English Bubbles
Business-based competition. Lord Sugar challenges the teams to devise a brand, identity and marketing campaign for English sparkling wine.
The longest champagne bar in Europe at St Pancras International is the venue chosen by Lord Sugar to launch the latest task. But he is not buying the teams bubbly; he is setting them the challenge of raising awareness of English sparkling wine, which rivals champagne in quality, but not in market dominance.
It is a real issue for the industry - can the teams devise a brand and identity for the British product to compete with cava, prosecco and champagne? Their marketing campaigns will be judged on merit by discerning wine industry experts.
Half of each team stays in London to plan the marketing campaigns, while their team-mates head to a vineyard in Surrey to get better acquainted with the product. One team opts to stop off at Tesco to get a feel for the market, but cannot find a sommelier to explain which fizz sells best and why. At the vineyard there is plenty of sparkling wine on hand to sample, but tongues get tangled when one team takes the tasting too seriously. It leaves their sober London team-mates having to do all the work.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Lord Sugar |
Participant | Lord Sugar |
Participant | Nick Hewer |
Participant | Nick Hewer |
Participant | Karren Brady |
Participant | Karren Brady |
Executive Producer | Michele Kurland |
Executive Producer | Michele Kurland |
Executive Producer | Peter Moore |
Executive Producer | Peter Moore |
Series Producer | Cate Hall |
Series Producer | Cate Hall |
Broadcasts
The Final: Funny Bits
Radio 1 presenter and Apprentice superfan Matt Edmondson shows you his last Funny Bits.
Winner's Interview
The winner of The Apprentice 2012 has won a 拢250,000 investment from Lord Sugar.