Sunday, July 17, 2011

Our Jim makes Apprentice final

14 July 2011 Last updated at 11:34 GMT Jim Eastwood from the Apprentice Jim made the final despite his Mexican restaurant challenge not going well Northern Ireland's contender has negotiated a Mexican stand-off to make it through to the final of the BBC's Apprentice series.

Cookstown man, Jim Eastwood, is down to the final four of this year's competition.

On Wednesday night's show, he narrowly missed being fired by Lord Sugar when he named a Mexican restaurant after the capital of Venezuela.

The winner will get a ?250,000 investment and work for Lord Sugar.

But the 32-year-old's dreams nearly came unstuck when his leadership of a fast food challenge was criticised, particularly his naming of a Mexican restaurant "Caracas".

Jim said it was a play on the Mexican word "maracas" but Lord Sugar was not impressed. He was also criticised for his management of the project.

The final four - Jim, Susan Ma, Helen Milligan and Tom Pellereau - will face a grilling from Lord Sugar's trusted allies on Sunday.

Interviewers Claude Littner, Mike Soutar, Matthew Riley and Margaret Mountford join the selection process to tear the quartet's business proposals apart.

Lord Sugar said: "Once my trusted colleagues get them under the microscope I have no doubt that flaws will be uncovered, and we will see who truly warrants my investment."


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