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Holiday Baking Championship Season 12 Episode 4
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00:00Previously, Holiday Wreath Desserts.
00:02Can you pull off three of them?
00:04Ashley finally brought the Naughty Team a main heat win.
00:07This is magnificent.
00:09It's a total wow.
00:11Ashley, congrats.
00:13Violet, your frosting is a little too sweet.
00:16And the Nice Team lost their first baker, Violet.
00:20Naughty Team star Charles stumbled.
00:23That cat is naughty, but not your best work, chef.
00:27Ooh, girl.
00:28And so did Chase from the Nice Team.
00:31I'm a little surprised at what you're delivering today.
00:35I feel like I got taken down.
00:43Oh, hey, bakers.
00:44Welcome back, Naughty Team.
00:46Welcome back to the Holiday Village.
00:47Wonderful seeing you too, Nice Team.
00:49Good to see you too.
00:50Here's the thing.
00:51We're at the mid-season mark, and the judges really
00:54want to see what you can do.
00:56So for this challenge, you're going to be making holiday
00:59pies.
01:00Holiday, all right.
01:02And you can make any kind of pie you want.
01:07Oh, yeah.
01:08OK.
01:09I think this challenge can divide who is a really good
01:13baker and who is not.
01:16You have to have a perfect flaky crust.
01:19Your feeling cannot be runny.
01:21So it is a really tough challenge.
01:26And while you're at it, each of you needs to make two identical
01:30pies for serving.
01:32We'll tell you why later.
01:33OK.
01:33OK.
01:34There's been so many twists and turns and shenanigans
01:37this season.
01:38And now we have to make two pies.
01:40Who knows what surprise Jesse has for us.
01:44Now, this is your only bake.
01:45Oh, again?
01:47OK.
01:49So after this challenge, somebody's
01:51going home from the losing team.
01:52Oh, my god.
01:53So there are no limits, and there are no advantages.
01:57Just go out there and make the best pie you can
02:01to win immunity for your team.
02:03All right.
02:03The stakes are so high.
02:05Do it.
02:06I'm just hoping that we can solidify another win.
02:08I feel like Team Naughty had a taste of victory,
02:10and I don't want them to keep that taste in their mouth.
02:13No pressure.
02:14All right, bakers, two and a half hours on the clock,
02:18and your baking time starts now.
02:22OK.
02:23OK.
02:24Pies, pies, pies.
02:26I'm going to do lemon meringue.
02:28I know they already like my meringue,
02:30so I feel confident in that.
02:32I would really love to do a sweet potato pie.
02:35I'm down either to do a cream pie or a blueberry pie.
02:37What if you blend the two and do a blueberry cream pie?
02:40That's such a good idea.
02:42I think the Naughty team is really, really starting
02:44to find their footing.
02:45We're collaborating a lot more.
02:47I think winning that last main heat really
02:50gave us a lot of positive motivation.
02:52I was going to say, just remember, let your pie crust chill.
02:54Pies are really demanding.
02:57Technical bakes, and I think that the pressure is a lot.
03:01Team Naughty, go.
03:03Let's go get pants, pants, pants, pants.
03:05Get pumpkin.
03:07Where are the baking pans at?
03:09Nico, don't take all the pecans, my friend.
03:12Pan, pistachio.
03:13No, it's apple.
03:14The holiday village is stressed, girl.
03:17But I'm feeling confident in our team.
03:20Because we have Pie Bae, aka Chase.
03:25A lot of pressure on Chase for a pie challenge.
03:29Makes an amazing pie.
03:30Has to make another amazing pie.
03:32Ain't that right, Alex?
03:32Yes, sir.
03:33I won the first challenge with a bomb chest pie.
03:38That chest pie was ridiculous.
03:40That feeling was absolutely delicious.
03:43I make a stellar pie, so we're going to kick Team Naughty's butt today.
03:47I'm going to make a chocolate pecan bourbon pie, and we're adding tons of bourbon, obviously.
03:53For this challenge, I'm feeling inspired by Thanksgivings at my grandma's house as a kid.
04:00We would often build leaf piles in the yard, so I'm going to decorate with leaf piles made out of pie dough.
04:06Because what's nicer than, like, a bunch of children playing in leaves?
04:10Making an all-butter crust.
04:12I learned a long time ago that you don't want to leave your butter too big.
04:16The more you can work it into the dough, the more tender it's going to be.
04:19And I make it a metal tin because it conducts heat faster than glass or ceramic.
04:23It helps you to more quickly evaporate the water in your butter to create the separation of layers in your dough.
04:28So that you don't have soggy bottom, that you have a good crust.
04:31And then for my filling, I pre-toasted my pecans just to express the oils, get them aromatic.
04:38The judges told me last time that my flavors weren't balanced, and I really want to make sure that I do that today.
04:42I tasted elimination last time, and I don't ever want to taste it again.
04:46I came here to win.
04:47I feel like it would validate a part of myself that's always wondered, like, should you have gone to culinary school or should you have done something different?
04:56I'm going to fight with everything I got.
04:58Anybody need some pie weights?
05:00Me, please.
05:01You know, it's been such a wild ride.
05:04Coming into this competition in the beginning, I don't know that I did believe in myself enough, but today I'm a top contender.
05:10Ashley, how does it feel?
05:13You could win this whole thing.
05:14You could take home $25,000.
05:15I could.
05:16And part of the dream of doing that is being able to take my dad on a trip to Scotland.
05:22He had a liver transplant about nine years ago, so hasn't been able to travel as much, and then this would be a dream for us.
05:29I love that.
05:30What kind of pie are you making?
05:31So I am making a pumpkin black pepper.
05:33Whoa.
05:34So that's kind of the secret ingredient.
05:36The black pepper really adds a little zing to it.
05:38And then I'm going to top it with a maple whipped cream as well as stained glass confetti sugar cookies to represent Christmas ornaments.
05:46The reason I'm making it today actually is because of my dad, because he hates pumpkin pie, like absolutely despises it.
05:52It became my favorite pie as an adult, and now out of spite, I bring it to Thanksgiving.
05:57So we're going a little bit naughty on the sense that my dad hates pumpkin pie.
06:01It's so ironic.
06:02You're making something your dad hates.
06:03Hopefully to send him to Scotland.
06:04Hopefully to send him to Scotland.
06:05So.
06:06The irony.
06:07I hope that that makes him proud.
06:09I hope this pie is good enough to win immunity.
06:12Pie is something that I feel pretty confident about.
06:14So today I'm making a lemon meringue pie.
06:17On the top will be a toasted Swiss meringue with some silver bells out of chocolate, candied lemon, and holly leaves.
06:25And I think it just really reads nice Christmas.
06:29Oh, hi.
06:30Oh, hey.
06:31How are you?
06:32You know, just checking out on someone who's been dominating in this competition.
06:35No pressure, right?
06:36Yeah, but Ashley, like you, she's bringing it every week.
06:39She dominated.
06:40But I know my way around pie dough.
06:42I use shortening.
06:43Shortening kind of gives you a little bit of that structure.
06:45It gives you some flakiness.
06:47And then I did add some lemon zest and some thyme to the crust just to give it a little bit of an herbaceous pop.
06:52Mm-hmm.
06:53So Team Nice is going to continue to keep rocking it.
06:55We can whittle the Naughty team down a little bit.
06:58You ain't seen Naughty yet though, Alex.
06:59Ooh.
07:00Ooh.
07:01Ooh.
07:02I feel like I'm on the field pregame here.
07:04This is unbelievable.
07:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:06A football game.
07:07Yeah.
07:08Keep doing what you're doing, Alex.
07:09I'm doing what I'm doing.
07:10See you in a bit.
07:11Targ, let me pick your brain for a minute.
07:15What's up?
07:16Who have you got your eye on on the Nice team?
07:18The biggest competition is Chase.
07:20What he knows how to do, he's very good at doing.
07:22He knows how to make a mean pie.
07:24But, I mean, if you had to guess, who's the next baker to go home on that side?
07:28I would say either Aaron or Kamri, just because I think the other three have been really consistent.
07:34Yeah.
07:35But, you know, who am I to talk, right?
07:38Overall, my bakes have been average at best.
07:42And I feel like I'm kind of the weakest link on my team.
07:45Which is why this week I want to make something mind-blowing.
07:49Something that's not only going to taste great, but something that's just going to be memorable.
07:53And so I'm making a blueberry cream pie.
07:57To add a little bit of like a deeper flavor to my blueberry filling, I want to play into the warm spices like cinnamon and ginger and stuff that you would traditionally see around the holidays.
08:05And then also I'm adding bourbon.
08:07I feel like the flavor of the alcohol plays well with fruit and it's going to taste bomb.
08:12And then I'm going to decorate it inspired by one of my old family traditions, which was where my siblings and I would not only leave milk and cookies, but we would leave shots and a pack of cigarettes for Santa.
08:25It was definitely naughty.
08:27I will say that.
08:28So my pie is going to have a cream filling.
08:31There's going to be a spiced blueberry filling.
08:33And then I'm going to top it with pretzel cigarettes because I really want my pie to look like an ashtray.
08:39It's definitely a risk.
08:41You know, I can't help but to be like really nervous.
08:43But yeah, I think if this one can come out the way I want it to, it'd be a winner.
08:4690 minutes, bakers.
08:48We are talking holiday pies to keep your team intact.
08:52Oh, and remember, you always got Jingle Jab over here in case you need to pick me up.
08:56Hey, naughty team, how are we feeling about coffee?
08:58Um, I'll take an iced one.
09:00I'll take one.
09:01I'll take one.
09:02Ice too.
09:03Hello, can I get full iced coffees for the naughty team?
09:05Coming right on up.
09:06I'll take an Americano, naughty.
09:08I know you will.
09:09Sorry.
09:10Sorry, Mom.
09:11Even though we're on separate teams, I have built a special bond with Erin.
09:17I did a snowman.
09:18Tiny little thing in the middle.
09:19Yeah, that's cute.
09:20That's a cute one.
09:21Yeah, good.
09:23Oh, sure.
09:24Anytime, anytime.
09:25What did I come in here for?
09:27She's so quirky and funny and, you know, that selfless mother figure.
09:32So I wish that Erin was kind of on our team.
09:34I just love her to bits.
09:35I'm feeling very nostalgic today.
09:38I'm feeling inspired by my grandma Maxine and her love of Elvis Presley.
09:44And every year, we would sit in her living room while she played his records.
09:49And this year, I'm feeling a little blue Christmas.
09:52So I'm making a blueberry ganache pie.
09:55There we go.
09:56I'm getting teary-eyed thinking about my pie.
09:59Coincidentally, I woke up this morning and I was really, really missing my grandma.
10:04I started thinking about all of the things that made me feel close to Christmas and close to her.
10:12And I think, how do I turn that into a pie?
10:15So it will be a blueberry pie filling, a blueberry white chocolate ganache top,
10:21and decorated with a goat cheese whipped cream Christmas tree and pie crust snowflakes and stars.
10:28I spent most of my childhood sitting on my grandmother's lap in the Lake of the Ozark
10:33staring up into constellations.
10:36I learned constellations from her.
10:38So I'm really excited to make this in her memory.
10:44Oh.
10:47Wow. Well, this hasn't been shut the whole time.
10:49So that's great.
10:50Oh.
10:51Was somebody in there?
10:52Was somebody in there?
10:53My pies.
10:54I'm feeling nervous.
10:56My bottom oven just was left open.
10:58So oven temp dropped to 250.
11:00I'm not going to blame anybody else.
11:02But I don't have time.
11:03Kicking up the fan?
11:05Yeah.
11:06I need to get this temperature back up.
11:07Yeah.
11:08I need 350 really bad.
11:09I'm scared because it takes a while to bake such a thick pie.
11:12To make sure it's baked in the center, and I have to make sure that it cools in time to put on my decor.
11:17I just don't know how I'm going to get everything done on time.
11:20We got one hour left now, guys.
11:27You have to make two pies.
11:30We've got a surprise for you later.
11:32Oh, no.
11:33Remember, you are baking to not lose another baker from your team.
11:37I'm pushing time on my pies.
11:40If I can use the blast when my pies come out, I would greatly appreciate it.
11:43Otherwise, I might not make it to my plate.
11:45Uh-oh.
11:46Because my door was left wide open.
11:48Oh, God.
11:49I feel so much pressure at the end of this bag.
11:52Someone is going home from the losing team, and I'm just really hoping that I can pull out the immunity.
11:56Because, ultimately, I want to stay in this competition so bad, I want to make it to the end.
12:01Hopefully, I'll be fine, but I'll be running up to time.
12:05Let's go, T-Nice. Let's go.
12:08The inspiration for this dessert today is a combination of one of my favorite pie flavors.
12:13I'm making a pumpkin and cherry pie.
12:16Pumpkin pie was the first pie I was excited to eat when I got here in America, and I love cherries.
12:23So, I'm going to bake my pumpkin filling, and later, I will add my top for the cherries.
12:30And I will cover the pie with puff pastry lettuce, and I will decorate with cinnamon buttercream, cherries, candy cans, and hollies.
12:39For my cherry compote, I'm adding orange juice to make my cherry really pop.
12:45I will take Team Naughty down by the flavors.
12:48He's talking smack over there?
12:50Yes.
12:51Be ready.
12:52I'm coming for you.
12:53Oh, my God.
12:54So, I get my pies out of the oven with a pistachio frangipane baked on the inside.
13:00I'm feeling good.
13:01So, today, we have to make two identical pies.
13:04So, my inspiration is, honestly, just like my love for the flavors.
13:07Apple pie is, like, classic.
13:09But I want to do, like, a little twist on it.
13:11So, I'm making a bourbon ginger miso apple pie.
13:16And I'm going to fill each of the layers.
13:18So, I want a little layer of frangipane, a little layer of miso caramel, a layer of cooked apples.
13:25And then, to decorate, I want to do a cute, beanie-inspired hat.
13:30It's going to stay nice because it's going to be the cutest little hat you ever did see.
13:35Fit for the holidays.
13:37So, the main thing with this challenge, I feel like there's something coming.
13:41Because, like, having to make two pies, why?
13:44I don't know.
13:45So, I just got to wait and see.
13:47I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.
13:49Definitely interesting.
13:50I'm excited.
13:51Bakers, we've got 30 minutes.
13:54Whoo!
13:55We're done.
13:56Thank goodness.
13:58My pie is out of the oven.
14:00It looks great.
14:01I'm going to get it into the blast chiller so that I can hopefully get the whipped cream on top at a cool temperature so that it doesn't melt away.
14:08Because this could be a winning pie, you know?
14:09I think it could.
14:10Charles, good to see you.
14:11You're such an amazing pastry chef.
14:13The thing is, even though you haven't won a challenge, technically, yet.
14:15Yes.
14:16This close.
14:17I know.
14:18You're going to stop being the bridesmaid soon.
14:20I hope.
14:21But I'm happy Ashley pulled through for us.
14:24I feel like she's kind of carrying Team Naughty a little bit.
14:26That's fine.
14:27Wear her out before the finale.
14:29Dude, unbelievable.
14:30I feel like when you say that, you should, like, do the...
14:33Yeah.
14:34And then just wait until the final day.
14:37Exactly.
14:38Wow.
14:39I've got to keep cutting.
14:40Yeah, go ahead.
14:41Back the shot.
14:42I have decided on an apple pie because it's kind of an American classic.
14:46It's a risk to go simple, but I'm going to make it stand out by I shred apple and dice it.
14:52I cook down the shredded apple so it really concentrates that flavor.
14:55So there's no mistaking it's an apple pie.
14:58And I try not to use too many spices because otherwise it just covers up all the natural kind of brightness that apples have.
15:03And then I am decorating it with braided pie crust and a little whipped cream fresh.
15:09And I'm also going to make a little semi-rotten apple in the center with a little Christmas worm.
15:13And just to really tie in the knotty theme.
15:16It's a lot to make the filling and break down all these apples, but I think it can be very delicious and impress the judges.
15:21Oh, my God.
15:22Ugh.
15:23This looks so dark.
15:24I'm freaking out a little bit because my pies are looking just a little on the scorched side.
15:30I'm worried about what the judges are going to think about this, but it's too late for me to really do anything about that now.
15:35So I'm just going to keep moving forward with my plan and hope for the best.
15:39Niko, are you writing up a hit list?
15:42What is this over here?
15:43No, so this is Santa's real naughty list.
15:45The only thing naughtier than being naughty is being naughty and pretending to be nice.
15:49All right.
15:50Well, tell me about your pie, holiday pie.
15:52So a sweet potato and pecan pie sitting on a pretzel and ginger snap crust with a toasted brown sugar meringue.
15:59And I'm going to have the nice team made out of showbread cookies setting aflame a marzipan Santa's real naughty list.
16:07Trying to destroy the evidence of their naughtiness.
16:09I've sort of made a name for myself as being the one to kind of go a little past the line on the naughty side.
16:14And I want to just keep that up.
16:15You have?
16:16Okay.
16:17Well, at least if anything, you're consistent.
16:18You have such an incredible energy and passion for this.
16:20I can tell.
16:21How did you find baking?
16:22Like a lot of kids is kind of doing it for fun at home.
16:25And then as time went on, I started to continue to find my love and my passion for it.
16:30But it like, I had a while where I wasn't sure if it was going to be something that lasted.
16:35Okay.
16:36Because I just had a lot of struggles with like food and eating.
16:39I'm diagnosed anorexia.
16:40Okay.
16:41So I actually had to drop out of culinary school.
16:43Oh, man.
16:44Yeah.
16:45To go to a recovery.
16:46But since then, I've gone through treatment.
16:48I'm in the greatest place I've ever been in my life right now.
16:51And the last four months, I've gained about 50 pounds.
16:54And a big motivator in doing that was being able to come out here and live out a dream of being here.
16:59And it's like, even like if I'm not successful in every bank, just being physically healthy enough to be here is like a win in and of itself.
17:05Yeah.
17:06I'm so happy you're doing so great.
17:08I appreciate it, man.
17:09Keep it up, man.
17:10We'll see you later.
17:11I think it's like a lot of people around this disorder and especially being male.
17:14And I think if I'm able to be that person to talk about it and to show that there is a way out, that would just mean the world to me.
17:24That's a beautiful meringue.
17:30Come on, man.
17:31I'm having a little bit of a hard time getting my chocolate out.
17:34It just doesn't seem to want to come out of these molds.
17:36If I don't get these out, I'm not going to have these silver bells that my whole thing is based off of.
17:40Well, that was the kind of the main component of my decoration.
17:43So this is incredibly frustrating.
17:45Okay.
17:46Just not doing that today.
17:48So I'm like rushing to do a backup plan right now.
17:51Instead of silver bells, I'm going to try to do some white chocolate snowflakes and hopefully it doesn't get lost in translation.
17:58Hey, bakers.
17:59Ten minutes.
18:00Fuego.
18:01Bakers, remember, you have to make two identical pies.
18:06Just wait till they find out what's going to happen next.
18:09Right now I'm making the ornament cookies.
18:12I'm going to use isomalt in the middle of them to kind of give them like a 3D look.
18:17The reason I chose this decoration for today is because my niece makes me stained glass ornaments every single year for Christmas.
18:25And it's one of my favorite things to receive from her.
18:28And she's eight.
18:29Shout out to Clara.
18:30So I'm going to take a little spin on those ornaments and stack the cookies with a little bit of royal icing to glue them together with some sprinkles in the center to make them look like a little bit of a snow globe with sprinkles inside.
18:41I just want a little bit more sprinkles.
18:44Now I'm carving my cherries and dipping in red chocolate because I want this to be my decoration on top of my pie.
18:56Ugh, I need you to sip, please.
18:59I realize that my blueberry ganache, this is looser, this needs to be frozen, which I know, but I am running out of time right now.
19:08Five minutes left.
19:10All right, all right, let's go.
19:12That's a nice tim.
19:14That's so funny.
19:16Hallelujah.
19:17They're beautiful.
19:18Look at that crust.
19:19Now I have all the components, my pie is cool, and I have just a few minutes to decorate.
19:24I'm making my cigarettes, and then I'm going to dip the tips into sanding sugar.
19:30I want to hear, this is definitely naughty.
19:33One minute left.
19:34Final details.
19:36More important than ever.
19:38It all counts.
19:40No pressure.
19:41I start adding my snowflakes on.
19:43I'm not thrilled about this.
19:4420 seconds left.
19:46I'm going to have to hurry.
19:47Oh.
19:48Ay, ay, ay.
19:49Oh, ho, ho, ho.
19:52Something big is about to happen.
19:54Oh, my gosh.
19:55Okay.
19:56That's it.
19:57Time's up.
19:59Everything is riding on these pies.
20:02Hey, bakers, can I get everybody's attention, please?
20:08I need all eyes up here because we've never done this before.
20:12Oh, my God.
20:13In Holiday Baking Championship.
20:15It's a massive twist.
20:18There's no more time for twists.
20:19You're late to the game, buddy.
20:21What do you mean?
20:23Guys, this is going to be groundbreaking.
20:25Oh, my God.
20:27We just finished.
20:28I'm going to throw up.
20:34What is happening?
20:36All right, bakers.
20:38I bet you're wondering what's up.
20:40Yeah.
20:41Yeah.
20:42In a test of team dynamics and a test of your palates,
20:45we want to see if you can make good decisions as a team.
20:48Okay.
20:49So the judges want you to choose only the top two pies from your team to put in front of them.
20:55Oh, my God.
20:56Oh, my God.
20:57You're going to be tasting each other's pies to decide.
21:00And that's why we made two pies.
21:02Okay.
21:03That's right.
21:04Wow.
21:05Your entire team's fate rests in the hands of the two pies.
21:08Are you kidding?
21:09You select to represent you.
21:11All right, let's get to tasting.
21:13Team Naughty, you're up first.
21:15I'm a little stunned.
21:16It is a bit shocking to then have to now judge your own teammates,
21:21especially because we all are competitive and we all want to win.
21:25Yeah, we'll see how this turns out.
21:27All right, Team Naughty, you're already down two bakers.
21:30You don't want to be down a third.
21:31So it's very important you guys are honest with one another in terms of whose two pies are the best.
21:38Okay, so Charles, tell us what you made.
21:40So I just made a classic apple pie.
21:42And then on the top, it's a little Christmas worm coming out of a rotten apple.
21:46I think that blade is a really, really strong technical scale.
21:49The crust is so beautiful.
21:51Yeah, I think this is a phenomenal apple pie.
21:53The textures are insane.
21:54The cream is really good.
21:55Honestly, I can't find a single negative.
21:58Well, that's only one dessert.
21:59Yeah, so true.
22:00Sounds like you guys are off to a good start.
22:02I really want to beat out Ashley at some point.
22:05So I'm feeling optimistic.
22:07I want to go next.
22:08I did a sweet potato custard, pecans on top.
22:10And then obviously the real naughty list.
22:13Did you also make caricatures of the other bakers on Team Naughty?
22:16I did.
22:17I have Alex, their MVP at the moment.
22:19She's the one really getting rid of the evidence.
22:21And we have Violet over here.
22:23Rest in peace.
22:24It's so funny.
22:25They would absolutely eat this up for naughty theme.
22:28I agree.
22:29It's like Team Naughty all the way.
22:30I think it tastes good, but the top part of your crust, it's like burned.
22:34So I'm worried they're going to harp on you over that.
22:36I agree.
22:37I hear that.
22:38We'll see how the other two are, but I think I'm on the fence on this one.
22:41Yeah.
22:42On the fence on this one?
22:43Yeah.
22:44Okay.
22:45All right, Tarek, you're up, man.
22:46So it's supposed to be like an ashtray for Santa.
22:47So this is a blueberry cream pie.
22:50Nico, I feel like this theme is right down your alley.
22:53It really is.
22:54I think it's really, really funny.
22:55I think it's so silly.
22:57Tarek, that's really good.
22:59And that blueberry compote is great.
23:01Yeah, your custard is super smooth and it's a good balance of sweetness and acidity without
23:05being overpowering.
23:06So best ashtray I've ever eaten.
23:10This is good.
23:11Like I feel good about this.
23:12I think my pie could make it into the top too.
23:15All right, Ashley, what did you make?
23:17So I made a black pepper pumpkin pie and I did the pumpkin pie because my dad hates pumpkin pie.
23:23It's beautiful.
23:24I love the cookie.
23:25My one potential iffy thing is it doesn't immediately scream naughty like the rest of them maybe do.
23:30And the...
23:31Okay.
23:32It's a little underbaked, yeah.
23:34Yeah, my crust is raw.
23:35It's a little raw in the middle.
23:36A little raw in the base, yeah.
23:37I'm seeing it now.
23:38All right.
23:40I don't need to taste any more of mine.
23:42We can't serve that.
23:44Yeah.
23:45If your pie isn't chosen, you could be facing elimination if your team loses.
23:50All right.
23:51We can't serve what looks like a raw pie to the judges and I'm just heartbroken.
23:55I think it's pretty unanimous at this point.
23:57Yeah.
23:58Tarek and Charles.
23:59This is a big challenge to keep team naughty all intact and ultimately Tarek, Charles is
24:04going to come down to you and your pies.
24:06All right.
24:07Oh my gosh.
24:08I feel like I'm going to vomit.
24:09If Tarek or Charles pie doesn't win the immunity for us, I'm actually on the chopping
24:14block for the first time.
24:15And it feels a little bit like a fall from grace to potentially go home because of a pie.
24:20I am sick thinking about it.
24:24Yeah.
24:27So, we'll see.
24:29Yeah.
24:30No pressure.
24:31Okay.
24:32It seemed nice.
24:33All right.
24:34So, Kamri, go ahead and introduce your pie for everybody.
24:35What did you make?
24:36So, my little Christmas hat pie is a bourbon apple ginger miso pie with a pistachio French
24:44pan.
24:45It is adorable.
24:46Oh, so cute.
24:47Cute.
24:48I'm confident that we can all deliver on constructive criticism, but I think stepping into this moment
24:54as the pie guy, I feel like I could have the tendency to be a little overcritical.
24:59I think it's pretty sweet.
25:01Sweet?
25:02Okay.
25:03Overall, I'm just worried about it hitting the judge's palette.
25:05Like, the saltiness is there, but there's a lot of sweet.
25:08Yeah.
25:09I agree with you.
25:10All right.
25:11Next up, we have Erin.
25:12My pie is a blueberry ganache pie.
25:14It's really nice.
25:15I've never really seen that color blue.
25:18I like the texture on the crust.
25:19It's like nice and flaky.
25:21I think the ganache up top is just a touch broken.
25:24I don't like the consistency of my pie, but it needs me a more solid pie.
25:29Yeah.
25:30Okay, we're gonna go Giancarlos next.
25:31So, my pie is a pumpkin and cherry, and on the top, cinnamon buttercream.
25:39I love it.
25:40I would see this in a storybook.
25:42I like the flavors going on.
25:44I really like the tartness and contrast to the spice of the filling.
25:47Yeah.
25:48It's a fun choice.
25:49It's not one that I think I've seen.
25:51I agree.
25:52Not just because I made, but I think it tastes great.
25:54I'm happy.
25:55All right, pie guy, you're up.
25:57Chase.
25:58I made a bourbon pecan chocolate pie, a mascarpone whip.
26:02I made toffee, candy nuts, and a chocolate crumble on top.
26:05This is so good.
26:06The pie is nice and flaky.
26:08I love the creaminess of the filling.
26:10I love that I can get the bourbon.
26:12It's not too much?
26:13No.
26:14You could eat that all night.
26:15All right.
26:16Good stuff.
26:17Chase, way to go.
26:18All right.
26:19Guess that leaves Alex.
26:20So what do we got?
26:21So we have a lemon meringue pie.
26:23It also has a lemon thyme pie dough.
26:26The crust for this one, unfortunately, looks like a little undercooked.
26:31And I'm not sure about the meringue.
26:33It seemed like a little bit loose.
26:35And the citrus flavor is very strong.
26:38Yeah, I definitely agree.
26:40Everything about the pie was not what I wanted.
26:43And I would be incredibly embarrassed to present it to the judges.
26:47So I think the consistency of Chase's pie was so good.
26:51The flavors were so unexpected in Giancarlo's.
26:53Chase and Giancarlo's, that's my vote.
26:55I would agree.
26:56Your two best pies in this challenge belong to Chase and Giancarlo's.
27:00Without a question.
27:01I hope you made the right decisions.
27:03Let's bring in the judges.
27:05Okay, judges, we've never done this before.
27:08We've asked each team to present to you their two best holiday pies that they're hoping are going to win their team immunity.
27:15Okay.
27:16Up first, Chase from the Nice team.
27:19Chase, come on up.
27:22So this is our first time getting to see Team Nice being judged in front of us.
27:27And I am so nervous.
27:29Because we're going up against the pie king himself, Chase.
27:32Great to see you again.
27:33Okay, why don't you tell our judges what you made?
27:35So it is a bourbon pecan chocolate pie.
27:38Oh my god, that crust.
27:39That's gorgeous.
27:40Yeah.
27:41This is the whole Thanksgiving experience at my grandma's house.
27:45The pecan pie is not only the one that's always fought over, but while we were kids, I think to distract us and keep us out of the kitchen, it was like, go collect sticks, go make leaf piles in the yard.
27:59So I wanted to replicate the leaf piles.
28:02It looks delicious.
28:04Like, if I would see that in a bakery case, I would say, give me three of those.
28:09So I love what you've done here.
28:11Now, I do think it's nice looking, but does it really show the nice theme?
28:16I don't know.
28:18Oh, oh my god.
28:19I feel so weird to be in here to watch this and mood for bad comments.
28:22It's like a little too even, a little too symmetric to give me something as organic as a leaf pile.
28:28Okay.
28:29Maybe you'll get that nice theme and the flavor.
28:32Sure will.
28:33Just wait.
28:34I feel really uncertain.
28:37I'm feeling nervous for my team because it just felt like a little bit of mixed reviews in terms of decor.
28:44So I'm just hoping that it's going to really hit with the flavors.
28:49Are they being poker-faced on purpose?
29:03God, I don't know.
29:04Hopefully, no.
29:06Okay, it's not your typical pecan pie.
29:11Mm-mm.
29:12It is well-baked.
29:14I'm loving all of those toasted flavors you get from the pecan, but the bourbon kind of overtakes a lot of it for me.
29:19Yeah.
29:20Nance, how about you?
29:21Well.
29:22More bourbon.
29:24Maybe just a scotch too much bourbon.
29:29Wow.
29:30Oh.
29:32Oh.
29:34You think so?
29:35What?
29:36Yeah.
29:37I am so shook that I out-bourboned Nancy.
29:41I mean, we all know she has a stronger palate for alcohol, so.
29:44It's delicious.
29:45Yes.
29:46But the bourbon is forward.
29:48It is forward, yes.
29:49Yeah.
29:50Oh, my God.
29:51I loved the bourbon in it.
29:52I did, too.
29:53I don't, I mean, I don't even drink.
29:55I think the bourbon in here is fantastic.
29:57Yeah.
29:58I really like it.
29:59And your crust is really some of the best we've had on the show.
30:04Really incredible, man.
30:05It was amazing.
30:06Just.
30:07A plus.
30:08All right, Chase.
30:09Nice job.
30:10Chase's pie wasn't perfect, though.
30:11It was not perfect.
30:12It was great.
30:13You did such a good job.
30:14You did such a good job.
30:15Thank you all.
30:17All right, judges from the nice team, Jean Carlos.
30:21Let's hope it falls apart.
30:24I made for you a pumpkin and cherry pie.
30:27Ooh.
30:28Pumpkin and cherry?
30:29Pumpkin and cherry.
30:30Pumpkin and cherry.
30:31On my decoration, I decide to go for a cartoonish.
30:35We have cherries on top.
30:37We have the Christmas decoration.
30:39And the piping is a cinnamon buttercream.
30:43Wait, what?
30:44Buttercream?
30:45Buttercream?
30:46Cardi, are you seeing the nice here?
30:48I see the nice.
30:49Those are some really big cherries.
30:51And like you said, it's like the cartoonish side of it,
30:53and I really like that.
30:54Yeah, and cherries and pumpkin.
30:57We'll see, man.
30:58I'm confident this pie can be a winner
31:01because I take so many risks,
31:03especially with the flavors,
31:05and I hope the judges understand that.
31:09Well, I am tasting a lot of pumpkin,
31:13and I like it a lot.
31:15Ooh.
31:16Good.
31:17The cherry is underwhelming
31:19because the pumpkin is overwhelming,
31:22and I think it's not balanced.
31:24Yeah, everything is just a little bit off.
31:27First of all, buttercream on a pie,
31:29I think, is pretty weird.
31:31That is weird.
31:32I like that you kind of pushed the envelope
31:34with making pumpkin pie with cherry,
31:36and your crust is incredible.
31:38It's flaky.
31:39It's buttery.
31:40Between you and Chase,
31:41I don't know who makes a better crust.
31:42You guys make awesome crust.
31:44All right, Giancarlos, thank you so much.
31:46Thank you, Giancarlos.
31:48God.
31:49I'm feeling more confident
31:51because I thought they were going to get rave reviews,
31:53but at the same time,
31:54that means they're going to be as critical with ours,
31:56if not more, so...
31:58Don't forget to run.
31:59It's a little of both, yeah.
32:01Up next, the naughty team.
32:02Can they beat the nice team and win immunity?
32:05Okay, let's see, guys.
32:06I love Nico.
32:07Smoking's naughty.
32:08That's funny.
32:09Uh, we've got a smoker.
32:14Tark, come on up.
32:15Our little teenager.
32:16Our little...
32:17Tarek!
32:19This is not the little kid you knew from kids baking.
32:21I knew this guy.
32:22He was just little kid.
32:23What?
32:24He's smoking cigarettes and drinking milk.
32:26You are bad.
32:27He's in a headache for a reason.
32:29Wait, there's a story for this one.
32:30Okay.
32:31When we were kids,
32:32not only would we give Santa milk and cookies,
32:34we would give him shots and a pack of cigarettes.
32:37That was my inspiration for my decoration.
32:42And so my design is like trying to be like a bit of an ashtray.
32:45Wait, wait.
32:46Hold on, hold on, Tarek.
32:47This is like a real story.
32:48Now, did dad smoke and drink too?
32:50Yeah.
32:51My parents like...
32:52That was for dad.
32:53Oh, of course it was.
32:54That's for your dad.
32:55You know, I gotta tell you, Team Naughty,
33:00you guys have absolutely committed to the naughtiness.
33:05I love it.
33:08Well, tell us what kind of pie you made, Tarek.
33:10So I have a blueberry cream pie,
33:12and no one else made a cream pie,
33:13so hopefully you guys really like it.
33:16Okay, let's see.
33:17Bad crust, bad crust, bad crust, bad crust, bad crust.
33:25Oh!
33:26It's not gonna face.
33:27You nailed it.
33:30That crust is delicious.
33:32That blueberry cream, well balanced.
33:34It's very, very good.
33:38Tarek, this is delicious.
33:40Creamy.
33:41Your crust is salty.
33:43It is flaky.
33:44This is a really great pie.
33:46Nice work, man.
33:48Thank you, guys.
33:50Nice job.
33:51Like, I'm just feeling so pleased with myself
33:53because this is like the first bake I've had
33:56in this competition that was received this well.
33:59This makes me really nervous.
34:01Yeah, me too.
34:05Hello, judges.
34:06Hi, Charles.
34:07I made a classic American apple pie,
34:10and we would go apple picking as a kid,
34:13but every once in a while you get a little critter
34:15inside that rotten apple,
34:17so I did a little cheeky play on that character.
34:20It's sort of naughty nice.
34:22Like, you could have gave us, like,
34:23a really, like, nasty-looking worm.
34:25It's cheeky, but I want to see a little bit more naughty.
34:28Got it.
34:29Naughty?
34:30There's a worm in your pie.
34:31Like, what do you want?
34:32Would it have, like, a switchblade?
34:33Like, what do you do?
34:35I make a pretty good apple pie,
34:37so I'm anxious to taste this one.
34:40I'm excited for you to taste it, too.
34:41Let's do it, Charles, whenever you're ready.
34:45Look how thick the bottom is.
34:47Yeah, that bottom crust is super thick.
34:49This crust is all pretty thick.
34:52Is you selling an apple pie?
34:56Let's see.
34:58All right, Cartier.
35:02I don't like it.
35:04Just kidding. I'm being naughty.
35:06I love it.
35:08And I'm not a big apple pie girl,
35:10but I think this would change my mind.
35:13Well, I love your filling.
35:15The apples are cooked perfectly.
35:17I love the cream.
35:18I don't love the bottom.
35:19I just think it's a little bit thick.
35:21Yes.
35:22Yeah, I just need a little more of something,
35:24because the underside, it's almost floury.
35:26Like, you kind of get that sort of flour,
35:28that flour flavor.
35:29Oh.
35:30At least mine don't taste flour.
35:33It's true.
35:34But on the whole, this whole thing together
35:36is a really, really nice bite of apple pie.
35:39Charles.
35:43That was pretty good.
35:45All right.
35:46Well, I think we nailed it.
35:48Yeah, in terms of crust.
35:49We have some notes, but he had some notes.
35:51Yes.
35:52So I think it's just tight.
35:53Yeah.
35:54I think it's just tight.
35:55All right.
35:56So, bakers, we know it wasn't easy picking just two holiday pies
36:00from each of your teams to present to the judges,
36:03but the judges have identified the top pie from each team.
36:06The best pie from the naughty team came from...
36:12Tarek.
36:14Come on.
36:15Good job, Tarek.
36:16Good job.
36:17And the baker who made our favorite pie on the nice team was...
36:23Chase.
36:26Hi, babe.
36:27But only one baker left us booing and aahing,
36:30and that baker is...
36:35Tarek.
36:36Let's go!
36:37We did it.
36:38We did it.
36:39We did it.
36:40Tarek, the crust on your spiced blueberry cream pie was crispy
36:43and the filling was so satisfying and delicious.
36:46Really great job, Tarek.
36:50Oh, my God.
36:51Now that I know that my entire team is safe and it's because of me,
36:56I feel like I really redeemed myself in so many ways.
36:59Good job, buddy.
37:01It's a bummer that I didn't take the win for my team,
37:04but I'm really happy for Tarek.
37:07Okay.
37:08So that means, of course, one member from Team Nice
37:11is now up for elimination.
37:13But here's the thing.
37:14We don't feel comfortable deciding who's going home
37:17since we didn't taste all of your team's pies.
37:21We only tasted the top two.
37:23So you guys are going to have to do it.
37:30Oh, my God.
37:31That sucks.
37:32Only you know who deserves to be walking out that door.
37:36So you're going to have to make the decision amongst yourselves.
37:40That's brutal.
37:41Gagged.
37:42I am shocked that Team Nice has to eliminate one of their own.
37:45This is not what I was expecting.
37:46I am gooped, gagged, bewildered.
37:48So we have to decide.
37:49We have to decide.
37:50This is a really, really horrific shock.
37:55Now, as you know, Nice Team, of course, the top two pie makers
38:00from your team are safe.
38:01That's Chase and Giancarlos.
38:03That, of course, leaves Alex, Aaron, and Kamri.
38:07But as a team, you now have a decision to make.
38:10Why don't you all come with me?
38:11I wouldn't want to be them.
38:12Oh, my gosh.
38:13Okay, guys.
38:15Look at this.
38:16I'm going to be a good one.
38:17I'm going to be a good one.
38:18I'm going to be a good one.
38:19I'm going to be a good one.
38:20I'm going to be a good one.
38:21I'm going to be a good one.
38:22I'm going to be a good one.
38:23I'm going to be a good one.
38:24Look, I know this is a really emotional moment.
38:27We've obviously never done this before.
38:29You're going to write down on this card the name of the baker
38:33that's going to be going home.
38:35I'll be waiting for you here.
38:37Good luck, everyone.
38:43I feel sick to my stomach.
38:44I really, I feel like I'm going to go home.
38:47Okay.
38:49I feel like this bake is poor enough that it wouldn't be unfair
38:53if they sent me home.
38:54I would absolutely understand where they were coming from.
38:57Gosh.
39:00What's going through my head is how important it is
39:03for each of the other people on my team
39:06to be where they're at.
39:08They want to live to bake another day
39:11where I feel like I did this.
39:14So this is who I decided should be eliminated.
39:19I voted for myself.
39:23Thanks.
39:24To leave.
39:25I don't feel good about this.
39:26Thanks.
39:27This is not easy.
39:28Everyone on Team Nice has so much passion and talent, but we promised each other to be honest.
39:46Come here.
39:47I'm glad we don't have that pressure.
39:53It's brutal, but at the end of the day, it still is a competition, and we will narrow down to only one winner.
39:59So it's the name of the game.
40:01Thank you, Jean-Carlson.
40:03OK.
40:08Nice team.
40:09We have a verdict.
40:10Why don't you follow me and we'll let everybody know.
40:12Yeah.
40:13This is unprecedented.
40:16Nice bakers, I know this was not an easy decision for you.
40:21Sadly, now we have to say goodbye to one of you.
40:24Unfortunately, the baker leaving us from the nice team is...
40:28Erin.
40:35Erin, I am so, so sorry.
40:38You have been such a joy here in the kitchen.
40:41We are all going to miss you.
40:43I don't know what the nice team is going to do without their alpha mom.
40:46They're going to get naughty.
40:50Well, you can take a moment.
40:52You can say goodbye to your fellow bakers.
40:53I love you so much.
40:55I came here to holiday baking.
40:58For me, stepping outside my comfort zone to do something solo.
41:04And I feel like this is the one time in my life I'm really, really happy and proud that I said yes.
41:11And I took a chance on myself.
41:13So, yeah, I would do it all again.
41:15We love you so much.
41:16Bye, baby girl.
41:18OK.
41:19Tough day in the holiday village.
41:21That was an emotional one.
41:22But let this be a reminder to everybody.
41:24You never know what's coming next.
41:27So, you always have to be ready.
41:29OK.
41:30You can exit the kitchen.
41:31Good job, everybody.
41:32Sucks.
41:33It's amazing how they wrote it.
41:35Aww.
41:40Oh, that's sweet.
41:41This one, right?
41:42Aww.
41:43Next time, the bakers slay with snow day desserts.
41:49That's magical.
41:50It brings tears to my eyes.
41:53It's really good.
41:55And there's a jaw-dropping twist no one sees coming.
41:58Are you serious?
41:59Mm-hmm.
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