The Apprentice

The 27-year-old restaurant owner was hired by Sir Alan on what she described was the businessman's "gut instinct" despite rival Kate Walsh being in a good position to win. Yasmina triumphed after the final task which saw the women battle it out to create a new brand of chocolates which they had to pitch to a roomful of industry experts. Kate and her team, which was made up of former contestants Debra Barr, Ben Clarke, Kimberley Davis and Rocky Andrews, designed a box of chocolates for couples...Read Full Story

h Apprentice misery Mona Lewis has revealed that being apart from her son made life on the TV show unbearable. Viewers saw Sir Alan Sugar fire the single  mum last night after her team’s disastrous efforts to rebrand seaside resort Margate. But speaking exclusively to the Mirror, Mona, 28, said that even before the task she was having serious doubts about carrying on. The weeks spent away from son Ryan, six, took their toll and made her re-assess her ambitions. The Kent-based...Read Full Story

Kent born Mona Lewis and former Tanzanian beauty-queen was the eight candidate to be fired as Sir Alan’s Apprentice, after she was accused of not backing the teams gay theme in rebranding Margate. The rebrand included designing a poster and leaflet which would appeal to tourists an then presenting this to both industry experts and the local residents and dignitaries of Margate. Team Empire led by Debra Barr had Mona Lewis and James McQuillan heading off to Margate to research their...Read Full Story

Durham Estate Agent Philip Taylor became the seventh candidate to be fired after this week’s task where British inventors pitched their products to each team after which the teams selected two of the products to sell on to retailers in Liverpool and Manchester. Philip seemed preoccupied by Kate during the task from the start telling Ben: “I’d buy anything off her.” Philip says: “Business is the new rock ‘n’ roll and I’m Elvis Presley”. Team Ignite led by Lorraine Tighe made sales of £1...Read Full Story

The Apprentice final was a battle between the two remaining women - Kate Walsh and Yasmina Siadatan as the 27-year-olds sought to create a brand of new chocolates with original flavours in just three days. Sir Alan Sugar eventually hired Yasmina Siadatan as his fifth new Apprentice after whittling down from fifteen hopefuls over the last twelve weeks. This series became the most successful yet for the BBC with a peak of 9.2m tuning in to the weekly business battles. *EXTRA BLOG - more from...Read Full Story