Did not watch tonight's episode, was attending a pre-season match which Vics 5-0 away at Clitheroe

Glad to hear Natasha has gone after the way she treated Susan last week and her epic fail as a project manager!

I can understand Susan's hesitation, but she was wrong to disagree. Peppers are native to Mexico, central and south Americas, but both sweet and chilli peppers have a huge role in British Cantonese cuisine. Like, a stir fry. It's easy to see why Susan messed up. Either way, she was wrong.

Actually they use cardboard for bedpans these days....

Surprised there was not more celebrations on here when Natasha went tonight

I thought she was ok on your fired and didn't think they went that tough on her, neither they should as there were 10 people went before her.

Banging body as well

I wondered whether any of them had been to a fast food restaurant in real life. When was the last time you were offered a menu and shown to a table in KFC or McD's? Devoting Susan to menu distribution just wasted the numerical advantage Jim's team had. Then when they realised people could find tables by themselves they put up annoying signs instead (queue here, pay here, wait here, complain here). Jim could have done with another pair of hands in the kitchen, given the complexity of what they were preparing.

Helen's team had a similar idea. "Have you eaten 100% British before?" is often going to get the answer "yes" (fish and chips anyone) so then what can you say? Still, it didn't harm their slick operation too much.

perhaps they were thinking of Arthur Shakespeare, William's cousin?

Or Sir Francis Marlowe who played the caracas in a Mexican band.

I was no fan of Natasha's, but I felt a bit sorry for her on YF last night - Dara's normally very good at making sure everyone is included in the discussion, particuarly the fired candidate, but as the programme went on Natasha looked more and more isolated stuck on the end of the panel while Dara often had his body turned away from her towards the three guests. There was the moment when the panel had fixated on the airline feel of Helen and Tom's restaurant - Natasha, off camera, tried to join in with a few comments about how well-turned out Helen always is, but no one turned to her to include her in the converstaion.

Of course, I know that the YF programme goes on for much longer than we see aired, and of course things moved around and edited to make them fit the half hour, but during the second half of what we saw it just seemed as if Natasha was more of a spectator than a participant on what should have been her moment to shine on her own. Some of the panel did have a lot to say, but it's not about them - Dara's job is to make sure it all flows as smoothly and fairly as it can so that we find out a bit more about the candidate and some of the bits we didn't see in the main programme with everything in balance. As I say, he's usually brilliant at that, and usually keeps just the right tone of gentle teasing humour without being cruel, but last night didn't seem like Natasha's night.

As for the main show, I enjoyed last night's instalment - quite enjoyed the cringe-making awfulness of everyone's general knowledge! Jim floundered a bit with his figures and showed a chink in his usually perfect armour. I'm afraid I'm with those who find Jim a too bit slimy as a character, though. I like Tom, I like his slightly off-the-wall approach to things, and I do think that what you see is pretty much what you get with him (no 'dark undercurrents there I don't think!). As someone else said earlier on this thread Tom always has pages and pages of ideas, of which only one needs to 'fly' if he wins the process. I also like Susie (don't shoot me!) because despite her youth, and her still very gauche and naive approach to handling other adults, I think really does have the drive and determination to make a business work (she's already done that bit) yet will still be a bit of a 'blank canvas' for LS to work with - if he can stand working with her! I think Susie means it when she says LS's opinion of her is the only one she cares about - I think she would try to listen to his advice as well as pushing her own ideas. As for Helen, well she doesn't really do anything for me - too good, too perfect, probably a really safe bet when the chips are down, but I'd rather seem someone who still needs some moulding in life get win, which I suppose takes me back to Susie.

Well, whoever wins, we only have to wait until Sunday now!

Clear winners all he way through.

I thought Natasha's comments about how Jim deflects attention away from himself by picking on others faults was spot on. he really is a snake.

I agree, he does do that, but what else should he do in the boardroom? The others all deflect, just like Jim. Even Tom threw some blame around the previous week. Where Jim's behaviour got very snake-like was in the car with Susan where she offered him an olive branch and he threw it back in her face. Not that she needed to do that, because it's every person for themselves from now on, but it's clearly in her nature to try and build bridges. Jim should have been pleased and relieved he had a place in the final after his fast food shambles, not bitter at Susan.

Natasha and Susan totally missed the main aim of the task. That was to create a brand/identity for a chain of fast food restaurants. All they did was create a simple one-off with a generic Mexican theme, and that part of the idea had to come from Jim and not them. They didn't even seem to try to do their part of the task. All they did was come up with a few motifs for the walls. Whether or not, the other teams 'MyPy' idea was a good one, it still was a brand/identity that could be sold.

.... and yet Jim did the market research for Mexican food so knew what was expected. It was Susan who had to tell him cold really wasn't good enough and after she'd done that he still couldn't organise his team into ensuring they were providing what was required. Quick hot food.

Jims father used to run a chippy (serial entrepreneur ?)
Perhaps that why he told him "wee boy, take no shit".
Meaning, just be rude and aggressive when we serve them cold crap food.