--- title: "The Rookie Team Building Event | Rocket Fuel" description: "Become a corporate apprentice with "The Rookie"! Conquer challenges, negotiate deals, and impress Lord Sweetener. Book your team building event today!" lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Rocket Fuel", "url": "https://rocketfuelevents.com", "logo": "https://rocketfuelevents.com/assets/logo.png", "description": "Find and book unforgettable corporate team building, wellness, incentive, and kickstarter events across the UK.", "sameAs": [] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Rookie", "description": "Step into the high-stakes world of corporate challenges with The Rookie, \"You're Hired!...or Fired!\", a dynamic team building experience inspired by popular business reality shows. This engaging event transforms your group into aspiring apprentices, tasked with a thrilling scavenger hunt. Participants will encounter the formidable Lord Sweetener, a fictional titan of industry (ranked among Forbes' wealthiest fictional individuals), who presents a list of eccentric and everyday items to procure.\n\nYour team's success hinges on shrewd negotiation, confident presentation, and clever bartering to secure the best deals in the local vicinity while managing a limited budget. Avoid incurring Lord Sweetener’s notorious displeasure! 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Nationwide 10 - 250 2 - 3 hours ## About this experience Step into the high-stakes world of corporate challenges with The Rookie, "You're Hired!...or Fired!", a dynamic team building experience inspired by popular business reality shows. This engaging event transforms your group into aspiring apprentices, tasked with a thrilling scavenger hunt. Participants will encounter the formidable Lord Sweetener, a fictional titan of industry (ranked among Forbes' wealthiest fictional individuals), who presents a list of eccentric and everyday items to procure. Your team's success hinges on shrewd negotiation, confident presentation, and clever bartering to secure the best deals in the local vicinity while managing a limited budget. Avoid incurring Lord Sweetener’s notorious displeasure! This flexible corporate team experience can be hosted at virtually any venue, requiring only an indoor space for initial briefing and final debrief. ## Key points Themed around the popular TV show "The Apprentice" Scavenger hunt challenge for weird and wonderful items Teams split into groups of up to 6 Blag, brag and barter to get the best deals Can be run from almost any venue Uniquely scripted to your chosen venue and location ## Host Rating 4.9(85) Hosted by [The Team Building Company](/host/the-team-building-company) ![Aspray Claims](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjUlZ8CemqW53NbNYByOeqCE2VZSgpD3hBYn_OUYbzqQI2fYuPw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo) Aspray Claims We booked The Team Building Company for our company's National Conference in January 2022. Our team thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon building a rollercoaster and, in a room full of people that deal with property and construction daily, it became rather competitive. We would highly recommend The Team Building Company for company events; we certainly had a blast. Read more ![charlotte williams](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIM5HiLzhMHGQKN5WsQr8Y2No1lHRViHs2K57GnBrWOxCBmpQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo) charlotte williams Used The Team Building Company for a corporate away day to bring together the team who have all been working remotely for the last 20 months. They were fantastic! Their set up was professional and presentation skills were amazing. They organized 60 loud sales people with ease and our staff had nothing but great feedback on the event. Our host Dan was an absolute star! Will definitely be using them again! Read more ![S Whyte](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIWuE-_uJfygcsmJF_I2w3KscXTnWApjMkloVt5sR5Mt3_C3A=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo) S Whyte 2nd time I have used this company. Both events have been fantastic. Loved the CSI event 06/09/2024, thanks to James and team for making it so much fun, you were all superb in your roles. Everyone had a great time and the bonus was I was on the winning team 😁 ![Yasmin Jordan](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLsPNNJnt-JuqEpSGdjsm_VRjvoOE8Q9mfgtw6vvTOGygSFbQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo) Yasmin Jordan A massive thank you to The Team Building Company! We chose the rollercoaster activities and it was absolutely amazing and really got all of our team up and contributing we will 100% be using you guys again for our next team building meetings! ![Stacey Rickford](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjXT5c6BuAfqpXb0dPIOGCodsotxQgo6oOx5dEkRgS_jnJWwnM8=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo) Stacey Rickford My team really enjoyed the Da Vinci Design workshop (even though there was some scientism to begin with!). Of all the events we did at our offsite, this was undoubtedly the best for team building; everyone enjoyed it and I noticed a tangible change in the team dynamic between the start and end of the workshop. Well done The Team Building Company - you got this one just right! Read more ### Enquire Direct & plant 1 tree. Go on, be a hero. I'd like to receive occasional updates and offers from Rocket Fuel Launch EnquiryClick to Reveal Phone Number Enquiries are sent directly to the host. No middlemen, no fuss – just unforgettable experiences. By submitting this form, you consent to us processing your data to handle your enquiry in accordance with our [privacy policy](/privacy-policy). 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