The Apprentice 2021 winner Harpreet Kaur has opened up about her relationship with co-star Akshay Thakrar, which they announced in August last year, after the show ended.

Harpreet, 31, became Lord Sugar’s latest business partner after her tasty dessert parlours won him over. 

Not long later, Akshay, 28, who was a fan-favourite candidate, and Harpreet announced they were dating, in a cute post captioned: ‘The best things in life happen unexpectedly.’

Appearing on You’re Fired with Tom Allen on Thursday, the Oh So Yum! entrepreneur opened up about their relationship, while Akshay was sat in the audience.

Tom probed Akshay: ‘Akshay, you were a candidate in last year’s process, but there’s also another reason you’re here, isn’t there?’ before he turned to Harpreet and added: ‘Isn’t that right Harpreet?’

While Karren Brady chuckled sitting next to Harpreet, the previous winner continued: ‘Oh yeah. Well since the show and in the past few months, you know, something has blossomed between us.’

Harpreet teased the juicy details (Picture: BBC)

‘Is it a £250,000 investment?’ Tom probed, adding: ‘Wow, how romantic!’

‘You’re so nosey Tom,’ Karen chided, before he continued: ‘Well yeah, but you want to know, don’t you? It’s nice to know where dreams come together, it’s lovely!’

‘You literally found love in a hopeless place,’ he quipped.

Akshay insisted nothing happened during their time on the show (Picture: BBC)

‘I feel like you’re waiting for more juicy details,’ Harpreet teased, before adding that there was ‘no flirting’ while they were filming the show together.

‘I think we were really focused on the process, focused on the tasks, there was absolutely nothing going on at the house.

‘I think going through the process and coming out of it, we built a friendship and it went from there. Everything after the show.’

Harpreet became Lord Sugar’s business partner (Picture: PA)

She then admitted she hasn’t been sliding into anyone’s DMs, before Akshay spoke about how surprised he was to find love on a business show.

‘I was just in the boardroom all the time,’ he joked.

‘Me and Harpreet hardly spoke on the show hardly, because we never worked on the same team.

‘And even while the show aired, we hardly spoke, it’s only after, I was like, “Let’s grab dinner,” she was like, “No, I can only do lunch,” I said, “Fine”, and then we really connected, our mindsets really connected.’

The pair announced they were dating last Summer after the show aired (Picture: Harpreet Kaur Instagram)

Harpreet penned: ‘A special someone has swept me unexpectedly off my feet’ (Picture: Instagram Harpreet Kaur)

When the pair confirmed they were dating wth a series of sweet snaps last summer, Harpreet penned: ‘The best things in life happen unexpectedly ❤️.

‘I love sharing my Oh So Yum business journey with you all but this time….it’s a personal one 🥰.

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Harpreet continued: ’Since coming out of The Apprentice house, my life has been a complete whirlwind in more ways than one. 

‘Over the past three months, a special someone has swept me unexpectedly off my feet & I cannot wait to see where this journey takes us ❤️ @akshay.thakrar.’

The Apprentice continues on BBC One on Thursday at 9pm and The Apprentice: You’re Fired airs at 10pm on BBC Two.

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‘I think going through the process and coming out of it, we built a friendship and it went from there.’