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Inside The Apprentice star Rachel Woolford’s spacious North Studio gym – after businesswoman quit her job during the pandemic to embrace her passion for fitness

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After the typically explosive interviews, The Apprentice’s finalists were revealed as Phil Turner and Rachel Woolford last week.

The latter of them owns a boutique fitness studio, North Studio, with locations in her native Leeds as well as Harrogate.

She will be hoping to beat the Bognor Regis pie company owner in tomorrow’s final where they will have to pitch their business plans in a last attempt to convince Lord Sugar that they are worthy of the £250,000 investment.

With two studios after just a few of years running her business, Rachel is clearly someone with real business acumen.

She left her job in finance during the Covid-19 pandemic to turn her passion for fitness into a career.

Rachel Woolford is one boardroom away form being able to expand her exercise empire

The strength-training and cycling gyms are dark with neon lights and mirrors giving a futuristic feel

The strength-training and cycling gyms are dark with neon lights and mirrors giving a futuristic feel

Contrastingly the 'wellness centre' - for some workouts but also therapies and massage treatments - is well lit from outside with white walls and mirrors to provide a very natural and bright environment

Contrastingly the ‘wellness centre’ – for some workouts but also therapies and massage treatments – is well lit from outside with white walls and mirrors to provide a very natural and bright environment

Because of the context around its opening, the  Roundhay, Leeds, studio was built in 2020 with social distancing in mind.

This comes across with North Studio in Leeds, a spacious and modern gym.

It now offers a range of classes and sessions to classes including boxing, yoga, cycling and HIIT classes.

The strength-training and cycling gyms are dark with neon lights and mirrors giving a futuristic feel.

Contrastingly the ‘wellness centre’ – for some workouts but also therapies and massage treatments – is well lit from outside with white walls and mirrors to provide a very natural and bright environment. 

This decor bleeds into the ‘refuel kitchen’.

This healthy drinks bar offers fresh juices, smoothies and shakes daily offering ‘the best recipes for low-calorie replenishment, pre-workout energy boosts and protein packed muscle repair’.

It is filled with wooden tables and dark silver stools with the minimalist look reflecting the healthy items they have on offer.

North Studio also boasts a 'refuel centre' offering 'the best recipes for low-calorie replenishment, pre-workout energy boosts and protein packed muscle repair'

North Studio also boasts a ‘refuel centre’ offering ‘the best recipes for low-calorie replenishment, pre-workout energy boosts and protein packed muscle repair’

Both the wellness centre and refuel kitchen also have a splash of green decoration to encourage the feeling gym-goers have that they are close to nature

Both the wellness centre and refuel kitchen also have a splash of green decoration to encourage the feeling gym-goers have that they are close to nature

Rachel quit her job during the pandemic to launch her first studio in 2020

Rachel quit her job during the pandemic to launch her first studio in 2020

Both the wellness centre and refuel kitchen also have a splash of green decoration to encourage the feeling gym-goers have that they are close to nature.

Decoration at the Harrogate studio is much the same, although on a smaller scale – meaning no refuel kitchen for any of Rachel’s North Yorkshire customers.

Rachel is just one boardroom meeting with the business mogul away from potentially expanding this exercise empire even further.

The Apprentice final airs at 9pm tonight, April 18, on BBC One. 

The Apprentice final airs at 9pm tonight, April 18, on BBC One. Pictured: Rachel and fellow finalist Phil Turner

The Apprentice final airs at 9pm tonight, April 18, on BBC One. Pictured: Rachel and fellow finalist Phil Turner