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“I know you’re Belgian, that’s where the waffles come from."
Prince Alwaleed, the owner of The Savoy Hotel, must have been pretty angry. Despite spending three years and over £200 million renovating one of London’s most famous institutions, his staff had made some glaring oversights when applying the finishing touches. They were short of 14kg of fillet steak, 1000 toilet rolls, 2 top hats and various other items. The Prince must have wanted the hotel manager’s head on a plate - cloche or no cloche.
Luckily Lord Sugar and his brigade of business’s brightest were on hand to save the day. After mixing up the teams of boys and girls, he tasked them with finding the ten items that The Savoy so desperately needed, with whichever team spending the least being declared the winner. Basically, it was the one where the candidates buy a list of things.
The contest’s youngest candidate, Susan, was in charge of Team Venture, whilst scouser Gavin led Team Logic. Although the difference between the teams would prove to be a mere £7.51, it became quickly apparent which team deserved to win. The straight-forward and determined Susan impressed Nick Hewer early on with her organisational skills. She gave each of her team members an item to source, which saw Team Venture mobilised in no time.
Things were less rosy with Brady’s bunch, as Gavin seemed determined to prove how ironically named his team were. Team Logic spent hours phoning anyone and everyone, with self-proclaimed heart-throb Vincent heard asking one poor victim if they know “anywhere in London that sells fillet steak”. It seems supermarkets have rendered butchers an all too distant memory.
Susan’s team seemed determined to undo all their good work by buying their items in the most expensive places possible. Nick recalled the time he saw the King of Tonga purchasing a hat (for the royal wedding, presumably) in one particularly high-end shop. Thankfully, elsewhere, Jim had managed to haggle the pants off a bemused butcher, before knocking another (crucial) £10 off his price. He certainly is one to watch.
Meanwhile, Vincent was leading Team Logic from the passenger seat, as Gavin proved to be something of a limp leader. After a slow start, it was impossible for the team to get all the items on the list, which meant that despite some commendable bargaining, they were always going to struggle.
On the final straight, it looked, for a moment, like Team Logic may well do the impossible. They completed the purchase of 10kg of Chamomile Flowers Tea for £223, whilst Team Venture’s supplier demanded £990 - cockney Sugar thought her something of a tea leaf herself. However, after some tense haggling, Susan managed to get the tea for £400 and sew up a narrow (but deserved) victory.
The boardroom was something of a formality. Even kindly inventor Tom had to reluctantly admit that he felt that Gavin had given up on the task. Vincent had tried too hard on the task to be fired, and while I had no idea who the hell Zoe was (and I suspect there’ll be little point in finding out), Gavin’s inability to manage outweighed her anonymity and left him staring down the barrel of Lord Sugar’s finger. After all Vincent’s waffle, it was Gavin who got his just desserts.
The next episode of The Apprentice airs next Wednesday at 9pm on BBC1.
I loved this task - it was so funny to watch them argue over the items, not even knowing what some of them were and not able to find out!
Jim to win! 
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