Rachel Woolford, owner of boutique gym North Studio in Roundhay, will battle it out with pie maker Phil Turner for Lord Sugar’s £250,000 investment. The pair made it to the gruelling interview stage on Thursday night’s episode, which saw Rachel’s fellow Leeds contestant Dr Paul Midha reject an offer from Lord Sugar. The cosmetic dentist, who owns VICI Dental Group on Albion Place, said he couldn’t give Lord Sugar a 50% stake in his current business, and was subsequently fired. The next episode...
As the much-anticipated 18th series of the BBC hit show returned earlier this year, 18 new contestants gave their all to impress business tycoon Lord Alan Sugar and his companions Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell MBE. Rachel Woolford and her fellow Leeds contestant Dr Paul Midha picked off the competition as they both made it through to the gruelling interview stages. But after Dr Paul turned down an offer from Lord Sugar, it was Rachel who made it through to the grand final, where she...
The owner of boutique gym North Studio in Roundhay and Harrogate, Rachel battled it out with pie maker Phil Turner in Thursday’s grand final. The economics graduate impressed Lord Sugar with her proposal to expand her boutique fitness studios across the north of England. Sign up today and get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox, with the YEP’s free newsletter Rachel left her job in finance to pursue her love for fitness - and at the time of launch, North Studio had to be...
The Leeds business owner will battle it out with pie maker Phil Turner in the grand final of the BBC One show, which will air on Thursday night. The final five took on the gruelling interview stage in last week’s episode, which eventually saw Leeds dentist Dr Paul Midha reject an offer from Lord Sugar. But Rachel, owner of boutique gym North Studio in Roundhay and Harrogate, has now shared what really happened during the infamous interviews. Posting on Instagram, she said: “We were with the...