Carina Lepore

Carina Lepore is a British businesswoman and media personality. She is best known for being the 15th winner of The Apprentice. After winning the show, Lepore entered into a 50:50 partnership with Lord Sugar with bakery business Dough Artisan Bakehouse.[1]

Carina Lepore
Born
Croydon, London
NationalityBritish
EducationHarris City Academy Crystal Palace
OccupationBusinesswoman • Media Personality
Websitewww.doughbakehouse.co.uk

Early life

Lepore was a student at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace from 1998 to 2004, subsequently leaving education when she was 18. After leaving school, Lepore opened a fashion store in Croydon and later went onto to work for retailer Marks and Spencer for ten years. Lepore left her job at M&S in 2017 to join her father's bakery business in Herne Hill, following an incident which caused the site to burn down.[2] In an interview with The Times, Lepore said: "in large part to help Dad, who was at an all-time low."[3]

The Apprentice
Main article: The Apprentice (British series 15)

In 2019, Lepore won the 15th series of British reality TV show The Apprentice. After winning the show, she entered into a 50:50 partnership with Lord Sugar, who also invests £250,000 into the winners' businesses.[1][4] Lepore became the most successful Apprentice candidate in history, with nine out of ten task wins and three of which as the project manager.[5]

After winning The Apprentice, Lepore told the Press Association, "It's like this euphoric relief. I was so overwhelmed and so happy. It's a feeling that I haven't really felt."[1]

Dough Artisan Bakehouse

On 8 September 2020, Lepore held a press launch for her second bakery which was opened in Beckenham in south-east London.[6]

In the same month as the launch, a local newspaper reported police were called to Lepore's Beckenham bakery, following complaints raised by residents over a private party which disobeyed coronavirus regulations.[7]

References
  1. "The Apprentice 2019: Lord Sugar says 'You're hired' to his latest winner". BBC News. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  2. McKinnell, Ellie (2020-02-02). "Croydon Apprentice winner returns to old school to surprise pupils". MyLondon. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  3. Membery, York. "Carina Lepore: I will not fritter away Apprentice £250k prize". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  4. "The Apprentice Official Website". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  5. "Carina is now the most successful candidate in Apprentice history". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  6. Yaqoob, Janine (2020-09-12). "Lord Alan Sugar opens a second bakery but says he worries about his bottom line". mirror. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  7. "Police called to Apprentice winner's bakery after Covid party complaints". News Shopper. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
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