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00:00Previously on Holiday Baking Championship,
00:03our Naughty team and our Nice team
00:04got cracking with meringue-based desserts.
00:07Y'all think we're gonna win this one, Team Nice?
00:09Let's do it, Team Nice!
00:11Over on the Naughty side.
00:13Pick that plate, bring me another one.
00:14Tariq's helping out Daniel.
00:15Ashley's helping out Nico.
00:17Charles is by himself.
00:18Ashley seems to be dominating this team at the moment.
00:20I think it's time to dethrone her.
00:22Now, where is my meringue?
00:24I don't see it.
00:26But the Naughty team lost another baker.
00:28Daniel, I'm sorry, your dessert deflated.
00:31You're gonna be leaving us.
00:37Back in the hallway kitchen.
00:40Hanging up some ornaments.
00:41Setting up the wreath.
00:43Oh, hey, bakers.
00:44Hey, Desi.
00:46I just love a decked-out wreath.
00:48So I'm adding a few touches.
00:49Not bad, right?
00:50Looks great.
00:51Right?
00:52Phenomenal.
00:54Oh, a wreath really raises the holiday spirit.
00:57Sure does.
00:58So, for your challenge, you must each create an over-the-top holiday wreath dessert.
01:04Okay.
01:05Oh, my God.
01:06Oh, God.
01:07Interesting.
01:08Oh, and there's another little surprise.
01:10Of course.
01:11Yeah, why not?
01:12You see, the holiday rush is now picking up traction, and time is getting tighter.
01:17Oh, my God.
01:18Oh, my God.
01:19This is your only challenge today.
01:21Oh, wow.
01:22Okay.
01:23This is your main heat.
01:25One baker will be going home after this bake.
01:28I just got chills.
01:29There is no warm-up.
01:30We go straight into that elimination round.
01:33Oh, no.
01:34Okay.
01:35Okay.
01:36Okay.
01:37So, let's do it.
01:38Anyways, just do it.
01:40You can make your wreath out of anything you like.
01:42Represent your team by leaning naughty or nice with your decorations or with your flavor
01:47choices.
01:48Your wreath must be stunningly decorated for the holidays and perfectly executed.
01:54That makes me a little nervous.
01:55I'm just hoping I live up to the high expectations of me from the judges.
01:59Ah, there is one more little surprise before we start.
02:02Come on.
02:03Another one.
02:04The team who won the last challenge, the nice team.
02:08Oh, God.
02:10You may choose an advantage.
02:12Oh.
02:13Okay.
02:14All right.
02:15Come on.
02:16The nice advantage is an exclusive basket filled with decorating items like gold leaf,
02:21piping tips, and special cookie cutters to help make your wreaths pop.
02:25Yes.
02:26That's what we need.
02:27Or you can choose the naughty advantage.
02:29Which is?
02:30Which is?
02:31Take a vital piece of equipment from the other side.
02:34Oh.
02:35There's stand mixers.
02:36Oh, my God.
02:37That's evil.
02:38I feel like the decorations.
02:39The decorations would be more beneficial for us.
02:42Yes.
02:43Yes.
02:44Strategically, it makes sense to go with that naughty option.
02:45I think we're all in agreement we're going to go with the decoration basket.
02:48The decoration, yeah.
02:49We're going for the nice advantage.
02:50Okay.
02:51And we're a nice team, so we're not going to lose.
02:52Yes.
02:53We're nice.
02:54That was a questionable choice.
02:55I...
02:56can't believe it.
02:57All right.
02:58Two and a half hours.
02:59And your baking time starts...
03:01now.
03:02Woo!
03:03Made it mine.
03:06We still have all six people on Team Nice, so I think it's paying off to be nice.
03:11Team Naughty.
03:12Four people.
03:13One of us needs to win this.
03:15We cannot lose.
03:16Okay.
03:17It's so important to keep the numbers on our side in this game.
03:19Take your time.
03:20Do it consciously.
03:21The more representatives you have on your team, the more chances you have of having that
03:26winning dessert.
03:27Team Nice on three.
03:28One, two, three.
03:29Team Nice!
03:30I'm so scared.
03:31That's okay, buddy.
03:32We got this, all right?
03:33I feel good.
03:34I feel like I can do this one.
03:37This is like a cake I make...
03:38Don't stress.
03:39Don't stress.
03:40This is a cake I make a hundred times.
03:41I've been bottom two on my team twice.
03:43I feel like right now I'm kind of hanging on by a thread.
03:46I need to make sure that everything is on another level.
03:53Definitely good.
03:54I'm making chocolate cupcakes with a chocolate pretzel and brown butter crust and a peanut
03:59butter mousse filling.
04:01It's pretty unusual for a cupcake to have across, but it's such a good idea.
04:04Especially because this is going to be like a very soft dessert.
04:06I want to have a crunch factor in there.
04:08For decor, my inspiration is my siblings.
04:11Every holiday season, right, we get our stocking full of just treats and candy.
04:15We'll like play games and just trade the candy similar to how we do in Halloween.
04:19I'm arranging the cupcakes in a wreath shape and then decorating the whole thing with green,
04:24buttercream frosting, and my toppings.
04:27Tempered chocolate, some honeycomb, and chocolate-covered candied peanuts with like a Fouillotine crunch.
04:32I'm making some of my own candies.
04:33I also want the decorations to not just look good, but add something to the dessert.
04:38Just a little touch.
04:40Candy, especially during the holiday season, can be seen as somewhat naughty.
04:44Candy's bad for you.
04:48Look at that.
04:49I do not have that much experience with wreath growing up,
04:52because seeing I grew up in a Jewish household.
04:55So I'm going to make a wreath shaped like a Star of David
04:59to really celebrate the Jewish people in the holiday season.
05:04And obviously I'm on the naughty team.
05:06So what's the naughtiest thing that a Jew can do?
05:09Eat some bacon.
05:10So I am making pecan, chocolate chips, and bacon blondies
05:15with a maple blonde chocolate with ganache
05:18and a maple cream cheese frosting topped with candied bacon.
05:23And I will have a little pig eating some bacon.
05:27That's why I'm on the naughty team. I break the rules.
05:34I don't know how many bananas I need, but I'd rather just take them all.
05:37The challenge is a wreath dessert.
05:40So I am making a banana blonde chocolate bundt cake
05:43with a lime caramel center.
05:45Blonde chocolate.
05:46It can be really sweet.
05:47And so the lime can just balance out that sweetness.
05:50I don't need all the nice cutters and piping tips for decorating,
05:54because I'm going to make a nice stable buttercream
05:56to pipe all my kind of leaf design.
05:59I'm decorating it to be a modern wreath.
06:03Very classy, metallic ornaments.
06:05But I'm going to have my childhood cat made out of gum paste
06:08pulling the lights off of the wreath
06:10to show the naughty element of my wreath.
06:12As the creative mind of me as a seven-year-old,
06:15I dubbed the name Dusty to this gray cat.
06:18She liked to play with the ornaments and stuff,
06:20so it's a little bit of homage to her naughty side, I guess.
06:23Into the oven.
06:25Alex, how we doing?
06:26Good. Good. How are you?
06:28I'm doing great defending main heat champion.
06:30That thing was amazing.
06:32It felt really good.
06:33And it's amazing to have saved my entire team from elimination.
06:36Hey, Tarek, you feeling nervous having Alex right here
06:39in your grill?
06:40Yeah, honestly.
06:41Shaking in his little boots over there.
06:45Double front bicep for Alexis.
06:47Don't have a license for this gun show, you know?
06:49So you've got to make a wreath dessert.
06:50Yes.
06:51So I'm making a black forest milk wheel.
06:53So I'm going to use this fluted pie pan to make a wreath.
06:57I have some chocolate cremeux, a cherry and kirsch gel,
07:01some stabilized whipped cream, chocolate almond crunch
07:04in the middle.
07:05Wow.
07:06And then to decorate it, I'm going to add some fun little
07:10puff pastry ornaments and trees, some fresh cherries.
07:14Awesome.
07:15Thank you so much.
07:16Can I have full iced coffees?
07:18Yeah, of course.
07:20Stirring my shoe base.
07:25Perfect texture.
07:26I am making a shoe pastry wreath with green sesame cracklin cream
07:32puffs with vanilla cream and sugar plum black cherry jam.
07:36I want to make cream puffs because growing up my mom had a bunch
07:41of these different decorative wreaths that were colorful balls
07:45kind of glued together.
07:46And I wanted to recreate it.
07:47Got to pat down the hats.
07:49I think I'm going to have the cream puffs all in a circle,
07:52like a wreath.
07:53Pipe my cream and my jam on top to give an ornamental vibe,
07:58maybe a bow, nothing too crazy.
08:00A wreath is inherently nice.
08:04Two hours left, bakers.
08:06Our judges are looking for show-stopping desserts.
08:10It is stressful only having the one bake because I haven't done
08:13so well in the last few, and I feel like this is my only chance
08:17to redeem myself.
08:19All of my desserts have been really messy.
08:22One of my favorite Christmas cookies that we leave for Santa
08:25every year is Snickerdoodle.
08:27So I am making a Snickerdoodle cookie cake filled with apple
08:30whiskey compote and a hazelnut crunch nougat.
08:35I'm going to make it look like a wreath because it will be
08:37circular with a hole in it.
08:39To decorate, I'm going to just adorn the whole thing in my
08:43Swiss meringue buttercream in really pastel and silvery colors
08:48to look like my Grandma Maxine's wreath.
08:51I have Grandma Maxine's wreath and I have her holiday village
08:55that we keep up year-round because I'm too lazy to take a ton
08:58out of our buffet.
08:59But hanging our wreath with my kids, that signifies this is the
09:04beginning of the holidays.
09:06I'm really going to focus on deco today, my buttercream,
09:09and not being messy.
09:12Hey JC, do you think I'd have to make it green or could I make it
09:15look like a wreath but be white?
09:17Green will be very understandable like right away.
09:21Right.
09:22But I think where you live snows a lot.
09:24Yes.
09:25So.
09:26It's true.
09:27That's true.
09:28Our team has not lost anybody yet, which is amazing.
09:31I think we all work really well together.
09:34I'm like fresh out of culinary school.
09:36These people have probably been in the industry for as long as
09:38I've been alive.
09:39It's like intimidating, but also like inspiring.
09:42Like I'm here.
09:43I'm doing it.
09:44I'm kind of focusing on keeping my flavors simple, but good.
09:48Today I am making a pumpkin bundt cake.
09:50I have never made a wreath dessert before.
09:52I know I can make a good pumpkin bundt cake, but making it wreath like
09:56is a bit harder.
09:57I am making pumpkin because my boyfriend Jake, his favorite thing
10:01ever is a pumpkin roll.
10:02His birthday is in October.
10:03So I always make him a pumpkin roll for his birthday and then for
10:06Christmas too.
10:07Hello.
10:08Hello.
10:09I love coming over to your station and just seeing a bit of
10:11smile on your face.
10:13What are you making?
10:14So I'm making a pumpkin bundt cake and I'm kind of going to do
10:18like a cream cheese frosting on top.
10:19I'm going to decorate it with some little gingerbread cookies and
10:23dried out citrus wheels.
10:25Your bundt cake sounds delicious.
10:26Yeah.
10:27Hey Charles, she's also making a bundt cake.
10:30Let the best baker win.
10:32All that I know is Charles hasn't won a preheat yet.
10:35Oh.
10:36No comments.
10:39That's what I thought Charles.
10:41Keep doing it.
10:43All right.
10:46Anybody willing to get coffee today?
10:50I can go grab it for us.
10:53Ice or hot.
10:54Ice please.
10:55I think I have taken on the role of mom figure.
11:00Ice Americano please.
11:01Like, I'll get y'all coffee all day.
11:03Ice Americano, pumpkin spice latte.
11:06Okay.
11:07Rub your back.
11:08Like you need a bath drawn.
11:10Like, because I'm still in that role that I want to nurture
11:14those around me.
11:18Oh, that's Chase's.
11:20Hey Chase.
11:22Your sheet tray is warped.
11:23What sheet tray?
11:24It's yours on the top of it, right?
11:25That's not my sheet tray.
11:26Oh, who's that?
11:27That's yours?
11:28It's warped.
11:29It's warped.
11:30What in the?
11:31Unfortunately, this happens to a sheet pan all the time.
11:37This is not good.
11:39This is going to be uneven and not baked perfectly.
11:42This sucks.
11:43Cake pan?
11:44Do not even have to remake cake batter.
11:50This is ridiculous.
11:5390 minutes left, bakers.
11:55Holiday wreath desserts.
11:57Oh, and remember the best dessert in this challenge.
11:59That wins immunity for your whole team.
12:02Thank you, Jesse.
12:03A sheet pan warped in the oven.
12:05I already feel like I'm behind taking care of my teammates.
12:08And now I'm feeling really, really, really,
12:12pissed off.
12:14Okay.
12:15I really just want to use what I have.
12:18I'm fearful there's not enough, but we're going to go for it.
12:23I have an iced Americano.
12:27It's delicious.
12:30The vibe in the naughty kitchen today is work hard.
12:32We've got to get it going because we've now lost two people
12:34and we can't afford to lose anymore.
12:36But I'm really happy with the way that this texture of this mousse came out.
12:39Oh, hey.
12:40Oh, hi.
12:41What are you doing?
12:42So I am, I, my future sister-in-law actually lives in the Cayman Islands,
12:45so I'm kind of paying an homage to her.
12:47Ooh.
12:48Because we just dream of these island Christmases.
12:51I'm going to make like a tropical entremé with candied macadamia nuts,
12:54a coconut cake, coconut cream cheese mousse.
12:58It's going to have a really beautiful, shiny sunset orange glaze.
13:01And on the top, I'm actually going to do like a caramelized pineapple with dark rum.
13:05So I'm going a little bit naughty with the flavors leaning towards that island theme,
13:09but still have that ode to Christmas with some colored chocolate wreaths.
13:12Good.
13:13I love it.
13:14Yeah.
13:15Are you finally starting to kind of stick your chest out a little bit?
13:17Yes and no.
13:18I think I'll always have those issues with myself about belonging.
13:22Really?
13:23I had five brothers that I had to compete with and my mom and I don't have a great relationship.
13:27I mean, it's just been my whole life.
13:29Whatever you went through, you got through.
13:31Yeah.
13:32And you're here.
13:33Crushing it.
13:34Trying to at least.
13:35You just said it.
13:36She said it.
13:37You heard that.
13:38Yes.
13:39Awesome.
13:40We'll see ya.
13:41I've been through my struggles in both a professional and a personal setting.
13:45No matter how hard I have to fight and how hard I have to work, I'll do it
13:48and I will make sure that I persevere in order to win.
13:52One hour left, bakers.
13:57It's puffing.
14:00Camry, how we doing?
14:02Doing good.
14:03Yes, you should be feeling pretty good too, especially after that last main heat.
14:07Yeah, I'm very excited going into this next one.
14:09I'm doing a tiramisu-inspired frizzy and flaunt.
14:13Tasting along.
14:14We're tasting great.
14:16You know flavor.
14:17Yeah.
14:18You can deliver on that.
14:19So is that coffee for you or is that coffee for the dessert?
14:21That coffee's for me.
14:22I need a little go-go drinks.
14:23Mama needs a coffee.
14:24Yes.
14:25Yes, you deserve it too.
14:26Okay.
14:27I'm really excited to see what you do here.
14:29Awesome.
14:30I love coffee.
14:31I mean, I'm a barista, so I love coffee.
14:33I like to include rum in mine.
14:35Those warm flavors, I think they're very reminiscent of the holidays in my opinion.
14:39And I really want those Nancy fingers.
14:41The fingers!
14:42That's my goal.
14:46Parisian flan.
14:47It has a puff pastry around the edges, and it's a baked custard on the inside.
14:53So, that's going to help with my wreath shape.
14:56I'm going to make my mascarpone cream a little green, so really tie in that, like, wreath-y
15:01element.
15:02Do some tuile ornaments.
15:03Meringue chard.
15:04Some luster dust, of course.
15:05Good.
15:06Press is good.
15:07A little crisp up more.
15:08In the oven.
15:09Going in for a snooze.
15:10Beautiful as I should.
15:11So, Carlos, we've got to make a wreath dessert.
15:13Yes.
15:14What did you decide to do?
15:15I decided to make a brownie, because in Brazil, you always make a wreath with brownies for
15:26sale.
15:27It's how we make money for your Christmas or the holidays.
15:31But no, you need to have technique for the brownie.
15:33Yeah.
15:34So, I'm making a dark chocolate brownie with pecans, pretzels, raspberry mousse, and
15:40mascarpone weave.
15:41Whoa.
15:42Yes.
15:43And guess what?
15:44Today, I'm making...
15:45Brigadillos!
15:46Yeah!
15:47Oh, my gosh.
15:50Silky velvet melt in your mouth.
15:54You know what I'm talking about, right?
15:55I know exactly.
15:56It's kind of like the inside of a truffle.
15:58Yeah.
15:59The brigadillo will be for the decoration of my dessert.
16:01I'm going to decorate with jingle bells and special chocolate bowl.
16:07How are you feeling so far?
16:09A few bakes into this thing.
16:11Honestly, I feel I'm born to be here.
16:13My mom was my biggest support ever.
16:17I'm here to make her proud.
16:18Oh, my gosh.
16:19She's here in this kitchen with me.
16:21She's beautiful.
16:22Me and my mom live together in rough places, starting when we are in the circus.
16:29We live in a really tiny RV, and I want to give my mom a better place to enjoy the rest
16:39of her life.
16:40Yeah, keep her close.
16:41Keep her close.
16:42Thank you, Jen.
16:43All right, Jen, thank you.
16:44Oh, yes.
16:45Oh, yes.
16:46Milfouille is something that I make every day at work in New Orleans.
16:49It's a really sophisticated dessert we make at the restaurant where we're dealing with
16:54high-end clients.
16:55This is an almond chocolate crunch.
16:57Black Forest is not Black Forest cake without chocolate and cherry.
17:00So, I want to make a cherry compote.
17:02There we go.
17:03I want it to taste very much like cherry.
17:06That's my number one thing.
17:08It's cherry for sure.
17:10Some tall shoes.
17:12Chase always delivers.
17:14Good job.
17:15Good job.
17:16I think I'm known for being a calm in the kitchen, but I love that I'm a perfectionist.
17:21I may not be like the most decorated of skill sets, but I have perfected what I do best.
17:29These are plums.
17:30I'm inspired by the sugar plum fairy.
17:34When you cook them down, the skin itself contributes a really nice tartness, but everything
17:39else is quite sweet.
17:41When I pipe it into the cream puffs, I think it's going to be a great contrast to the sweetness
17:45of the cream.
17:46Whoo!
17:47It's pretty tart.
17:50I add sugar to my jam thinking directly about Nancy, so it's a hard palate to pinpoint.
17:57That's wonderful.
17:59It's not like, ugh.
18:00No, you're not like, oh God, why am I eating this?
18:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:0345 minutes to go.
18:04Feel behind.
18:05My cakes are very thin.
18:08I've lost a lot of batter, but I am confident in my flavors.
18:13You know, I need to tighten things up, and unfortunately, I think nerves are getting to me while I'm here.
18:19I can't shake it.
18:21I'm trying to shake it.
18:2430 minutes left.
18:25How's everybody doing on time?
18:26Good.
18:27I'm kind of close, Chase, but thanks for checking.
18:31So obnoxious.
18:33This is the only bake of the day, so make it count.
18:37I got it.
18:38I'm gonna use this as the base of my entremé cake.
18:44Oh, God.
18:47Ooh, Ashley.
18:48The cake is too warm.
18:49Son of a...
18:50Holiday wreath desserts.
18:51Bada bing.
18:52Which team is going to win immunity, and which team is gonna lose a baker?
18:55The Naughty Squad.
18:56Because it's too warm, the cake is not cutting right.
18:57I just need it for two eight-inch rounds, but I really need it to separate from the paper.
19:02So I'm gonna set it upside down and put it in the freezer.
19:08Really, seriously, I'm gonna put it in the freezer.
19:13I'm gonna put it in the freezer.
19:16So I'm gonna set it upside down and put it in the freezer.
19:23Really, seriously, I need everybody to stop going in the blast chiller, because if that
19:28doesn't set, my cake won't come out and, like, we have, you know...
19:30This one's back here.
19:31That's one last chance, okay?
19:32This one's back here.
19:33Yeah, that one.
19:34I'm not touching it.
19:35Okay, thank you, thank you.
19:36I won't touch it.
19:37Ashley is really tweaking right now in this moment.
19:40But if someone's winning it for a team this round, it's gonna be Ashley.
19:45A win for any naughty team member gets immunity from me, so we're all good.
19:49You okay with how they look?
19:50Yeah, I'm gonna cut them a little bit.
19:51Okay.
19:52They got a little blown, but, you know, I'm gonna cover them with frosting anyway,
19:55so I'll just, like, cut them when I go to stuff them.
19:57Okay.
19:58But they look very light, and yeah, it looks like it's gonna make a good wreath.
20:02I'm making some honeycomb.
20:04I combine some sugar, golden syrup, and water in a pot.
20:06Get ready.
20:07This is gonna be really cool.
20:08I add a tablespoon of baking soda, and it bubbles up and creates, like, a very airy texture
20:14that I dump onto a sheet tray.
20:15I'm gonna let it set up, and then I'm gonna break it into, like, candy.
20:18Because it is a candy at the end of the day.
20:21That's sick.
20:25I love this banana cake, but I feel like the judges would be like,
20:28all they did was bake a cake and then put buttercream on it.
20:30So I want to add a little interest.
20:33More depth of flavor and a little surprise inside.
20:36I'm using gum paste.
20:39I want it to be kind of a cute, cartoony-looking cat, so it looks innocent,
20:44even though it's really not so innocent.
20:46I think this could be the one I finally get that win.
20:50Okay, cat.
20:52Get those wreaths together.
20:54Here we go.
20:55Okay.
20:56Oats and crafts.
20:58Okay.
20:59I'm not mad about that at all.
21:02I want to add a maple blonde chocolate ganache as a topping for my blondie,
21:05because maple pairs so, so well with bacon and pecans.
21:10So with my cold cream and some maple syrup, this is what's gonna give it that maple flavor.
21:15I'll have most of my elements ready, and then I'll be able to start work on some deco elements.
21:19This is so much cooler than I thought it was gonna look.
21:22It should be perfect now.
21:26It's still a little bit sticky, but I just need to get two circles out of this.
21:31This is gonna work, but I still have to decorate the entremet.
21:35It's a lot to do.
21:36Okay.
21:37Okay, what's happening?
21:38Oh, trust me.
21:39Come on over here.
21:40Okay.
21:41I'll fill you in.
21:42Hi, Nico.
21:43Hi, Claudia.
21:46Holiday wreath desserts.
21:47Okay.
21:48Yeah.
21:49How's it going so far?
21:50Nice team.
21:51Seems like they're all doing pretty good over there.
21:53They've won the last two main heat challenges.
21:55I mean, they're on their high horse, you know?
21:57Like, Chase is on fire.
21:58Ooh, girl.
21:59Chase has already given us consistency, and I think he's gonna do just fine.
22:03I want my judges to have the best holiday ever.
22:06Gorgeous.
22:07Are you kidding me?
22:08That is gorgeous.
22:10Well, I wasted half my batter, so these layers are super thin.
22:15Erin, obviously, she knows her stuff, and she's kind of just been skating by.
22:20You know what?
22:21I've been keeping up my sleeve.
22:23A mom ninja move.
22:25I'm using colors that are always associated with Christmas.
22:29Hopefully, this will really wow the judges this round.
22:32I don't think that she's gonna be able to skate by for long, because she's up against some really talented bakers.
22:37You know, like Nico.
22:39All right, let's make a pig.
22:41He's fun, and I believe that kind of shows through the things that he's presented to us.
22:46So I'm gonna make a pig with a kippa or a yarmulke, and he's gonna be in the center eating some bacon.
22:53Oh, God. Food network, please don't cancel me.
22:55Oh, it smells so good in here. I can't wait to taste everything they're making.
22:58Oh, you got me hungry now talking about all those bakers. I can't wait.
23:02I can't believe you made a Parisian flan in two and a half hours. So proud of you.
23:07Thank you, baby.
23:08Thank you for being team nice.
23:11You can do a lot with brigadeiro.
23:14It's like a truffle, and we roll it in little balls.
23:17I'm putting on top of the brownie for my decoration.
23:20Today, we're gonna go bold, try bringing a surprise for the judges.
23:24I never did this type of bowl before with chocolate.
23:29Honestly, this competition, it's pushing me to do things out of my comfort zone.
23:35Go bold or go home.
23:37Eleven minutes left.
23:39Violet, you okay?
23:41I'm worried that these are breaking.
23:43These are breaking. Yeah, at least we have something green.
23:46Yeah, I was trying to do like a white wreath.
23:48Yes. Oh, okay. Sorry.
23:50In school, I made something very similar.
23:53I want it to look organic and, I don't know, like a wreath.
23:57Seven minutes.
24:01Whoo, baby.
24:03This is for my Christmas lights.
24:07I'm breathing so heavy.
24:09I've got my mousse.
24:12I've got my fresh cherries.
24:14Nice little almond chocolate crunch.
24:16A little nervous.
24:17You know, we weren't expecting to have somebody go home.
24:20We're gonna be all right, though.
24:21Five minutes left.
24:23Doing like 18 things at one time right now.
24:27I'm gonna make my wreaths real quick.
24:29Ashley is up against it.
24:31I'm gonna freeze these for a second.
24:33This is the time crunch that I am worried about.
24:36I still need to make my white chocolate mirror glaze.
24:39It has to cool in time.
24:40I don't want it to be too hot to where it melts my mousse,
24:42and I don't want it to be too cold to where it's too thick for the judges.
24:46That's gonna look sick.
24:48Three minutes left.
24:49I have made shoe wreaths before, and they've never looked this good.
24:54Did you see Giancarlo's bow?
24:55Beautiful dude.
24:57You guys, this is my favorite thing yet.
24:59Okay, I'm done.
25:01Hey, Naughty team, does anyone need help?
25:02Uh, Nico, can you go get me a whisk?
25:05I'm two minutes away from the end of the heat.
25:08This is the most pressure I think I've ever felt in my life.
25:11Can you cut these, a couple of these darker ones into a quarter real quick?
25:14Ashley, we gotta finish. You gonna be okay?
25:16Yep.
25:17Okay, pull it, uh, can you pull off three of them?
25:20One minute.
25:22I think we found out I'm a maximalist.
25:24It's like bizarro team nice.
25:26It's Ashley with all three bakers around her helping.
25:29Oh my God, thank you guys.
25:31You guys are freaking amazing.
25:33How about that teamwork? That's what we've been looking for.
25:36Ten seconds.
25:39Does that look okay?
25:40Yeah.
25:41Oh, I'm shaking.
25:43All right.
25:44All right, time's up.
25:45Whoo!
25:47Whoo!
25:48Oh, my God.
25:51Wait, glubug, glubug, glubug.
25:53Oh, we got it.
25:55Whose wreath will save their team?
25:58Oh, I asked you.
26:01Judges, holiday wreath dessert from the nice team.
26:04But this is the only bake today.
26:06So everything is riding on this one.
26:08Interesting.
26:09The best dessert in this challenge will win immunity for their entire team.
26:14All right, Kamri, come on in.
26:15Come on, Kamri.
26:16I love this girl.
26:19Hi, everyone.
26:20Hi, Kamri. Welcome back.
26:21You remember our beloved judges, Nancy Fuller.
26:24Hello, Kamri.
26:25Duff Goldman.
26:26Hi, Kamri.
26:27Hello.
26:28And Cartier Brown.
26:29Hey, Kamri.
26:30Hey.
26:31All right, so, Kamri, what kind of wreath dessert did you make?
26:33Tiramisu-inspired, frizzing flan.
26:35And then on the top is going to be a Mars Capone cream, tuile sponge cookie ornaments.
26:42Um, yeah.
26:43You were on Team Nice.
26:45And you all were given an advantage with a box of goodies and piping tips and all of that.
26:52I wish you would have taken advantage of that.
26:54I agree with Cartier.
26:55And I would like to see a little nicer topping.
26:59Okay.
27:00Yeah.
27:01That looks great.
27:02Look at it.
27:03It's really holding together well.
27:04Yes.
27:05Ladies first.
27:06Thank you, Chef.
27:07You're welcome.
27:08That flan is ridiculous.
27:12So silky and velvety and smooth.
27:16Duff.
27:17Flan.
27:18Flan.
27:19Yeah.
27:20Flannery.
27:21That's flan.
27:22And that's how we say flan in copay.
27:25What do you mean, flan?
27:28It's pretty good.
27:30But I think you needed to par bake it a little longer.
27:33Because it's chewy.
27:34Yeah.
27:38Oh, yeah.
27:39Jean-Carlos, welcome back.
27:40I made for you guys today dark chocolate brownie.
27:43For the decoration, I used a very traditional treat from Brazil.
27:48Brigadero.
27:49And a tempered chocolate bow.
27:52Well, I think that bow is quite bodacious.
27:57Oh.
27:58Very festive.
27:59I love all of the colors.
28:01It just pops.
28:02Really nice.
28:03Let's give it a taste.
28:05This is brownie with pecans, pretzels, raspberry mousse, and mascarpone whip.
28:15I think this is my first time ever trying Brigadero.
28:18I want a box of it for Christmas.
28:20Oh, right.
28:21It is so soft and luscious.
28:24Delicious.
28:25That's what he wanted.
28:26He wanted everyone to see that.
28:28Your brownie, not so much.
28:30It's not a bad brownie.
28:31It's just a little too dry.
28:33All right, Jean-Carlos, thank you.
28:35Brigadero.
28:36Thank you, Jean-Carlos.
28:38I was going to do that.
28:42Erin.
28:43This is a snickerdoodle flavor inspired stacked cookie cake.
28:47I decorated it like my grandmother's vintage shimmery Christmas wreath.
28:54This cake is absolutely beautiful.
28:59Very nice.
29:00Your color palette here is fantastic.
29:02Look at them sort of individually like, wow, that's not really like a Christmas color.
29:07Taking everything together, it's like a Lambeth Christmas wreath.
29:10It is just beautiful.
29:13Yes.
29:14Yes.
29:15It's darling.
29:16It has a cinnamon apple whiskey compote.
29:21Erin, the flavors are incredible.
29:24The apple.
29:25I want more of it.
29:26I want a side of apple.
29:27Yeah, I think it's delicious.
29:28It's a lot of buttercream.
29:29I think you could have like given me something else, you know?
29:33Okay.
29:35I tried.
29:39Hello.
29:40Hey, Alex.
29:41Welcome back.
29:42I made a Black Forest milkweed.
29:43Between the layers, we have a chocolate cremeau moussey situation, some soft whipped crème chantilly, fresh cherries, cherry compote, and almond chocolate crunch.
29:54You definitely brought the nice, and you brought the stylish.
29:59Your piping is so beautiful.
30:01The way that the mousse like really held together just looks luscious.
30:07Yeah.
30:08Look at that.
30:09Wow, look at that.
30:10My goodness gracious.
30:11That looks tasty.
30:12Come on, mama.
30:13It's amazing.
30:14Breaking apart.
30:15Oh.
30:16There's amaranth cherries as well as fresh cherries in there just to give a little pop of a boozy cherry flavor.
30:22Okay, I don't like it.
30:23Aw.
30:24Joke.
30:25Oh, God.
30:26This is delicious.
30:28You got crispy layers all the way through your puff pastry.
30:31You baked it correctly.
30:32Cherries two ways I think was really smart.
30:35This is the best thing you've made yet.
30:37Oh, my gosh.
30:38Wow.
30:39Wow.
30:40Wow.
30:41But I want more crunch in my layer because I got a little bit of it and I wanted more of it.
30:46Yes.
30:47Appreciate it.
30:48Thank you, guys.
30:49Thank you, Alex.
30:50Mmm.
30:51Someone's going to have to bring it to beat Alex.
30:52Wow.
30:53Oh, my God.
30:54I could eat the whole thing.
30:55I am going to.
30:56Can you believe it?
30:57Oh, my God.
30:58I'll take that.
30:59How are you doing, Violet?
31:00Hello.
31:01I'm good.
31:02How are you guys?
31:03Hi, Violet.
31:04I made a pumpkin Bundt cake.
31:05I did like a simple royal cake.
31:07I made a pumpkin Bundt cake.
31:08I made a pumpkin Bundt cake.
31:10I made a pumpkin Bundt cake.
31:11I made a pumpkin Bundt cake.
31:13I made a pumpkin Bundt cake.
31:15I did like a simple royal icing down the sides to keep it traditional.
31:18And then on top, I did a cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
31:21And then I have some little gingerbread snowflake cookies.
31:24Violet.
31:25Yes.
31:26I'm not seeing nice here.
31:28I'm seeing very messy.
31:30And I want you to put more effort into your decorating.
31:34Okay.
31:35Yeah, I feel like it looks like a cake.
31:37I wouldn't look at that and be like, oh, it's a wreath.
31:40Thank you very much.
31:42That's a really good pumpkin Bundt cake.
31:45But I would have to say your frosting is a little too sweet.
31:49Yeah.
31:50It's a good Bundt cake.
31:51You made a Bundt cake.
31:52Yeah.
31:53Right?
31:54Yeah.
31:55Great.
31:56You know.
31:57Razzle dazzle.
31:58Okay.
31:59I gotta do more.
32:00Razzle dazzle.
32:02Thanks, Violet.
32:03If I had put more thought into it, it would have been more wreath-like.
32:04I'm just worried that it's not enough to pull me through.
32:08But I thought it looked cute.
32:09It was.
32:13Chase, welcome back.
32:14All right, man.
32:15Tell us what you made.
32:16I made a pat of shoe wreath with vanilla cream, a sugar plum, and black cherry jam.
32:23The sugar plum in me was the nice element.
32:26You know, you've set your own bar very high for us.
32:29I know.
32:31And I'm a little surprised at what you're delivering today.
32:36Mm-hmm.
32:37It's like a collection of nice-looking pat of shoe.
32:40In the shape of a wreath, and they're green.
32:42Oh.
32:43It's nice, but it just looks a little slapdash.
32:46My wreath needed to be a little bit cleaner for their expectations for the challenge itself.
32:52If this doesn't taste good, I could be the one going home today.
33:01Ooh.
33:03They're gonna love them as soon as they taste them.
33:07Your pat of shoe is spot on, textbook.
33:10The crackling is really, really good.
33:12But the filling was a little tart.
33:17Too much filling and not enough cream.
33:21I disagree.
33:22Well, you're wrong, and I'm right.
33:25Thank you, Chase.
33:26Of course.
33:27Chase, thanks so much.
33:28Thanks, Chase.
33:29I'm scared that I'm gonna go home if we don't win it.
33:31We haven't seen Naughty yet.
33:33I liked it.
33:34I know you did.
33:35I don't know why.
33:37I feel like I got taken down.
33:38I have a big perfectionist inside of myself,
33:41and I just felt like, whoa.
33:44Like, that really flustered me.
33:46See you soon.
33:47See you soon.
33:48Bye.
33:50Just always go to the...
33:51Wow, there's so many chairs and so few people to sit in them.
33:54Judges, we got holiday wreath desserts from Team Naughty.
33:57Come on in, Ashley.
33:59Hi, Judges.
34:00Hey, Ashley. Good to see you again.
34:01Oh, yeah. Good to see you as well.
34:02All right. Tell us what you made.
34:03My future sister-in-law lives in the Grand Cayman Islands.
34:06So during Christmas, she's always teasing us about having sunshine and rum drinks.
34:11So I did a coconut entremet today with some caramelized pineapples.
34:16I decorated it with a mirror glaze and chocolate wreaths.
34:20I like how you didn't take the challenge literal.
34:24And your mirror glaze is perfect.
34:27And I love the way that you did the wreaths.
34:30I love how it's sort of spiky and, like, they look really beautiful.
34:34It's a total wow.
34:36You guys give me chills.
34:38All right. Let's give them a try.
34:41Ooh.
34:42Ooh.
34:43On the inside is going to be a cream cheese and Greek yogurt mousse.
34:47A little bit of fouillotine and some fresh pineapple as well.
34:54Mm.
34:55My wig is going to fall off.
34:58And that caramelized pineapple, so naughty.
35:03Oh.
35:04Oh, man.
35:05Let's go.
35:07This is magnificent.
35:11Aw.
35:12The texture is absolutely perfect.
35:15Your flavors are coming through.
35:18It's decadent.
35:20I love your cake.
35:21Inside the little chunks are pineapple and coconut.
35:24They are so good.
35:25Okay.
35:27Better get out of here before they say something bad about your dessert.
35:28I know. I'm going to run away before you guys change your minds.
35:32Nancy.
35:34Aw.
35:35Good job.
35:36Amazing.
35:37All right, Tar, good to see you again.
35:41Hello.
35:42What did you make?
35:44So every year, my siblings and I, right, we get a lot of candy in our holiday stockings.
35:49So I was inspired to make a candy wreath out of cupcakes and I made all the candy on top as well, like candy peanuts and like honeycomb.
35:59I think it looks very festive.
36:01That is a fabulous wreath.
36:04All of the naughty little candies on top, my dentist would definitely say that that is naughty.
36:10There is a chocolate cupcake with a pretzel brown butter crust, a peanut butter mousse, and then there's a Swiss ring buttercream on top.
36:17I love all of your flavors, but it kind of fell apart, so I made it a little messy.
36:22Your honeycomb is so light and airy and crispy. It's lovely.
36:28I'm still eating the crust.
36:30That's awesome.
36:33Great job.
36:35That was good. That was good. That was good.
36:37I feel like I really redeemed myself in so many ways.
36:40Like I feel good about how that went.
36:44Like my palms are sweating.
36:45My hands are my necks.
36:47Look at him. Look at him.
36:52Welcome in, Nico.
36:54Hello.
36:56All right, Nico. Explain yourself.
36:58Okay, judges. I'm Jewish. Grew up in a Jewish household. We didn't have wreaths in my house.
37:03So I sort of want to do my interpretation on a wreath that you would see in our house.
37:08What I made for you today is a pecan and bacon blondie.
37:12To really up the naughty factor, we put a little pig munching on some bacon.
37:18Oi, gavalt. What are you mashugging in?
37:21All of that.
37:23A Star of David covered in bacon. There is a pig with a yarmulke.
37:29I think that is genius.
37:30It does look like a wreath and it looks like you have the points of Star of David.
37:34Nico, you naughty boy, you.
37:39So the brown part is a whipped blonde chocolate and maple ganache. And then the white is the maple cream cheese.
37:46There's so much bacon. There's bacon everywhere.
37:52But the texture of the blondie is a little dry.
37:55And maple is so special. And I think when you add this much salt to it, it really gets kind of bitter.
38:01Good.
38:02All right, Nico. Thank you.
38:03Thank you, Nico.
38:04Happy Hanukkah.
38:05Happy Hanukkah.
38:07Hey, Charles. Good to see you.
38:09So I made a banana and blonde chocolate Bundt cake wreath that is getting a little bit destroyed by the house cat.
38:18That cat is naughty. Pulling all the lights off the wreath.
38:23Naughty. Naughty cat.
38:26It has a lime with caramel center.
38:30The cake is fantastic.
38:33To the center where that lime caramel kind of lives. And I think it's a little too dark. And the lime kind of adds to the bitterness.
38:41Yeah, not your best work, chef. You all right?
38:44Yeah?
38:46That's scary.
38:47All right, Charles. Thanks.
38:49Anytime there's negative feedback, it does make your heart hurt a little bit.
38:53We're kind of desperate to not lose another person.
38:56I'm scared we don't have, like, the one that's going to set us over yet.
38:59Holiday Bakers, your wreath desserts deserve a round of applause.
39:07And though it wasn't easy, the judges chose their top treat from each team.
39:11From the naughty side, the best dish came from...
39:17Ashley.
39:18And for the nice side...
39:24Alex, Alex, Alex!
39:27Yes!
39:29But there can only be one winner.
39:33And that is...
39:35Ashley.
39:36Ashley.
39:37Yes!
39:41Your tropical entremet was exquisite. Each layer built to such a satisfying bite.
39:47Ooh, naughty.
39:51Well done. You earned immunity from elimination for your entire team.
39:56Finally!
39:58All right, that means, of course, Team Nice.
40:00For the first time, you're about to lose a baker.
40:04This is the first time that Nice team is up for elimination, which is a little terrifying.
40:09I'm not ready to go home yet.
40:11There were a few of you that were successful enough in this challenge to stay safe.
40:16Of course, the top baker from your team, Alex.
40:19And Aaron, great decorating today.
40:22John Carlos, you too. Beautiful work.
40:25And...
40:30Camry.
40:32Yeah.
40:33Unfortunately, that means Violet, Chase, you're both the bottom two from your team.
40:36Please step forward.
40:40I think the decision to not take their mixers away was not beneficial in the long run.
40:44So the fact that somebody's going home, I do feel a lot of guilt about.
40:48Violet, you tried to give us a wreath, but it really read as like a cake with stuff on top.
40:53The frosting was too sweet, and the overall impression was just a little underwhelming.
40:59Chase, where was your wreath, man?
41:02You gave us a collection of cream puffs, and the flavors weren't balanced, and there was way too much jam.
41:09This is always the hardest part for our judges.
41:13But unfortunately, the baker leaving us is...
41:20Violet.
41:21Violet.
41:23I feel like my dessert was not bad.
41:26They just wanted more.
41:28So...
41:29I should have done more.
41:30Thanks, you guys.
41:32Being this young and just getting on the show was like a crazy feat for me.
41:36So, I'm honestly...
41:38I'm glad to just be here.
41:39Violet, I love you.
41:40Bye, Violet.
41:42Bye.
41:43Bye, Violet.
41:44Bye-bye, baby.
41:45Next time, pies take over the Holiday Village.
41:48I would take Team Naughty down by the flavor.
41:51He's talking smack over there.
41:52Be ready.
41:53Ooh.
41:54Ooh.
41:55And so does a never-before-seen twist.
41:58What do you mean?
41:59I can't breathe.
42:00I can't breathe.
42:01I can't breathe.
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42:03I can't breathe.
42:04I can't breathe.
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