Cheryl Tiegs feels like a loner on the women’s team and Victoria Gotti is already done with Debbie Gibson and it is only Day 1.Lou Ferrigno reminds his team that he is almost completely deaf and that he has to read lips. Paul Teutal gets picked as the first Project Manager because he has many years of experience in business. Patricia Velasquez volunteers as PM for the women.

The teams meet up with Donald, Don and Ivanka in the boardroom. Trump tells the teams Marco Andretti will not be participating in the task because he just lost a dear friend. His father, Michael will step in for him.

THE ASSIGNMENT
The first task is a celebrity sandwich-sell-off. The men want to sell easy-to-make the sandwiches with relatable titles such as “The Chopper.”

Patricia wants to do “Celebrity Carnivale.” Debbie comes up with a red-carpet idea with her singing out front to attract customers.

Ivanka stops by the deli to see how Unanimous is doing but Paul feels like she is interrupting their work. Ivanka likes the team’s aggressive nature.The women are calling their friends to come to their event but Cheryl admits that she is going to hold off on calling the heavy hitters she knows for her own charity.

Michael shows up mid-task to compete with Unanimous.  Patricia thinks Cafe Metro is the perfect venue for a celebrity event. Debbie engages in a lot of gossip; Victoria did wake up on time on the day of competition

The women pull out all of the stops and even invite former contestant, Carol Alt. Wyclef Jean showed up and donated $15,000 because he was one of the kids of this charity as was Patricia.Wyclef and Debbie sang together. On the men’s team, Penn gets a crowd in and Clay Aiken shocked everyone by being top seller.

Donald Trump calls the PMs and asks them to bring their best celebrity sandwich to The Rachael Ray Show. The taste test winner will get a bonus for their team. Victoria and Lisa represent Forte with the Celebrity Club Internationale while Arsenio and Adam show up for Unanimous with the Chopper.

THE BOARDROOM
The women set a first episode record by raising $126,962 in the first episode. The Rachel Ray winner is Unanimous who get an additional $35,000 added to the money they raised. The men raised $367,120, $305K of it came from one of Paul’s friend’s alone. The men win! Patricia must choose who she will bring back to the boardroom with her and she picks Cheryl and Victoria.Trump feels bad that he has to fire someone from Forte because they did such a great job. Patricia feels that she worked very hard but felt that some people held back. She says if she could fire someone, it would be Cheryl.

Cheryl compliments Patricia on a job well done and Trump questions how Cheryl feels in this game. Cheryl admits Celebrity Apprentice may not be for her. Trump agrees and fires CHERYL TIEGS.