"I was there so many times."
Following his exit from The Apprentice, Virdi Singh Mazaria revealed an unexpected aspect of the show that he enjoyed.
Week seven saw candidates tasked with putting on a bespoke tour for clients in Budapest, Hungary.
Unfortunately for Virdi and his team, they ended up losing.
It was Virdi’s seventh loss and due to displaying poor logistics, he was ultimately fired.
He has now shared his experience on the show and there was one particular part that he enjoyed.
Virdi revealed: “I actually quite liked The Apprentice‘s losers’ cafe, after all, I was there seven times.
“My favourite thing about the cafe was the fact that the owners knew my order straight away because I was there so many times.
“I’d sit down and my coffee would just be ready for me to drink.”
Despite being fired, Virdi believes it will be the start of a career in television.
“It might be the end of my journey on The Apprentice but it’s just the start when it comes to my TV career.
“Reality TV or perhaps a role in a soap because I’ve always wanted to do some acting.
“I’m all ears for any offers. So if you’re out there and you want me on TV, give me a call. Celebrity Big Brother, I’m ready.
“The Apprentice‘s boardroom is definitely as intense as they make it out to be while you’re watching it, if not more so.
“Mainly I felt the tension in task one, being project manager and being so close to getting fired.
“But after that, honestly, because I spent a lot of time in there, I was a lot more chilled.
“I realised being a bit more calm and collected with your thoughts was a lot more beneficial than trying to be erratic and letting the pressure get to you.
“Do you know what? I actually quite liked it.
“What I used to motivate me was the fact that when you are losing, you are not really losing unless you are getting fired.
“More time in the boardroom was more time to get to know Lord Sugar and more time for him to get to know me.
“I’m so happy that we created our bond and I strongly believe he has a soft spot for me.”
As Virdi left the boardroom, Lord Sugar said: “Stay in touch.”
On remaining in contact with Lord Sugar, Virdi told Yahoo:
“I would 100% reach out to Lord Sugar in the future.
“He’s not really said to anyone else to ‘stay in touch’ since the process started and I’ll definitely take him up on that offer.
“But only when it’s right – I’m not gonna message him to just ask him to go watch the football on the weekend.
“When I need proper business advice, hopefully he has the time to chat with me.
“There definitely is a friendship element there because when I told him that ‘he sees himself in me’, he had a nice little smile.
“When it comes to business, I’m sure we can make it work. But for now I’m on my own journey and I’m going to see how far I can take it.”
Although Virdi was fired, he feels he did not perform the worst in the task.
“In this task, I wasn’t the worst performing candidate.”
“If it was solely on the task, Foluso Falade should have been fired.
“There were quite a few times where I would say, ‘Are you sure we don’t want to change locations? Because it’s not as busy right now, people are not as responsive here. Let’s move’.
“But Foluso decided to stay and waste a lot of time in the areas that we shouldn’t have. That made us panic sell at the end for a lot lower price than we should have.”
However, he understood Lord Sugar’s decision to eliminate him.
“In the boardroom, I was up against Rachel Woolford and Foluso.
“Before then, they never lost a task but that was my seventh loss. So when you come to look at the whole process, I understand Lord Alan Sugar’s decision and I respect it.
“Maybe, I should have been the one to be fired for that episode.”
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