{"id":5415,"date":"2011-07-17T23:48:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2011-07-18T00:33:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T23:33:13","slug":"winner-of-the-apprentice-2011-final-tom-pellereau-hired-by-lord-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/5415\/winner-of-the-apprentice-2011-final-tom-pellereau-hired-by-lord-sugar\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner Of The Apprentice 2011 Final : Tom Pellereau Hired By Lord Sugar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Apprentice Wednesday 14th July\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/realitytvspy\/theapprentice\/tompellereau.jpg\" alt=\"tom Pellereau\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Lord Sugar search for a Business Partner has finally ended. Tonight\u00a0 31-year-old inventor Tom Pellereau was recruited for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Tom\u00a0 beaten 15 other candidates over a tuff 12 weeks period to land the prize of a business partnership with Lord Sugar along with an investment of up to \u00a3250,000.<\/p>\n<p>In the final, Tom had to battled it out with the three other finalist, 30-year-old executive assistant Helen Milligan, 21-year-old natural skin care entrepreneur Susan Ma and 32-year-old Sales &amp; Marketing Manager Jim Eastwood.<\/p>\n<p>In tonight\u2019s task the candidates came up against Lord Sugar\u2019s toughest business associates: trouble-shooter Claude Littner, pioneer of Britain\u2019s free magazine business Mike Soutar, chief executive and former Young Entrepreneur of the Year Matthew Riley and\u00a0 patron of the Bright Ideas Trust Margaret Mountford.<\/p>\n<p>As Lord Sugar debated his final decision, Karren Brady advised: \u201cThink of all the candidates we have, he is the one that would most benefit from your involvement. Because he is an inventor he does have ideas but he doesn\u2019t have that cutting commercial edge that you could contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it was Susan and Jim that were the first to fall. They were fired by Lord Sugar leaving\u00a0 Helen and Tom to go head to head.\u00a0 Lord Sugar was disappointment in Helen\u2019s proposal for a concierge service, suddenly it did not seem to matter that she only ever lost one task in the preceding weeks before the final. It was all or nothing on the final task and it was Tom that came away with it all.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to Tom\u2019s business proposal, Lord Sugar said: \u201cNow it\u2019s time for me to get realistic about the person I\u2019m going to go into business with. Tom there is some potential in offering a chair with a unique USP but wasting time talking to companies about testing their employees, that aint gonna work.\u201d<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7469702309\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script>\n<\/td>\n<td>\nDeciding on his winner Lord Sugar said: \u201cTom you\u2019ve got the experience in making, inventing and selling stuff. The current business idea needs tweaking and that\u2019s what business is all about. My decision is \u2013 Tom; You\u2019re going to become my business partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the final Tom said: \u201cI\u2019ve gone from being on the other side of the table to being on the same piece of paper at Companies House! I just can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Lord Sugar search for a Business Partner has finally ended. Tonight\u00a0 31-year-old inventor Tom Pellereau was recruited for the role. 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