This year's hopeful entrepreneurs compete for a £250,000 investment to start their own company with Alan Sugar being their business partner. The 16 contestants are split into two teams and are sent to New Covent Garden Market, where they are given £250 to invest in fresh fruit and vegetables. The teams then have to use their ingredients to make tempting juices, fruit salads and pasta meals to cater for London's hungry workforce. One of the members of the loosing team is fired by Alan at the end of the show.
Season 7 Episode 1 of The Apprentice (UK) resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The Apprentice sees fourteen candidates, competing against each other for a position at Lord Alan Sugar's company. Each week the candidates take part in a task set by Lord Sugar. Each team will have a Team Leader who managers that group for that task.
The team that performs the best will win a reward and avoid the boardroom. The losing team will be summoned to the boardroom where their team leader will be forced to pick two people in their team who we join them in the boardroom and a chance to be fired.
After twelve weeks Lord Sugar will be left with his Apprentice, who will work for him at a salary of £100,000. Lord Sugar is very busy so he has Nick and Karen, who act as his eyes and ears, to inform him of what's going on.