Frankly, I never really had much interest in this show in yeas past, but that might have been because of my being young and naive. But now, with only a short little time left to find out what I want to do for a while, this show’s sorta suckered me in a bit with the whole entrepreneur pie selling.

Anyway, I think that Amy had terrible management skills in this challenge. She kept on pinning the blame onto poor Sam when they were back in the Board room, but really the blame falls on HER shoulders. She was supposed to organise the other members of the team, and any lack of organisation could have been fixed with her actually telling them to get their heads into the game. But she didn’t. She let them go about their own, each wanting to get it done their own way.

Also, her complaining about how the competition was supposed to be fair, etc. Really a stupid and invalid point when you think about it. The aim of the game is to outdo your opponents. And if Carmen and Mary Ann were still making pies, they had every right to keep on making pies.

Morello’s choice to seriously undervalue the pies while putting them on special was a great example of what NOT to do.. I think anyone with common sense would know that selling something below how much it cost to make is not a way to make a profit. However, I do see his logic when he makes the point that it’s better to sell them then to be left with them…

Anyhow, the shows suckered me in… Most likely gonna become a regular watcher now. Haha.

If you have Digital TV GO! Re-plays the show during the week. Check your guide for the times, but yeah you can see it.

OMG What an episode! Firstly I timer recorded it, which is never good as I forget how bloody late 9 runs.
So I only saw up to the whole “swipe” incident before the show stopped (I watched it tonight- Tuesday).

But I honestly thought carmen (is that it, Im terrible with names this early on) was completely in her right to grab that customer. God don’t Pinnical whinge a lot?
I mean, why come up and try to steal a customer from Evantas just to whinge when they steal him back? Duh!

Also this whole ‘home made’ business is a load of crock. I agree with what someone has already said here. It was made by hand, except for the last part. To me, that is HOME-MADE.
And you’re right, how can you cook like 600 pies in a home oven? idiots!

In anycase, as I said I didn’t see the last part (from “the swipe” on) and I would have loved to.
I will go out on a limb and say this now: I HATE MARELLO!
Never liked him from day bloody one!
I would have loved to have seen that smug face of his in the board room with the so called ‘bottom 3′.

Sad Amy had to go, but I guess she really didn’t do crap and spent most of the time on bloody t-shirts (rolls eyes).

Sabrina, sorry to say, needs to use her looks in a challenge. If you need to sell stuff and you’re like miss australia or whatever, then why not use that?!?

So far, not really having a fave, but if I had to I’d say Sam. At 19 he is far more intuative then the rest.

Oh, and the prize wasn’t a dinner at Quay. Guillaume Brahimi of Guillaume at Bennelong cooked a three course meal for them at the house. Now that’s a prize I’d be jealous of. Pity there were barely any shots of Guillaume nor of the food.

OH DEAR I just cant do it! I just CANT barrack for Carmen, blonde or not, she’s truly just too gauche. Makes my beloved Chris b look like Mother Teresa! Next nearest blonde is Heather. GO GIRL!

Morello a super saleman? Bouris you are kidding! His technique of selling is enough to make me squirm right off my easy chair. I’d better not say any more. but i think the white shoes and fedora with black hat band would suit!
And what sort of “business people” don’t work out the dreaded bottom line first?
Mr Bouris puh-lease! Since when has false advertising ever worried an Australian business man? How many people have been ripped off as a result of “the fine print” to quote just one example. Oh well Reality Raver, you said these shows are here to amuse us. I guess something like this does make me cack myself laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still the appearance of the “vita wheat” girl (another blonde) cheered me up during the ads.
In the end i think Amy was a little hard done by. She did not admittedly manage the team very well, but with a young typical gen-yer know it all working out costs and a salesman that didn’t know which end of the pie was up in his sales techniques, she was always going to take a hit for the team.
Pity all 3 were not fired

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Oh yeah, haha, that was so weird, like they were promoting an upcoming Rock Concert instead of a PIE.

I am still laughing about that bizarre marketing idea !