK, the package price is 260.

Given your experience, the best we could offer is 220.

If I'm honest, when I came here,

I had a mind of 20% off the price, which would be £208.

-Would that be, could we accept £208? 20%?

-220.

That's the very lowest that we could offer.

-Great.

-As Gary and David seal the deal...

..shopping for party supplies, Charlene and Joseph.

David, in the morning, he was like pinpointing people that he thinks

need to prove themselves and one of those he mentioned was yourself.

What does he think he adds each week?

Cos I don't think he adds a great deal, to be fair.

Time to price up extras...

He wants to do party bags and some nice T-shirts,

so we need to get something to put in the party bag.

..to try and tempt the clients.

These are quite cool.

Ten bracelets, 5.50.

What about those two glow sticks and then a pair of sunglasses?

-TELEPHONE RINGS

-Hello, Gary.

-'Hi, Joseph.'

The gift bags, right, just to run quickly through what we've got,

a glow stick necklace, a glow stick wristband

and a pair of Hawaiian sunglasses with, like some palm trees on.

I'm just worried, I think they're quite tacky.

They're 11 years old, I think they'll get on board with them.

-What would be the price of that bag, mate?

-£6.50.

Great, let's try and get £15 for them, mate.

I'd suggest I'd rather not...have nothing than that.

You know what items are in there, you give them the option,

tell them what's in them.

Tell them what's included and I reckon he'll laugh.

Give you a call back in the next couple of minutes. Cheers.

Central London.

-Richard.

-Nice to meet you.

-How are you doing?

-Hi, I'm Vana.

-Vana.

A top restaurant.

-Which is the easiest to make out of this?

-I would say the macaroons.

Sent by Selina to suss out afternoon tea...

Oh, no!

..Vana and Richard.

Wow, it's a lot harder than I thought!

My thoughts are that this is going to be really complex.

We would end up buying all the little cakes

and maybe buying some scones made.

-Do you think it's a risk?

-We could pull off a barbecue...

cheaper.

-Yo, yo, yo.

-Hi, guys. How's it going?

If we're going to win this, we can't do the afternoon tea.

OK, so what's your suggestion?

Let's go and spend very little money on a barbecue experience.

-Let's keep it simple. Keep it simple.

-OK.

If we are going to do a barbecue, we can't do it cheap.

We have to do a really nice one with all the nice little nibbly bits

that make a high-end barbecue. Bye-bye.

-'Hi, Gary, how are you?'

-How are you doing, Yusef?

Negotiating extras for his team...

Really like to provide all the children with some party bags.

-..Gary.

-We're going to have glow sticks, wristbands

and we are going to even have little sunglasses in there as well.

We'd do the party bags at £15.

'Right.'

'I'm not seeing £15 worth there.

'I'm not sure how you have got to that figure.'

I mean, what we can do is see

if we can do a deal on the party bags, if that's OK.

I laughed as soon as the client came back

and said they weren't going to pay £15 for the party bags.

What was in them was absolute rubbish.

I could do the party bags for £9 each, yeah?

-'Yeah.'

-Brilliant.

The client has agreed to pay £9 for them,

but I can guarantee you tomorrow, when he looks in that bag,

he is not going to pay for them.

We'd really like to provide all the children with some

memorable personalised T-shirts.

'You're saying £17 for the T-shirts. That sounds good.'

Brilliant. Fantastic. Thanks ever so much for that, Yusef,

and I look forward to a fantastic day tomorrow.

-On the other team...

-Possible up-sell, isn't it, the party bag?

Richard's saying £2 odd, but that is going to be...

I don't want a cheap party bag. I think that's quite important.

..Selina is also thinking of calling her client.

Are we missing something? We don't have a number.

Sure it's not on that piece of paper?

Erm... It's not there.

Were we supposed to get her number or something?

I feel like I'm missing out on something here.

-I mean, here you are, contact telephone number.

-Yeah.

But I mean, like, am I completely overlooking something?

-That's really bad.

-Hello?

-Hello.

We are literally having a disaster

because we can't find the client's number.

Do you have any pieces of paper that has the client information on?

-Do you have the Yellow Pages?

-The Yellow Pages?

If we don't have her number, we can't up-sell anything.

Oh, no, surely not.

7.15.

Party bags, talk to us.

Buy them.

So, we want one pack of those.

With no way of contacting the client...

The party bags is kind of a standard anyway,

so I think we are just going to have to do it.

..Selina takes a punt.

I'm thinking around a tenner per bag.

Buying goods today without the certainty

that that is what the client wants is a gamble.

Maybe we can have something like a friendship band each.

-Flowery candles?

-Some dice with the letters on.

They are buying products speculatively in the hope that

tomorrow, when they meet the client,

somehow or other they are going to be able to up-sell.

I don't know what this is but I like that it has flashing lights on it.

£80. Thank you very much. Thank you!

-And a balloon! Thank you very much.

-Thank you, bye.

Today's final job...

Do we need pickles? I was thinking more just mayo, ketchup and mustard.

..order tomorrow's food online.

These are the tiny little compromises that equal winning.

Across the hall...

For the cake we're going to go with a chocolate finger cake, yeah?

..requested by Charleine and Joseph's client...

Does any chocolate spread not have nuts in it?

..one chocolate cake with no nuts.

Milk chocolate spread. Hazelnuts.

No, can't have that.

Well, I've just found one and it doesn't say it contains nuts.

The only thing it says is it "may contains nuts".

I think just about everything these days says "may contain".

I think we're just going to have to get it.

-There you go.

-Right, well done, Charleine.

-Well done, Joseph.

-Good job.

-Yeah, done it.

-PHONE RINGS

-Super sub team.

-'Hi, guys.'

We have got the gift items for the gift bags

and we are looking at a cost price of about £10 per bag.

-Wow.

-We are obviously going to try and up-sell it to the client.

You're breaking my heart. You're breaking my heart at that level.

-Really sorry, we have to go.

-£10 a party bag!

I mean, are you serious?

Like, what are we putting in there? Diamond rings?

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

Plans in place...

-It's the Lee Valley Sports Centre, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Basically, if there's any chance you could pass

-it on to the client that would be fantastic.

-Thank you very much.

-OK.

Tomorrow...

Party time.

8am.

Everybody gets a pack of pens, everybody gets one lip balm each.

I think you guys are going to have to bring up the up-sell.

I'm going to mention it to her when I see her.

I'll apologise that we didn't get in touch yesterday.

Brett, Scott and I will be doing some interactive games.

We'll be keeping them entertained, getting that party vibe going.

We need to prepare the cake, the food,

we need to do all the decorations.

There was one thing I need to pick up on.

In regard to the cake, the chocolate spread said it may contain nuts,

-so you are going to have to let the mum know this morning.

-Good flag.

Make sure that you tell her

because we don't want to, obviously, poison her or anything.

9am.

The teams divide.

Just point something out to you here.

Glasses and a glow stick -

I don't know if the dad is even going to pay the full £9 for these.

-Yeah.

-So why don't we, rather than put it in the party bag,

just hand them to him and then tie it straight round their neck

-and then they've got no choice but to pay for it?

-Yeah.

-Because they will use them.

-Like it.

-Hello, super sub team.

-We have another request.

We would like you guys to go to a party shop to get some sticky jewels

and write on Nicole's gift bag "Happy birthday, Nicole".

We want hers to look extra special.

Honestly, guys, if I was to ask you to do one thing today,

it is to stop spending money.

I am the one who is responsible for up-selling this to the client

so I would feel more comfortable doing that

-if I'm confident in our product.

-All right. Bye.

-Bye.

If I kick up a big fuss now, this will be the last of it because then

they won't go, "Oh, we should do this and we should do that."

Essex...

Stand in the nice little archway here for me, please.

..starting point for Jamal's party...

Welcome. Some people do call me Gary The Giraffe

because I'm a bit tall and a bit like that.

..led by rope-climbing expert David.

I want to have as much fun as we can today,

as we possibly can,

but I would also stress as well that we have a no running policy

around here as well.

A few rules before we start the game.

You are not allowed to go round the back.

You are not allowed to climb to the top.

Go!

Make sure you don't go all the way to the top, Jamal.

I also need to point your attention to these gaps

in the wood as well, OK?

It can be very dangerous if we get our fingers in there.

Are you enjoying it so far? Yeah?

David and Gary are taking it very seriously,

but so seriously I think they have forgotten this is a party.

Can I get you to slow down, please? Don't move anywhere. Thank you.

These kids want to have fun, they want to let loose.

Do it so it's nice and tight but it's comfortable as well.

Gary is a corporate man and actually it feels

more like a corporate awayday.

-Is it possible to get the atmosphere going a little bit more?

-Yeah.

Like on a sports day - just sort of motivate them.

Right, it's been a bit flat,

so what we're going to do now is a bit of a competition.

My team against your team.

-We just need to quickly go over a safety thing, Gary.

-Yeah.

The Lee Valley.

Arriving for Selina's mini Olympics...

Hi, birthday girl, how are you?

..Nicole and friends.

We have got a fantastic day planned.

How many of you guys here are sporty?

OK, cool.

In charge of fun and games...

Scott and Brett.

We're going to have a really good time.

It's about dodge ball, having fun,

getting crazy, letting your hair down.

I would like to say the same,

but I let my hair down once upon a time and it went.

On your marks, get set, go!

This task, apart from the end goal of making profit,

is customer satisfaction.

There are two customers - the birthday girl seems to be happy,

the other one, perhaps the more important one in this instance,

-is the mother.

-Pull!

That's it, go, go, go!

She has to feel she is getting value for money

and at the moment she is sitting on the fence.

Run, Nicole, run!

Oh, oh!

-Are you all right?

-Keep running!

Happy birthday, me!

South London.

I think the most important thing for me is to get this cake done.

Preparing for the arrival of the birthday girl, Richard...

Shit!

..and Vana.

Have a little taste of that. Oh, yeah.

I smashed that kitchen out on my own. I'm more than happy to do that.

OK.

Good luck, my friend.

The cake is in, icing is made, icing is in the fridge.

I might put my feet up.

What are we going to do about Selina's request to get

the glitter for the party bags? Are we going to...?

We have no time.

We have no time for that.

For the other team,

preparations are under way for a beach-themed afternoon.

We've got sand, we've got grass... What more could they ask for?

While Charleine and Joseph put the icing on the cake...

Definitely chocolaty, Joe.

Voila.

..at the rope park...

-THEY CHANT:

-David! David!

-..David and Gary...

-Argh!

..finally make a splash.

I think they are enjoying it, anyway.

There are a couple of things.

In the chocolate cake there is a chocolate spread

and it says it may contain nuts.

There's the chocolate spread that we put in...

-It's not Nutella, is it?

-Yeah.

Nutella is nut-based chocolate.

-Yeah, definitely.

-That type of thing would be big risk for Julie.

Gary, I think this is so serious that you need to phone your team

-and qualify what this spread is made of.

-Absolutely.

That's why I wanted to check with the client...

The client doesn't know until you have qualified what

is in the spread - whether it is traces of nuts or nut-based spread.

Yeah.

PHONE RINGS

-Joseph?

-Yeah.

-How are you doing, mate, you all right?

Yeah, good, mate, yeah, we are nearly there with the cake now.

There's only a trace of nuts in there, isn't there?

There's no actual nuts in there.

-It just says "may".

-"May contain nuts".

It's not Nutella that you are using, is it?

It is Cadbury milk chocolate spread.

-Yeah, OK, that's fine.

-Bye!

Pleased to say we have not used any nuts, anything like that.

So what we have done is just done it purely with chocolate milk spread.

It would be great to see the packaging just to

set our mind at rest, because it is such a big issue for us.

CHEERING

1pm.

Yeah, party bus!

To transport their guests...

Wow, look at this!

..for both teams... CHEERING

..a party bus.

All together!

# My loneliness is killing me

# Hey

# I must confess

# I still believe

# Still believe

# Hit me baby one more time. #

Yes!

Right, time to get the party started.

Has anyone seen these before - glow bands?

You get them like that and you snap them like that together.

You watch - when it turns pitch-black later on,

your hands will glow and you will be like doof, doof, doof!

Maybe we can organise a bit of music,

-just to get the atmosphere going a little bit more.

-Yeah.

-David, we need to get the atmosphere going.

-Erm...

# In, out, in, out

# Shake it all about... #

-Do you know that song?

-That's old!

Erm...

# You put your left hand out

# You cup it around

# You're gonna pull it back

# And twist it around

# And then you go boom, boom, boom! #

-Do you like that?

-No.

South London.

Party bus! Whoo!

Arriving for lunch...

If you want to pop all your bags and stuff up here.

..Nicole and friends.

It is orange, elderflower and a little bit of Sprite.

But for Selina...

-Everything from our side is fine.

-OK.

..a pressing issue.

Party bags. Did you guys go and get extra stuff?

We literally got here, scouted out the venue

and we are now where we are now.

We haven't stopped, so we just haven't... We just haven't stopped.

Yeah. It is quite difficult to personalise gift bags

and make them look really cool when you don't have any materials.

The guys said they didn't have time to get it.

It was very unlikely they were going to go and do it

-because Richard didn't want to do it.

-At the beach...

-Let's get the party started, shall we, boys?

-..time to eat.

Who wants bacon? You want bacon, young man?

Gary, can we just have a word and get sorted out with the cake?

-No problem.

-But first, confirm no nuts on site.

Stuck outside, mum Julie.

The whole point of being a party planner is that you take

the stress away.

Gary explained there was a nut spread in the cake,

which actually there wasn't a nut spread.

See if you can just explain, Joseph, in terms of what we have used.

Basically on the back there it says "may contain nuts" at the bottom.

But I think the message,

because it was confused, has dented the client's confidence.

If that's it, that's fine.

It was just something that played on our minds.

That was one of the key things that we mentioned.

And so far, I think that has put a real dampener on the day for them.

4.30pm.

One, two, three, four, five.

For Nicole, an American-themed party.

And then we go...

But still no burgers.

Can you try and get it out now? It is nearly five o'clock.

Yeah, that's all right. We're all right.

-Hang on, hang on.

-Hang on what?

They are not done. OK, off, off, off.

The thing about Richard is that he likes to be in control.

Get the tomato slice, the lettuce.

Richard is the boss.

But not too small, they need to be quite big.

Vana is his slave.

I am doing everything you told me.

However, it is chaotic, the kitchen.

I'm just going to cover up the salad so they don't get...

-Don't worry about covering it.

-It just makes it look really clean.

-Vana, honestly...

-It is going to look messy.

-Come on, let's just get them out.

-Guys, is there a burger going?

We've got a girl going, that's all.

Ketchup and mustard right out there.

Do you want ketchup or anything on it?

-It's fine.

-You sure?

-Thank you.

-Thank you ever so much for coming.

At the beach...

One, two, three... Hooray!

With the birthday meal over...

Right, the person that wants to run the least furthest, go at the back.

..former Navy girl Charleine...

Number ones at the front,

you are going to run yourselves all the way down to the fence and back.

..takes charge of fun and games.

First ones back sat on their bums win, OK?

Inside...

Gary, I just think it is best we put a few more extra items

into the party bags.

..David takes charge of merchandise.

Two bags of sweets, two balloons, a water pistol

and a pair of sunglasses in each one?

I would definitely pay £9 now for one of these bags.

Also ordered, ten souvenir T-shirts.

I only learnt how to iron the other day.

Price agreed - £175.

That one has not come out very well at all.

-Have you followed the instructions?

-Yeah, of course.

Took that off a bit too wet.

And also, the happy birthday is back to front.

Cut the top off so there's no happy birthday.

It has done it again. Even worse this time.

Just a couple of slight defects,

but enough that once they have been washed once or twice

they are going to fade slightly, and I think... It will work.

At Nicole's party...

-Guys, come on, dinner is ready.

-Food!

..food finally served.

OK, so, bon appetit.

Right, so...

Richard tackles the cake...

It is slightly too warm to put the icing on, so the icing will melt.

..and Selina...

-So, this is Nicole's gift bag.

-..pitches her party bags.

It has a little hairbrush, the photo frame

and we have a candy from the day.

If I had my choice,

I would have said definitely don't do a goody bag.

Oh, really? You didn't want the goody bags?

I wish I had the opportunity last night to say.

Do you want us to give the goody bags away

and can we talk about a price for them?

It has cost us around £10 for each of the girls.

-My instinct is to say no.

-OK.

Me and Joseph are going to show you a pass. It is the chest pass.

At Jamal's beach party...

..Gary tries to claw back some cash.

I obviously ordered ten T-shirts

and I'm going to be totally transparent with you -

a couple of the T-shirts that we did earlier didn't go to plan.

OK. We are missing the happy birthday.

With that in mind, I wouldn't be expecting the same prices for them.

No, and to be honest, Gary,

it's not the quality that we were looking for. I think it's a no.

There's no two ways about it, the whole T-shirt fiasco was a disaster.

It has cost us £175, so I just hope it doesn't cost us in the boardroom.

The party bags,

happy with those in the end with all the additional extras?

We are a little bit disappointed in terms of the items.

I mean, I can't see more than £5 value in those bags, to be honest.

OK. So I did go in at 90 for the bags.

I mean, would you be happy if I reduced it from £90 to £60?

I'm making a loss on those.

-Yeah.

-I appreciate that.

That, that, that.

5.30pm.

That's it. Yes!

Half an hour until guests head home.

So, I'm a little bit worried.

Is there any way we can cool this any faster?

What we want to do is shock freeze it.

Just make sure it doesn't lose its shape.

Has the icing been prepped yet or no?

Hey, Rich, where is the icing?

Because Brett has an idea about how to fix it.

I don't want any help. Honestly, I don't even understand.

I have got everything sorted with the cake.

Please, just don't come back to me with any more about the cake.

But don't get mad.

-But you are constantly moaning about a cake!

-It's not moaning.

There is no problem.

Brett had the idea to put the cake into the freezer to cool it faster.

-No, because then it goes hard.

-OK.

He got really mad at me.

He got so mad that I was nervously laughing.

It was really awkward.

Throughout the day Richard has been bossing me around

and I've felt like a waitress.

I mean, he basically cursed me out for mentioning the cake.

Vana, honestly, it's just every second I'm hearing "cake".

Who wants a party bag?

-KIDS:

-Me!

6pm.

-Everybody gets a water pistol.

-CHEERING

The party bags were doomed from the outset.

It just proved that Joseph

and Charleine are not smart people at all.

-Hip hip...

-ALL: Hooray!

My job was to look after the outdoor adventure, which I did -

-exceptionally well, may I add.

-OK, don't rush.

I'm going to marshmallow the whole thing.

Mate, it needs to go out now.

I feel like we've offered really good value for money.

OK, and make a wish!

However, if the customer was unsatisfied

they would ask for a refund and that would absolutely wipe out

any profit-making and savings that I've been pushing for.

CHEERING

Parties over.

Tonight, client satisfaction will be canvassed.

See you later, guys.

Tomorrow, a get-together in the boardroom.

You can go through to the boardroom now.

-Good morning.

-ALL: Good morning, Lord Sugar.

Well, a task all to do with party planning and, Selina,

your birthday girl was Nicole.

-Yes, that's right.

-And mum was Melissa.

-Yes.

Mum had already agreed a £2,000 budget

and you interviewed the girl and the mum.

One of the things that Nicole had said was

that she was interested in athletic sports,

so we thought a mini Olympics was something that

we could make really fun by the way we entertained her and her friends.

Brett cheekily dressed up as the fat referee, which was good.

We sort of thought that as an orientation

when the girls turned up we would all hop on one leg, get involved.

-You and Scott together?

-Yeah.

The last task you were more like Punch and Judy

and on this particular occasion, your best double act since Jedward.

-Well, we did...

-They had a great time.

It was really, really fun.

The loved it. I don't know why, but they loved it.

Richard and Vana, you were in the kitchen, is that right?

Yes. I was in charge of the costings from the start and what I was

very keen on was making sure that we could make some savings on the food.

Selina had a vision of actually making a rather nice event.

Was he like a brick of Lego in a Meccano set?

I have to say, I mean, you're right, it is irritating,

but I am really happy that Richard was irritating

because it is about numbers and if you do give me creative rein,

-I might have started trying to put unicorns and all sorts.

-OK.

Now, according to Claude, Vana was...

Rather than the sous chef, she was a bit like a slave.

-A sous slave.

-A sous slave, yeah.

I wouldn't use those words but we...

-He did!

-I can understand that.

Vana probably will.

I knew what I needed to get done and Vana helped out.

Can I hear from the sous slave?

I think the point is that Rich wanted to have

control of the kitchen and I didn't really have a place.

What you do in those situations? Do you just fold or what?

Once he screamed at me and once he told me to get out of his hair I...

-I did take a step back.

-The cake comments were,

"I'm worried about the cake, I'm worried about the cake,"

and I just wanted you to just shut up about the cake.

The party arrived and nothing -

nothing - was cooking.

It sounds to me that at this birthday party, they'll be waiting

until they get a telegram from the Queen, waiting for you to feed them.

Both teams had the option of encouraging the parents to

spend a little bit more, which they would tend to do -

they always want their children's party to be the best party,

a memorable occasion, but then the penny drops

and suddenly you realise that it's perhaps time to call Mummy

and see whether she wants to go along with some of the goody ideas

that you have thought up.

-But you didn't have Mummy's phone number.

-No.

-Is that right?

Yeah, it was a complete oversight.

So, here you were, having to take a bit of a flyer yourself

as to the additional stuff that you were going to ask her to pay for.

Yes, and the gift bags weren't fantastic.

It sounds to me like you could've just done away with the goody bags,

-saved yourself a lot of money.

-Possibly, yeah.

-We could have done that.

-I was asked on the second day to go

get some glitter to be able to dress up the actual bags

themselves further, but I was anti this idea because I was

keen to not spend any money, as you might have already gathered.

We were up against it timewise and actually...

Timewise, or you didn't want to spend the money?

It was a case that we didn't have the time for it.

In my schedule, I had to bake a cake, we had to put the food down...

If you had the time, would you have done it?

..and I said that to Selina on the phone.

-If you had the time, would you have done it?

-Yes.

When I set the task at the museum, you chose Richard.

Yes, that's true.

In the end, you was happy with your choice of Richard, yeah?

Yeah, very happy.

All right. Now then, Gary.

You have got a business already that puts on events.

That's correct, yes.

I believe you gave yourself the name Gary The Giraffe, is that right?

Yeah, I've been worse.

You're here to stick your neck out in this boardroom, then.

Absolutely, yes.

Not going to confess to being an expert in children's parties

but my business plan is in events and entertainment,

so organising events.

I was delighted to be project manager again.

OK, so, you had Jamal, yeah?

We asked if they'd rather be indoors or outdoors

and it was very strong they wanted to be outdoors and active.

-So that was your outdoor adventure.

-That's right, yes.

I probably had a stroke of luck as well because David,

it turns out, has had three years' experience.

I managed to engage all of the children, get them involved.

It was very earnest, but it wasn't much fun, was it?

-I thought...

-The parents did ask you to up your energy

-and create a bit of atmosphere.

-It was supposed to be about fun.

Sounds to me like an Ofsted inspection.

Yeah, I think we flipped it round and the birthday boy

and his brother basically pushed us into this swamp.

LAUGHTER

Right, so Joseph and Charleine

went off to the party shop to buy some stuff, yeah? What did you buy?

Glowsticks and then the funky glasses.

You phoned the client, didn't you? Cos you got his contact details, didn't you, Gary?

-That's right.

-Oh, you got the number?

Yeah. So in the morning, I said, "Can I take your number

"so we can check in with you in the afternoon?"

-And did you say to him, "We're thinking of these additional items?" Or what?

-Spot on, yeah.

So by the end of the call, he gave us pretty much a preorder.

-So, he kind of like gave you the green sign that everything was going to be good?

-Yes.

He'd pay you an extra on top of the £2,000 that he's budgeted, yeah?

We did well to get £175.

I was in charge of transferring the photos onto the T-shirts.

Erm, we made a few mistakes.

Also the client wasn't happy with the party bags.

-You didn't offer any solution at all?

-No.

-I wasn't in the shop,

but all I'm saying is glowsticks and glasses is pathetic.

-Joseph and Charleine, you're cooking, aren't you?

-We both did the cake each,

and then Joseph was taking control of the barbecue and the meats and everything on the barbecue.

There was an issue with the cake, wasn't there?

-Yeah, the mum had said that she had a nut allergy.

-Severe nut allergy.

It was very severe, yes.

Not only could she not eat it, but she couldn't touch it.

-This could have turned out one of those murder-mystery parties, couldn't it?

-It could've.

But all the chocolate ingredients we looked at. On the back it said "may contain nuts",

so we wanted to make sure that the mum knew that the cake may contain nuts.

I mean, they asked for a party that had to be memorable,

it'd be certainly memorable if they're taking mum out on a bleeding stretcher.

-Yeah.

-Right?

Well, let's find how much money we made.

Now, each of your clients paid 2,000 upfront for your parties.

And I did make the point in setting the task

that if your party wasn't up to scratch,

the clients could ask for some or all of their money back.

And from what I can understand from both you, neither of them were 100% satisfied.

Karen, let me know what happened?

Versatile spent £1,149.80.

But their client wasn't happy with a number of aspects

and, therefore, they were only prepared to pay £1,546 all in.

So that gives Versatile a profit of £396.20.

-And your people weren't happy bunnies either, Claude?

-Afraid not.

Connexus spent £1,050.79.

Their client was prepared to pay £1,665.

-Leaving Connexus with a profit of £614.21.

-Oh.

OK, you won it...

on £614 compared to £396,

maybe due to Richard's stinginess.

Now, I've arranged for you to have a lesson

with the UK's most successful snowboarder,

the Olympic bronze medallist, Jenny Jones.

-So, I'll see you on the next task.

-ALL:

-Thank you, Lord Sugar.

Well, clearly the client was not happy.

I'll see you back here shortly and we'll discuss it in more detail.

Yes, Lord Sugar.

I would have been absolutely gutted if we'd lost.

I can't even remember what it was like to lose.

Richard, you're the worst.

Yeah!

-Hi!

-Are you ready to go snowboarding?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Let's do it. Stand up! Stand up! Stand up! Lovely!

I've won more than anybody else in this process,

so I know how to get there.

-Nice!

-This task, I made sure we looked after the cost and made more profit.

So it's not a fluke, it's through actual input on my behalf.

LAUGHTER

Richard was very irritating and controlling on this task.

-Whoa!

-WHOOPING

I think he really was on a power trip.

-Oh, that was scary!

-Whoa!

Nice! She's got it!

Yay!

They're going to come onto us hard for these T-shirts.

-Yeah.

-And for that reason alone, David, you're going to be coming in with me.

-OK.

I don't want to dance around the bush.

I've highlighted David, not only was it the lost revenue

of just under £200,

he left a sour taste in the client's eye at the end of the day.

The point is with the cake, the only thing in there nuts was hazelnut chocolate spread,

which we changed to dairy milk chocolate spread.

But then the family thought that it was hazelnut chocolate spread.

-Now, I don't know if that was you that said that?

-I feel that Joseph and Charleine

are trying to sidestep the fact that they were in charge of the cake.

That scared the customer, made them worried, they couldn't enjoy the day as much.

You decided to take the glowsticks out of the party bag and then give 'em out on the bus.

When we spoke to the guy...

-You knew...

-Are you guys going to listen to me or not?

-Wait, David...

-No, you're not listening. The point is that when we was there

and we was negotiating the prices, the guy said, "It is not value for money."

-He was pissed because the T-shirts were...shit!

-It wasn't that.

-Would you send the candidates in, please?

-Yes, Lord Sugar.

You can go through to the boardroom now.

Right, the first thing you'd found out

-was that the wife had a nut allergy.

-Correct, yeah.

First rule of party planning is don't poison the client.

On the ingredients of the cake,

it did have hazelnut spread, we said we would use normal chocolate spread.

Even though you clarified that to the client,

you left an air of uncertainty in his mind to such an extent

that the wife was frightened to come into the party

and sat herself on some bench somewhere 300m away

until he gave her the all clear.

The client said, "It sounds great what you're telling me,

"but I need to see the boxes." Cos the boxes said "may contain nuts".

That's not true, Gary. That's not true.

You told the client that it had hazelnut spread in it,

and then you clarified it was actually chocolate spread,

-and by that stage the client had lost confidence.

-I...I totally agree.

You've upset his day. He's supposed to be there... Him and his wife are supposed to be there relaxing,

letting you professional party planners put this party on for his kid.

So he knocked 100 quid off for that stupid, stupid mistake.

And then again the guy knocked 150 quid off

because he reckoned the party bus there was no entertainment on it.

The client said they felt short-changed.

Anyway, moving on to the extra costs.

The key driver was the T-shirts,

we were looking to get 175 back from those.

The party bags, he wasn't too happy with that,

so he paid £60 for those in the end.

The customer actually agreed that party bag with the necklace, the band and the sunglasses,

and agreed to pay the full price for that bag.

-But they didn't actually get that bag as the party bag in the end.

-Why not?

Cos I had stated that I thought the items were not acceptable

and the client would never pay that much money for them.

And then because we'd given the glowsticks out on the party bus,

all that was going to be in the bag was going to be some sunglasses.

So I went rummaging around and noticed we had some water pistols,

balloons, sweets, and I just wanted to put something in a bag

-for the kids to play with, to have something to eat.

-I can't understand

why the necklaces and the glowsticks got taken out of the party bag.

I definitely feel the fact that I put items in meant we got £60 for them.

-A bag of Haribo and a crappy little water pistol.

-Had I put none of that in there,

-I personally don't think he would have paid.

-He agreed the bag.

A glowstick is a glowstick,

there's not an amazing quality glowstick or a poor quality glowstick,

a glowstick is a glowstick. And if he had that bag,

what argument would he have had to not pay,

because he'd pre-agreed the items.

-He's not going to knock £4 off, because...

-He may not agree to pay for 'em

cos Gary may have exaggerated them over the phone.

When he agreed them and he saw them, he must have gone, "Blimey,

"I'm not paying 90 quid for this bunch of tut here."!

He was going to pay 90, he ended up paying 60, so there's the £30 loss.

The big loss was obviously the T-shirts, which was £175.

A lot of people are going to point the finger at me cos I'm the person

who actually put the print on the T-shirt, but in terms of the eight that I managed to do

-the pictures did actually come out.

-But he wasn't going to buy eight when he had ten kids.

-What two was he going to leave out?

-Agreed, but..

£175 that cost. Well, I've spelt out where all the money went wrong here.

So, Gary, you're going to have to choose two people to bring back in this boardroom.

I mean, that £175 is huge.

So on that basis, I'd be looking down the David route,

but I need to understand from the subteam where was the oversight with the chocolate cake?

So, in regards to the cake, we both looked over the cake.

I can't have committee, I need someone at this stage

to say who was accountable for it and stand by that decision.

Myself and Joseph from word go felt the both of us negotiated together,

we chose everything together, we both worked our socks off.

I'm sorry, Gary, but the decision's going to have to be yours.

-Don't tell me you did it 50-50.

-It was 50-50.

And you then make your decision

as to who you think put the most effort in.

-Gary, are you going to make a decision?

-Yeah.

-What is your decision?

-OK, I'm going to bring David and Joseph back in.

-Is that a final decision?

-Unless there's any further feedback.

-Look, I'm not here to do your job for you.

-No. Joseph's done great on previous tasks,

-but I've got to judge it on this task.

-(Good luck, boys.)

-CLAUDE:

-Where are you going?

-Where are you going?

Oh, do I not...? Oh, sorry.

I don't wish to override your decision,

but I think there's so much going on here

that I'm going to make an unprecedented move here

and that is this.

I'm going to have a much deeper chat with Karen here

and I want all four of you to come back in here.

At least one of you will be fired. OK?

Charleine, I didn't like her presumptuous manner

that she thought she was away scot-free, to be honest with you.

Both Charleine and Joseph were responsible

for some of the deductions that were made by the client.

Gary...struggling, struggling, struggling there to make a decision.

He likes to make decisions after everyone else has decided.

You wouldn't want to go into an events business with him

having watched that party. I can assure you, it was bad.

David's lack of organisation in doing those T-shirts

cost the team dear.

PHONE RINGS

-Yes, Lord Sugar?

-Yeah, can you send the four of 'em in, please?

'Yes, Lord Sugar.'

Charleine, you, young lady, jumped up thinking you were scot-free,

well, I'm sorry, the explanation as to all these refunds

is not very clear in my mind.

Do you accept some of the responsibility for some of this money that's been knocked off?

I accept responsibility for the cake 50-50 with Joseph,

-that part I will take.

-But you don't take any responsibility

-for any of the other deductions?

-I absolutely worked my socks off

from the beginning of the task to the end of the task. I always do with every single task.

-When I sell, I sell really well.

-Whoa! Whoa!

Watch my lips. Do you take any responsibility

-for the other reductions?

-No, Lord Sugar, I don't think the other deductions are related to myself.

-Including that of the bags, then?

-What we paid on the party bags, we got our money back on.

-Hmm.

Gary, a trait of yours is that you deliberate so much.

You won't make a decision, you won't hone in on something,

and you're supposed to know who caused you the failure of this task.

And, in the end, I'm ending up doing the work for you.

Well, I'm not going to do the work for you.

I've had six-and-a-half years working for the leading retailer

and if I couldn't make decisions working for them, I wouldn't be lasting six-and-a-half years.

Well, maybe I know that major retailer you're talking about

-and, with the greatest respect, it is a massive corporate organisation.

-Yeah.

And, dare I say, that people walk around with a dustbin lid on their arse not making decisions.

In defence of that, this is the eighth task and I've already been project manager twice,

and this is the first time I've come back in here.

No-one here is pointing the finger to say it wasn't managed well.

I believe the failure in this task was how it was executed

and, unfortunately, the failure of this task was down to how it ended.

David was in a difficult position with the T-shirts,

but not only was it £175,

it also meant the customer left the day with a sour taste.

-And a sour taste over the nut cake also.

-Yep.

Didn't they? And I think that had a lot to do with you.

Yeah, I felt very exposed, I was challenged, "Has it got hazelnut?"

And, if I'm being honest, there and then I didn't have the definite answer.

And, Joseph, you don't believe that any of the refunds

that came about here are down to you?

-The cake was a joint decision, OK.

-A joint decision?

So the cake was £100.

So I'll have to take 50 of that, cos that was a joint decision.

He's negotiating here. So, tell me...

-who should be out of here today?

-David.

He messed up on the T-shirts, he didn't do anything on the first day,

I think he's being carried quite far throughout this process.

-Hmm.

-You do realise on day one, I negotiated £40 off the price.

I wouldn't say you negotiated, the fact that you was there probably helped.

-Yeah, but it was done together.

-I wouldn't say David made it.

-David, a lot of fingers are pointing at you.

-Yep.

On this particular task itself,

OK, with the T-shirts there has been a slight error of judgment.

But let's move that aside, there's £175 there, I'm going to have to take that,

but you're got to also realise what else I've done.

For example, trying to make sure things like the party bags were working.

Gary, did the parent say

that he would pay more for the party bag

because David put in a plastic gun?

-That's not the argument.

-No, he didn't.

-No, he didn't.

-That's not the argument.

-No, he didn't.

But you keep going on about putting in these plastic guns,

they would not have paid no more for those party bags

-if you put a plastic gun in there or a bag of Haribo.

-OK, I still...

Can you... Can you just chill out one second, please?

Because this is not right.

I mean, let him talk and if you've got some criticism about what he's' got to say,

-then you can tell me afterward. Carry on.

-Yes, Lord Sugar.

So when it came to the morning event, it was one of the best bits about the actual day itself.

That's because you paid £240 for an activity that is done all the time.

Of course it was going to be good. It didn't have anything to do with you, David.

If they had had someone with more enthusiasm and more oomph,

-they would've enjoyed it even more.

-I've heard enough here.

Charleine, interrupting in the manner that you're doing,

and just shouting loud, very, very loud, is something that I don't like.

Rattling off doesn't actually mean that any sense is coming out of your mouth.

And, Joseph, I do believe

that there was some responsibility here for you on this task.

Gary, I'm a bit concerned.

I made you the project manager on this, unusual because you were the project manager last week,

but I thought, "Hold on a minute, you are an events organiser,

"and what better project manager should one have for this?"

And, David, I do believe that today you have a lot to answer to.

£175 wasted on these T-shirts.

I wish you well, David,

but I have concluded that you're not going to be my business partner.

You're fired.

Thank you very much for the opportunity, Lord Sugar. Karen, Claude, thank you.

It's getting close to the run-in

and I'm a little bit concerned, particularly about you, Gary,

that you are a...big corporate man.

I'm wondering...at the end of the day,

whether your culture is going to be any good working with me.

Now it's £250,000, it's a lot of money,

it's an acorn which we want grown into a great oak tree.

-That's why I've left that organisation to start...

-Yeah, I don't want to hear any more.

But, look, erm, I'm going to let you remain in the process.

-Thank you, Lord Sugar.

-And the same applies to you two.

-Go back to the house.

-Thank you, Lord Sugar.

-Sorry, David.

-It's all right.

Three people decided to gang up on me, it was as simple as that.

Charleine is an irritant. Joseph, all he can do is sell, he can't do anything else.

And the fact that Gary didn't actually stick up for me is because he wanted to save his own bacon.

And when you've got three versus one, it's always going to be a tough one to win.

I'm a little bit concerned the fact that no-one's come back whatsoever.

-One person normally comes back at least.

-Yeah, and they haven't.

-They haven't come back. It might be funny, but...

-Are you doing the barbie without us, then, guys?

-Hello!

-Wow!

-Oh, my God! It's just you guys?

-Is it only you guys?

-Gary's gone?

-Oi-Oi!

-Get out!

LAUGHTER

Joseph has been a brilliant candidate all the way through,

so I knew it was tough to bring him back but I had to say one of them.

-Charleine was off. Claude went, "Where are you going?" Like that, straight in.

-No?!

But with me it was close,

it was really, really, really, really close.

Now eight candidates remain.

Lord Sugar's search for his next business partner...continues.

Next time.

You're going to sell the priciest product of them all, property.

Dream homes.

Beautiful. £1,369,150.

The windows have the sun come in throughout the day and the night.

-Oh, my God!

-A nightmare exchange.

-You are such a manipulator!

-We're literally doing

everything we possibly can.

-And in the boardroom...

-Oh, my God!

..new developments.

This process is all about people that perform. You're fired.