During the second episode, which aired on Thursday 12th January, Shannon Martin<\/a> made the decision to leave the show.<\/p>\n Martin, who is a bridal boutique owner, revealed the news after this week\u2019s task, during which the contestants had to sell bao buns to the public and pitch a bespoke bun to corporate client.<\/p>\n Following her exit, Shannon revealed the reason she quit the show as she admitted she\u2019d had \u201cdoubts\u201d prior to signing up.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that going into the process, I was already having some doubts of whether I should go in or not,\u201d she explained. \u201cBut when you\u2019re given such an amazing opportunity, you\u2019re not ever going to turn that down, it\u2019s an opportunity of a lifetime that I\u2019m forever grateful for.\u201d<\/p>\n Shannon says she struggled to focus on the tasks at hand as she was worrying about her own business back home in West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cDuring the bao bun task, I was there in the kitchen thinking, \u2018Why am I here? What am I doing here making bao buns in a kitchen when I can\u2019t cook as it is?\u2019 I just really felt like I couldn\u2019t focus on the tasks because I was constantly thinking about what was going on at home. What\u2019s happening with the business? Is everything OK?<\/p>\n \u201cI knew in the back of my mind that of course everything would be OK, the team are amazing. But I\u2019m a perfectionist, I need to know what\u2019s going on all the time and not being able to know how things were going on at home or what was happening at work was really hard for me. The unknown is definitely not something I\u2019m good at.\u201d<\/p>\n Shannon finally decided to leave the show, adding: \u201cThe more I thought about it, the more I thought, \u2018Am I in here for the right reasons? Do I really want a business partner? Is this what I want? Do I want my life to change?\u2019 and it really made me realise I love my life, I love the team and I love everything about my life.\u201d<\/p> While Shannon believes that she has what it take to win the show, she says: \u201cI wasn\u2019t in it for the right reasons\u201d and \u201cthere were more deserving people there than me and it was not right for me to stay in the process\u201d.<\/p>\n The bridal boutique owner quit the show before finding out that the girls had actually won this week\u2019s task and made more profit than the boys. Had she have stayed, Martin would have progressed to the following week.<\/p>\n This meant that Lord Sugar still had some firing to do, with one of the boys at risk of going home. It was later decided that Kevin D\u2019Arcy<\/a> from Dublin would be leaving,<\/p>\n \u201cKevin, you sold the bao buns too low. You were more focused on revenue rather than profit and so it is with regret, you\u2019re fired,\u201d Lord Sugar explained as he gave Kevin the firing finger<\/a>.<\/p> ![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/The-Apprentice-candidate-Shannon-Martin-e001874.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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