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Ian couldn't bring himself to say, or even spell, the word 'loser' but last night he became one after Sir Alan fired him from The Apprentice.
Ian and Kevin were equally useless - in fact, if we'd been Sir Alan we think we would have fired both of them.
It was always going to be between this pair as soon as they got into the boardroom. Simon was there too but it's obvious Sir Alan has a soft spot for him, however, he's clearly going to have to do more than 'cut up onions' over the coming weeks to remain in his favour. Expect Simon to be appointed teamleader in a task very soon.
Bank Manager (and Matt Lucas lookalike) Kevin was quick to volunteer for the position of head chef because he's eaten in Italian restaurants - not the best of qualifications for the job. The alarm bells started to ring when he struggled to name the ingredients for a carbonara and wanted to charge £4.95 for a bowl of soup 'because that's what it costs in Guildford'.
Pouty Ian struggled to manage the team - he began the task by going round the guys and asking them to give him their commitment (Raef gave 110% as usual), but by the time they opened the pub kitchen for business he had lost any grip he ever had on them. He sulked in the corner after Kevin decided to give the team a pep talk and later denied this had ever happened in the boardroom.
Ian had managed to keep his head down in previous weeks and avoid Sir Alan's scrutiny but as team leader his flaws were exposed. We don't think Kevin will go very far in the competition either, unless running a kitchen is the one area in which he lacks expertise. We doubt that.
So, what about the girls? We had been expecting fireworks between Lucinda and Jenny following last week's boardroom showdown but it never happened. Jenny wisely kept a low profile this week and it was Claire, an early favourite of ours, who stood out in the girls' side - for all the wrong reasons. Claire seems to have some issues with being managed and clashed with teamleader Sara, who in all fairness seemed to do a pretty good job. Also, anyone else notice that Claire never takes off that pearl necklace? She even had it on when she got out of the shower? What's going on there?
Let us know what you thought of the latest task. Would you have sacked Ian? Or did Kevin deserve to go? Have you got any favourites to win the series?
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i would have sacked kevin. His skills as head chef were useless, his "pep talk" was a pathetic attempt, and he annoys me to tears!
Posted by: lionplazarecp on Thu Apr 10 11:59AM | Report abusethe amount he spent on ingredients compared to the girls team , ridiculous, girls deserved to win, especially how they werein profit before they started, by selling tickets for a fiver!!!
Posted by: spobjoy on Thu Apr 10 12:00PM | Report abuseWho cares???? This is not news, it is a T.V. programme and a bad one at that.
Posted by: telfordpair on Thu Apr 10 12:00PM | Report abuseLet's all pop to tesco's and open a restaurant. Clearly a bunch of mummy's boys who never had to cook for themselves. "Come on I want 100% commitment!", someone should tell him that commitment is useless without making the right choices.
Posted by: jezgates on Thu Apr 10 12:01PM | Report abuseIan was a fool, by picking Simon and Kevin he made his own death nail. - he'd been shopping with Simon and Kevin half the program yet blamed them for the problems, but had no ability to control on the sales teams excessive who blew out the team on an expensive menu that fixed the prices.
Posted by: hmu10 on Thu Apr 10 12:02PM | Report abuseThis lot make Basil Fawlty look like Sir Alan there constantly redefining the word incompetent
Posted by: stephenhigg on Thu Apr 10 12:02PM | Report abuseHe did deserve to go but his team was useless too so he had no chance!
Posted by: lynne.howe1 on Thu Apr 10 12:02PM | Report abusePoor Ian - he didn't control his guys efficiently, but I still think the idiot chef Kevin should have gone or the weak link Simon!
Posted by: deana_logn on Thu Apr 10 12:03PM | Report abuseHe was supposed to be project leader but he delegated all responsibility of the task to other team memebers, so in fact he didn't do anything, its better to go out after giving it a go then not to have bothered, it bugs me that people on the apprentice have about 5 g.c.s.e's between them but they talk themselves up as being business gurus with no actual evidence to back it..kevin is another example of this!!
Posted by: andythelegend2003 on Thu Apr 10 12:03PM | Report abusewhat a shambles last night in the boardroom should have been kevin - michael - and ian and all three of them should have been given the boot ian was a very weak manager(i just wonder if he will get another job has software sales manager) but overall the boot should have been given to michael a telesales executive ... what is he selling if he cant work out prices for a simple menu
Posted by: doncov on Thu Apr 10 12:03PM | Report abuse