Alana Spencer's Biography

Who is Alana Spencer?

Alana Spemcer was a 24 year-old owner of a cake factory, living in Ceredigion, Wales, when she entered The Apprentice series 12.

She started her first business, which was a chocolate company, when she was just 17.

On 29 September 2016, Aberdare Online reported that Alana Spencer had apologised for calling members of the travelling community “chav pikeys” and “jobless pikey scum” on her social media accounts between 2010 and 2012.

Alana Spencer made it through to win the final of The Apprentice in 2016, narrowly winning out over Courtney Wood.

In her audition for The Apprentice Alana Spencer said: “I am incredibly hard working, driven, and focused.”

After her victory in The Apprentice, Alana Spencer joined forces in her cake company with Lord Sugar. It became Ridiculously Rich by Alana, having been called Narna's Cakes, when she founded it in 2010.

Her boyfriend Bart Thomas also worked for the company.

In December 2017, the Food Standards Agency ordered her to recall cakes and bars over labelling inaccuracies.

She later bought up Lord Sugar's shares in Ridiculously Rich by Alana and they parted company.

Alana's Audition Video