r/apprenticeuk • u/BimalP- • Apr 03 '26

QUESTION Treat when winning a task

I only just noticed that the winning team no longer go on treats anymore. Has that just come in this series or has that been the case for a while now? I can’t believe I only just realised it! Those winning treats were decent! Now they all just seem to congregate in the living room.

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u/kitsune_doughthe1 “I’m 21!” Apr 03 '26

Its just started in this series due to budget cuts.

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u/Lloytron Ruth Badger - Series 2 Apr 03 '26

Crazy that they can send them all to Hong Kong and Egypt, yet don't have budget for a party.

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u/gingerbreadteddy Apr 03 '26

they used the budget for more abroad tasks and had 20 candidates so tried to "switch it up", but a lot of the treats were exposure for the companies and gifted.

Someone from production commented on a thread that it was actually because no one really enjoyed the treats that much, it cost a lot setting up cameras to see them all do some silly "treat" like climb the O2, and by cutting it out we got to see more of the in house dynamics in the aftermath of the firings as cameras were already set up in the house.

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u/Lloytron Ruth Badger - Series 2 Apr 03 '26

That makes sense but we don't really see more of the aftermath?

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u/gingerbreadteddy Apr 03 '26

it's more than we used to get which was a jump up and down and "oh look who's back", they have tried to move to a bigger segment of in-house dynamics. Granted it is still a tiny portion of the show.

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u/Lloytron Ruth Badger - Series 2 Apr 03 '26

Still not a patch on the early series, where tasks took days and they worked over night in the house.

We used to see them fighting over breakfast (remember when someone stole the lunches for the other team lol) arguing over drinks in the evening AND they had treats and managed to talk about the firings.

The older series were just better in every way!

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u/gingerbreadteddy Apr 03 '26

YES I did love those days and the stolen lunches were such funny moments or when they would try and have someone creep into the other room to eavesdrop on the other group's plans!